Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | July 2012 36 I f you were wondering about the huge crowds drawn to LT Game’s stand at G2E Asia, the answer is simple: Multi-terminal electronic baccarat is hot in Macau, and it’s getting hotter, particularly the version that features a real croupier dealing a live game. And right now there’s only one company running such a platform on the peninsula’s busy casino floors—LT. The winner of a 2012 Supplier Award from Inside Asian Gaming for its Live Table Multi-Game System—the tribute of an A-list of operators to the sizable revenues the technology is generating for them—LT continues to refine the electronic table game experience to the point where it now boasts a best-in-class platform that was one of the stars of Asian gaming’s biggest annual exhibition. “I think every year we will have at least one new version,” says Jay Chun, one of the sector’s leading innovators and chairman of LT’s Hong Kong-listed parent, Paradise Entertainment. More than 1,200 Live Table terminals are running in City of Dreams, The Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, the new Himalaya casino at Sands Cotai Central and at Casino Kam Pek, Casino Grand View and Casino Greek Mythology, and placements in at least two more casinos are scheduled before the end of the year. The next-generation Live Table unveiled at G2E Asia is a feature-rich platform, its terminals instantly identifiable by their sleek footprint and distinctive boxes of black or metallic gold. The design has been tweaked with an eye to improving its comfort, making it more conducive to extended play, and an enhanced software package provides greater functionality and a broader range of customizable options for operators. “Software also can always be upgraded. It’s in-house software so we can upgrade it all the time,” says Mr Chun. “If an existing customer requires a software change we can provide this service as well. For different jurisdictions, and even in Macau, where different houses have different requirements, we change it for them. We are always customizing software for them.” As the name of the system implies, the games are live, which is a key selling point for Chinese players. The games are dealt in real time, the tables and staff physically present, usually on a raised platform, the action transmitted by video camera to large overhead monitors and to the screens on the scores of terminals surrounding the platform. Where it’s installed, Live Table is a Best Seat in the House Electronic multi-table baccarat is fast-becoming big business in Macau, and LT Game has the market cornered