LAS VEGAS, November 11, 2010 — Bally Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines, casino-management, and networked and server-based solutions for the global gaming industry, announced today that it has received four awards for its innovative games and systems products.
Global Gaming Business Magazine’s 2011 Gaming & Technology Awards:
For the third year in a row, Bally received more awards than any other company in the Gaming & Technology Awards:
Casino Enterprise Management magazine’s first-annual Hospitality Operations Technology (HOT) Awards:
“We have so many innovative products on display at the
Global Gaming Expo (G2E) this year, and we are delighted that these particular ones have been recognized for their innovation and are among the most exciting customer-driven games, systems, and server-based solutions that we’ll be featuring at our booth,” said Richard Haddrill, Bally’s Chief Executive Officer. “We have received more than 30 innovation awards over the past three years, thanks to the outstanding team of world-class innovators we’ve assembled. They are simply second-to-none.”
Here’s a summary of the award-winning technology, all of which will be on display in Bally’s G2E exhibit #1230:
The Elite Bonusing Suite, when combined with Bally’s iVIEW and iVIEW DM player-user-interfaces, creates incredible excitement on the casino floor through floor-wide bonusing events at each gaming machine. U-Spin™ bonusing, slot tournaments, virtual-racing events, and dynamic random bonusing are just a few of the interactive applications within the Elite Bonusing Suite.
The iDeck dramatically changes the game, replacing traditional and OLED button decks with a multi-touch interface that increases player interaction to unprecedented levels. This trailblazing technology features multiple levels of innovation, including player-selectable configuration, game-synchronized touch features, and multi-touch, skill-based gaming. The iDeck’s rugged surface is designed to resist spills, and is scratch-resistant to a MoHS 8 rating or above.
Hot Pick, the follow-on game to Bally’s award-winning
Cash Spin, features the same U-Spin gesture-control play mechanic that has become a player favorite. In Hot Pick, players choose their own risk-and-reward levels by picking one of six reel symbols which determine how often they will get the U-Spin Wheel Bonus and how much they can win. A dynamic pay table means that the prizes on each wedge of the game’s giant, touch-screen wheel change depending on which reel symbol is chosen and the player’s bet level.
Over the past three years, Bally Technologies has won more than 30 awards for product innovation, as well as international awards for customer service and support and for being the most innovative gaming-technology manufacturer.
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, and Class II, lottery and central determination games and platforms. As the world’s No. 1 gaming-systems Company, Bally also offers an array of casino management, slot accounting, bonusing, cashless and table management solutions. For more information, please contact Laura Olson-Reyes, Director of Corporate Communications, at 702-584-7742, or visit
http://www.ballytech.com.
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.
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