Inside Asian Gaming

inside asian gaming september 2016 70 iGaming Blue Pages Ben Blaschke: Let’s start by looking back to 2006 when Golden Race was launched. Can you describe how Virtual Gaming has changed in that time? Martin Wachter: Sure. Golden Race has not only seen but driven many advances in the field of Virtual Gaming in the past 10 years. Comparing our latest products with our first products would be a solid example. We started with pre-recorded horse races – real video recordings of real races. We packaged these alongside a graphical cashier interface, backed by an in- depth odds system created by professional bookmakers, with results ultimately coming from a certified Random Number Generator to create truly life-like, yet still virtual, gaming experiences. This enabled our customers and their players to experience “real” races – no different from watching them live on TV – but with all the vast benefits of being able Virtually unstoppable iGaming in Depth to control the frequency of races, with very low costs and providing opportunities for players to enjoy 24/7. If you now compare this to our most popular product group, 3D Virtual Football, you can clearly see the advances. Our football products are completely computer-generated yet extremely life-like and realistic. Now we have the technology and skilled developers to create life-like animations, plays, players, uniforms, stadiums – the whole visual environment. We use professional sports commentators, have games at night, in the rain and even allow our customers to implement adverts for their promotions and their own companies that display on billboards during matches in the game! We have created the whole environment, the whole experience, the joy, the passion, the intense excitement of real football matches and make those games available in single match, knock-out tournaments and also points-based leagues. We also iGaming provider Golden Race has spent the past decade taking the concept of Virtual Gaming to thrilling new heights – and the possibilities for the future are limitless. IAG Managing Editor Ben Blaschke spoke with Golden Race CEO Martin Wachter about this enthralling technology. By Ben Blaschke