Inside Asian Gaming

May 2012 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 67 SPIELO International cashless payment method that provides both casinos and players with the security and convenience of a smart card at a fraction of the cost. “With our systems, everything is modular so casinos can just plug and play,” says Mr Chiang. “And we allow the customers to choose the modules they want, which many of the major systems do not allow. For example, Genting Group have been using our hardware for many years. I don’t think other companies will just sell you the hardware. If you need only our slot portions, we will just put in the slot portions. If you need only jackpots, we can do that.” Star JACKPOTS manages mystery and progressive local- and wide-area systems. The top-performing, turn-key WAP system is installed at casinos in 16 countries throughout theworld. SPIELO International Casino Systems also manage the world’s largest WAP in nearly 100 casinos in France with a record jackpot of 9,420,902 euros last year, and the second largest jackpot hit this month “Jackpots are one of our key strengths in systems,” says Mr Chiang. “Our system can actually run all the jackpots—progressive, mystery—without the need for an external controller. Some customers use a system, but they still need an external controller to run the jackpot. Our system can generate all of it, which in the end saves the customer money. “ an ideal proving ground for SYSTEM2go. “In Vietnam there are still a lot of those clubs that are without proper systems,” he says.“And inSingapore, all thoseprivateclubs are looking into systems. Player-tracking is a key. All these clubs don’t even track their players, and now they feel they need to use it more. In the Philippines, there are still a lot of venues running without systems. So that is another key market we are looking at.” It’s about “different systems for different markets,” he says. “We have a full-blown system for big- scale operations. We have simpler systems that are Web-based which can cater to outlets with less than 10 or 20 machines and which are so easy to install as well.” As he puts it, “We do have our strengths in systems. One of them is, we are extremely flexible.” SPIELO International’s slots and systems will be on display at distributor RGB’s Stand 527 . Egyptian Gold TimeBomb FEVER, a new addition to the Star BONUS line, is designed to provide a boost during intervals of low activity on the floor. It allows the casino to guarantee that a jackpot hits within a specified time period and configure the number of times the jackpot will hit. At G2E Asia there will be demonstrations of innovations such as FloorMaster, a mobile application for slot floor managers on desktop touch screens and PC tablets displaying a map of the slot floor showing real-time and historical data at the touch of the screen. The company also is taking the opportunity of G2E Asia to offer exclusive demonstrations of SYSTEM2go, its new networking solution for smaller casino, slot hall and arcade environments which can be single site or multi-site operations. With minimal effort, SYSTEM2go wires an entire floor in a Web-based network that provides automated readings, reports and additional features depending on the package selected. Four packages are available: Advantage, Gold, Platinum TK (for use with tickets) and Platinum CC (for use with magnetic-stripe cards), each providing different levels of features, including accounting, jackpots, cashless payment systems and player-tracking functionalities. Mr Chiang sees the club markets of Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam as FloorMaster