Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | April 2013 16 FEATURES T CS JOHNHUXLEY laid out its roadmap for convergence at the International Casino Exhibition held in London in February. The centerpiece of the TCS stand was the Xia platform, based around the Xia Tablet, which in its current form enables players to place bets on live roulette via a touchscreen tablet device but is poised to offer a whole lot more. Over the next 24 months, TCS aims to incorporate Supernova and Gaming Floor Live into the Xia platform. Supernova is a floor- wide progressive and bonusing system covering all live table games, including roulette, which is an industry first, the company says. Gaming Floor Live is a data-base-driven game optimization tool designed to maximize key performance areas and profitability. The integration of Supernova and Gaming Floor Live with the Xia Tablet will create, in the company’s words, “a single, unique market-leading casino system that is modular and scalable, meeting the needs of small casinos right up to multinational group customers”. Group CEO Cath Burns said, “Our focus over the last nine months has been about bringing our products together and building for the future. We see Xia as the beginning of looking at our platforms to create a single market system. Imagine an integrated gaming system that links all live tables, across all game types, played on multiple devices, with mystery jackpots and progressives, with yield management, centralised media distribution, reporting and security. All this, built around the Internet and a multi-site infrastructure designed to bridge both traditional and e-gaming spaces. It’s a very exciting prospect.” The new roadmap also incorporates TCS JOHNHUXLEY’s core products. The development team is working on enhancements to Platform for Convergence The recently unveiled Xia lays the foundation for TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s future Xia Tablet and Kiosk