Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING | April 2014 28 shapes and sizes and, importantly, the state of the art in security features and technologies, everything from lunettes and lace and lame overlays to UV-ELP and radio frequency identification. Honorable Mention | Matsui Gaming Machine Co. – Matsui Chips Tokyo-based Matsui has always prided itself on the reputation it’s earned as a one-stop shop for everything in table games. More recently, the company has made currencies a strategic priority and opened a purpose- built manufacturing plant outside Seoul (the company supplies all the table game equipment for Kangwon Land, South Korea’s largest casino), to bring together the latest techniques and processes and an experienced eye for quality materials. The currencies it’s turning out are gaining a creditable reputation for their workmanship, aesthetic appeal and innovative security features. Matsui is equally serious about backing up the product with service and support and has expanded with offices in Macau, South Korea, Eastern and Western Europe and Las Vegas. captures and audits the information both for display at the table and in an array of analytical reports. The Gemini got high marks for versatility. It fits on any live table and can also operate in a fully automated setting, and it features the same robust data-gathering and reporting functionalities. Saturn and Gemini also interface with third-party systems, another strong selling point. Angel Playing Cards CASINO ANGEL pre-shuffled cards Cammegh Roulette wheels TCSJohnHuxley Roulette wheels Best Table Gaming Essential | Nominees Winner | Angel Playing Cards – CASINO ANGEL pre-shuffled cards A large casino in Asia will go through as many as 10,000 decks of cards in a single day. Even a 0.1% inaccuracy rate in printing or general manufacture would mean 10 faulty decks per day. That’s too many from management’s viewpoint and from a regulator’s perspective. The accuracy and quality of Angel’s pre-shuffled casino-grade products make the company the sector leader throughout the region. Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa rely on its cards exclusively. Not surprisingly, Angel is utterly dominant in baccarat- centric Macau, a market that devours playing cards like no other in the world. Honorable Mention | TCSJohnHuxley – Roulette wheels TCSJohnHuxley’s flagship Mark VII is arguably the most popular roulette wheel in the world, and the London-based company continues to move nimbly with the times with its innovative Saturn and Gemini lines. Our judges liked the fail-safe accuracy the Saturn affords by virtue of its three embedded reading devices and a technology it employs known as Data Logger that Winner | Angel Playing Cards – SUPER ANGEL EYE shoe There is a reason Kyoto, Japan- based Angel enjoys a 90% share of the global market for electronic baccarat shoes—it’s called ANGEL EYE, and it’s recognized as the state of the art for security and reliability. An enhanced version, the new SUPER ANGEL EYE, won high marks from our judges for a number of improvements, notably its superior security features and braking mechanism. The core strength of the ANGEL EYE lies with its ability to significantly reduce dealer error and minimize the possibility of cheating by virtue of a unique proprietary “code” printed on each card. It’s why more than 5,000 of the systems have been sold and deployed in markets worldwide and why it’s found on more than 80% of the baccarat tables in Macau. Honorable Mention | SHFL Entertainment – one 2 six Multi Deck Shuffler SHFL’s one 2 six is a versatile solution designed for multi-deck games like blackjack but fully capable of replacing a shoe on face-up baccarat. SHFL claims it increases hands per hour by as much as 20%. That’s a big win number in a high-volume setting. The one2six achieves it via technology that ensures a smooth and continuous supply of cards and includes critical features such as automatic verification of deck quantities prior to and during play. Our judges liked the fact that it’s a flexible solution as well, capable of working with all card types and vendors. Angel Playing Cards ANGEL EYE shoe SHFL Entertainment MD3 shuffler SHFL Entertainment one 2 six shuffler TCSJohnHuxley Chipper Champ Best Table Gaming Utility Product | Nominees DEQ Real Link Gaming Partners International RFID chip trays TCSJohnHuxley Omni Baccarat Display Walker Digital Perfect Pay Best Table Gaming Technology | Nominees SupplierAwards 2014