LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bally
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines,
casino-management, interactive
applications, and networked and server-based systems for the global
gaming industry, today announced that it will exhibit a large selection
of innovative and award-winning gaming solutions at G2E
Asia in Macau, May 22-24.
“We are proud to showcase our new world-class licensed brands and
award-winning systems solutions in Asia,” said Bally Technologies’ Vice
President, Asia-Pacific and Managing Director of Bally India Srini
Raghavan. “Attendees will experience our new compelling game content,
trailblazing play mechanics, floor-wide bonusing applications, and
cloud-based custom mobile apps. These technologies deliver an
entertaining experience across the casino floor and tremendous
return-on-investment for our casino partners across the world.”
Bally will exhibit its trailblazing gaming products in booth #1003 at
the trade show and conference held at The Venetian Macao.
World-Class Brands
Taking center stage will be Michael
Jackson King of Pop, which features one of the most beloved and
influential artists of all time in an exciting, music-filled game on
Bally’s new Pro Series™ V22/32 cabinet with the custom, Pro
surround-sound chair. Offering everything from mystery wilds bonuses and
free games bonus events and featuring hit songs Bad, Beat It,
Billie Jean, Dirty Diana, and Smooth Criminal, this
game is highlighted by a U-Spin™ Platinum Record Bonus and video clips
showcasing the performer. Michael Jackson is represented exclusively for
licensing by the Bravado International Group.
Inspired by Paramount Pictures’ 1978 American musical film about two
love-struck teens in a 1950s high school, GREASE
is Bally’s first double-play game, featuring two, 25-line games –
enabling the player to play two games at once. GREASE also fully
utilizes Bally’s iDeck™ touch-screen button deck in the “Dance Off” Free
Games feature in which players “dance” on the iDeck to win additional
free games or credits, and in the “How Cool Are You?” bonus in which the
player selects from one of four cars on the iDeck and the car moves up
the ladder; the winning character indicates the player’s “coolness”
factor and awards one of the four progressive jackpots or credit values.
Market-Oriented Game Content
As part of Bally’s commitment to developing products designed
specifically for the Asian market, the Company will exhibit a large
number of Asian-themed titles including Sakura Festival™, Moon
Dynasty™, Rainbow
Dragon™, Tiger
Treasures™, and Lucky Dragon™ on the sleek Pro™
V22/22 cabinet. Additionally, for the award-winning Pro Curve™
cabinet, featuring the industry’s only curved LCD to emulate spinning
reels on a video slot, G2E Asia visitors will experience the titles Beijing
Treasures™ and Radiant Riches™ among others. Furthermore, Bally will
showcase Chinese versions of the popular Break
the Ice™ and Cash
Wizard™ games.
Bally Technologies will also showcase the Golden Empire™ and Jeepney
Joyride™ mystery progressive links. Golden Empire and Jeepney Joyride
were developed locally for the Macau and Philippines gaming markets
respectively. These mystery links feature themes targeted for the region
and enable players to win one of the three or four randomly triggered
progressive jackpots, depending on the operator’s configurations. Golden
Empire and Jeepney Joyride link over standalone video slot machines,
allowing jackpots to be triggered randomly during game play; no max bet
is required to win one of the progressive amounts.
“We are focusing on developing specialized market-oriented content,”
said Bally Technologies’ Managing Director of Asia-Pacific Kurt Gissane.
“We have released several games that have all been fully translated into
Chinese, and they have been a huge success.”
Arcade-Like Play Mechanics
Another highlight of Bally’s exhibit will be the award-winning game Fish’n
for Loot™ and Total Blast™. These exciting new games introduce
Bally’s U-Shoot™
virtual-shooting gallery bonus-game play mechanic in which the
player touches the iDeck to create weapons for “shooting” at targets on
the main game screens.
Bally brings the arcade favorite SKEE-BALL®
to casinos in Macau on the Pro™ V32 cabinet. The game includes a bonus
feature in which players touch and slide to throw the SKEE-BALL®,
winning “tickets” that enable them to “Pick a Prize” on the game that
reveals credit awards.
All That Jazz™, also featured on Bally’s Pro V32 cabinet, has a
revolutionary iDeck feature called U-Play™, in which players touch and
play virtual piano keys. Players attempt to follow a melody by playing
the piano keys. Every note is converted into numbers which populate four
bonus reels. At the end of the song, the reels are spun to reveal the
base-game prize.
Powerful Floor-Wide Player Experience
Asia-Pacific casino operators will experience the innovation with live
demonstrations of iVIEW
Display Manager™ (DM), an interactive communication tool used by
players and controlled by the gaming operator. This picture-in-picture
style player-user-interface is backward compatible on any gaming device
with a touch-screen display, and provides a way for casino operators to
present self-service player-account access, marketing messages, and
secondary bonus games on the main game screen – without interrupting
play.
Another show-stopper will be Bally’s Elite
Bonusing Suite™ (EBS), which, when combined with the iVIEW and iVIEW
DM player-user-interfaces, adds dramatic new levels of excitement and
anticipation to the slot-play experience. The EBS applications deliver
floor-wide, interactive promotions, second-chance-to-win events, and the
ability for players to earn valuable rewards, all without interrupting
play on the base game.
The Bally
Mobile team will also be on hand to give live demonstrations of the
Company’s cloud-based custom mobile apps and mobile websites for casino
patrons and internal-facing apps for casino employees
About Bally Technologies, Inc.
With a history dating back to 1932, Las Vegas-based Bally Technologies
designs, manufactures, operates, and distributes advanced gaming
devices, systems and technology solutions worldwide. Bally’s product
line includes reel-spinning slot machines, video slots, wide-area
progressives, interactive and mobile applications, and Class II,
lottery, and central-determination games and platforms. Bally also
offers an array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing,
cashless and table management solutions. For more information, please
contact Laura Olson-Reyes, Senior Director, Marketing & Corporate
Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit http://www.ballytech.com.
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This news release may contain “forward-looking” statements within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is subject to the
safe harbor created thereby. Such information involves important risks
and uncertainties that could significantly affect the results in the
future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in
any forward-looking statements. Future operating results may be
adversely affected as a result of a number of risks that are detailed
from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the
information in this press release and represents that the information is
only valid as of today’s date.
– BALLY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. –
Michael Jackson − ©2012 Triumph International, Inc. under license from
Bravado Merchandising. All rights reserved. GREASE − ©2012 Paramount
Pictures. All Rights Reserved. SKEE-BALL® − ©2012 SKEE-BALL®, Inc. & ®
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