Inside Asian Gaming

April 2013 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 33 Best Table Gaming Technology This category includes RFID applications and solutions, jackpot and management systems and bonusing and displays. Winner: DEQ – Real Link Innovations like Real Link are the basis for the justifiable pride Quebec-based DEQ takes in thinking outside the box. A secure, wireless WAP management system, Real Link, as its name implies, connects multiple casino locations to the company’s single shared G3 table game progressive jackpot. Built for affordability and ease of use, it’s a highly scalable system that uses standard Internet protocols and requires no special hardware. Added features include a Remote Access System that provides advanced monitoring and reporting. Real Link also is capable of interfacing with automated surveillance systems. Honorable Mention: Gaming Partners International – Portable Chip Reader With the Portable Chip Reader, GPI extends the security of RFID technology by allowing staff to quickly and accurately read, authenticate and count chips from any location at any time—from the cage or chip bank to the table, pit podium and even to back-of-house counting areas. Its 3-D, high-speed sensory capability allows it to read up to 400 chips per second while simultaneously identifying if the chips are authentic and valid. Best Table Gaming Innovation Selections for this category were made at the discretion of the judges, who were invited to choose any product they felt had provided an outstanding contribution to the development of the table gaming industry in Asia over the past year. Nominees: Manufacturer Title DEQ Real Link progressive Gaming Partners International RFID Chip Tray SHFL Entertainment iTable Sands China Fast Action Baccarat Winner: Sands China – Fast Action Baccarat Launched in December with four tables at The Venetian Macao, Sands China developed Fast Action Baccarat in-house as a fresh, fast- pacedvariationonMacau’smost popular casinogame, and it has quickly caught onwith Chinese players. FAB tables are a prodigious 21 feet long and 8.5 feet wide and feature 28 betting positions, each table allowing up to 60 players the chance to get in on the action. But the key to FAB’s success is its employment of a number of simple yet very effective time- saving devices that work in tandemto speed up play.Three dealers work the game, which runs the face-up, no-commission version of baccarat. Trapdoors collect losingbets anddrop themonto an enclosed conveyor belt that shunts themto a chip sorter for automatic stacking and sorting. The higher table volumes that result make it cost-effective to offer lower minimum bets than typically found on the traditional game, opening up the baccarat experience to a neglected and potentially lucrative customer segment. Honorable Mention: Gaming Partners International – RFID Chip Tray GPI’s single and dual chip trays increase table efficiency, productivity and security by eliminating the need for manual counts that can reduce the overall number of games per hour. They eliminate human accounting errors and combined with the company’s Chip Inventory System provide critical real- time information about chip tray balances. Dual Level Chip Tray Celebrity models alongside Sands Chip EVP and COO David Sisk and Las Vegas Sands Corp SVP and Chief Casino Officer AndrewMacDonald at the 7th December launch of Fast Action Baccarat at The Venetian Macao Real Link Portable Chip Reader Nominees: Manufacturer Title DEQ Real Link progressive GPI Portable Chip Reader SHFL Caribbean Stud jackpot software TCS JOHNHUXLEY Omni Baccarat Display Walker Digital Perfect Pay SUPPLIER AWARDS