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January 26, 2007 |
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Three exciting new products were honored
in London this week for winning the highest number of total votes
among the finalists of International Gaming & Wagering Business'
(IGWB) Top 20 International Gaming Products Awards.
The top three vote-getters as selected by an independent panel of judges are: Platinum winner G3 Electronic Auxiliary System, developed by DEQ Systems; Gold winner Casino Guard, developed by Audiotel International; and Silver winner, Gaming Standards Association's breakthrough Game-to-System Protocol. Each received special awards on January 24 at the International Casino Exposition (ICE) at Earl's Court in London. The awards were presented at Ascend Media Gaming Group's stand, 3505. “We congratulate all the Top 20 finalists for an exciting range of new products and technologies that are having a decisive impact on casinos around the world,” said Pamela Hugill, publisher of Ascend Media Gaming Group, parent company of IGWB. “All received high marks from our judges on the basis of some stringent product categories, including ‘innovation, ease, end-user value, adaptability’ and ‘revenue potential.’" DEQ's G3 Auxiliary System, an innovative package of electronically controlled betting, bonusing, jackpot and advanced multimedia display features for table games, has made a splash in hundreds of casinos around the world. CasinoGuard, developed by Audiotel in partnership with experts at some of London's most prestigious casinos, is a security solution for the 21st century, designed to detect and defeat high-tech radio communications used by advantage gamblers. Gaming Standards Association’s long-awaited Game-to-System Protocol will go down as an industry milestone. G2S, as it’s known, codifies a standardized “language” for secure communications between gaming devices and systems, a technology critical to paving the way for exciting innovations like downloadable and server-based games and delivery systems. All the entries in IGWB's Top 20 International Gaming Products Awards were evaluated by a distinguished panel of judges representing a cross-section of the land-based and remote sectors: Paul Herzfeld, deputy director general of Casinos Austria AG and director and chief executive officer of Casinos Austria International; Jodi Littlepage, director corporate finance, CitiCourt & Company; Warwick Bartlett, founder and principal of Global Betting & Gaming Consultants; and Gareth Wong, founder and chief executive officer, GamBond and CXO Europe. |
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