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New Community Style and Progressive Slots, November 2009

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IGT—The Amazing Race™ Multi-Level Progressives
Send players on a global dash for cash with The Amazing Race™ Multi-Level Progressives. This addition to the MegaJackpots® brand of products brings the reality competition show to life on your casino floor. It’s one of the first games to feature IGT’s new MEGAfx Surround Chair to create an immersive experience. The MLP features one Instant Player Bonus and two Community Play Bonuses. Ticket Challenge recreates a popular competition from the hit show’s debut season. Players rapidly touch the game screen to “dig” through a sand dune to reveal credit values and, ultimately, the hidden ticket. In the second bonus, The Amazing Race Group Feature, players accumulate miles and credits to complete legs of the race and win progressive jackpots. The 50-payline, 300-credit maximum bet base game provides players a sustaining experience. Players with higher base game wagers are rewarded with higher multiplier values that boost the value of each progressive jackpot. Animated Adventure symbols and continent-themed graphics and top-boxes round out the player’s entertainment experience. For more information, visit www.igt.com.

 

IGT—Hot Pursuit Poker™
Hot Pursuit Poker™ is based on the wildly popular Triple Play™ and Five Play® Draw Poker games. Players will be entertained with the sights and sounds of racetrack action. Each 3-of-a-kind in the base game qualifies the player for a lap in the bonus round. The first player to accumulate three laps initiates the bonus for everyone. The track sound effects alerts who is qualifying and with how many laps. With this true, multi-player, community bonusing experience, everyone will be excited to see who can initiate the bonus first. But all will celebrate the experience together since every player in the bonus is a winner. This is a buy-a-pay bonus delivering obvious value to the player. The Big Spin Poker™ Bonus is based on popular Spin Poker® game play. The initiating player spins the cards to reveal the start of three premium hands. Players with one 3-of-a-kind play the bottom pay line; players with two, the bottom and middle; and the player who triggered the bonus plays all three. For more information, visit www.igt.com.

 

Ainsworth—Players Paradise™
It’s Vegas time! Players Paradise™ is Ainsworth’s spectacular new high-end link progressive. Players Paradise features three brilliant new Vegas themed games: Vegas Fantasy™, Vegas Fever™ and Vegas Fortune™. Based on top-of-the-line, proven math models with max bet incentivized jackpot play, Players Paradise provides four levels of grand link progressive prizes, four levels of explosive bonus prizes and a rapid-fire free games feature. In addition, Players Paradise is proud to introduce Ainsworth’s stunning new innovation in stacked wilds, where with each increased bet, extra long arrays of stacked wilds are added providing players with even greater anticipation. Players Paradise games are available in 1-cent, 2-cent and 5-cent denominations and in 40- and 50-line configurations. Complemented by the Ambassador® SL cabinet and striking Egads! signage, Ainsworth’s graphics package will truly enthrall all slot players. Just like Vegas, Players Paradise has something for everyone and is the perfect new addition for any slot floor. For more information on Players Paradise or other games from Ainsworth, visit www.ainsworth.com.au.

 

WMS—Ultra Hit Progressive®
Ultra Hit Progressive® is the first family of portal applications for WMS’s Networked Gaming commercial offering. UHP is a multi-level mystery progressive game that delivers an unprecedented player experience and allows operators to continue networking their casino floors game-by-game, bank-by-bank. Most WMS base games will be compatible with Ultra Hit Progressive, allowing operators to place a progressive event on top of most BLUEBIRD® base games. As coin-in increases on participating games, it is visually represented on gaming devices. UHP will be launching with two portal application themes in fiscal 2010: Jackpot Explosion® and Piggy Bankin’™. Jackpot Explosion features a volcano on the top screen and lava rising behind the reels. When the bonus triggers, the volcano explodes, and audio and visuals go off as one of four progressive jackpots is awarded. In Piggy Bankin’, a giant Piggy Bank expands and cracks as more coins are added until exploding in a shower of coins in the bonus. With each bank, you’ll be creating the newest hot spot on your casino floor. For more information, visit www.wms.com.

 

Aristocrat—Beat the Bandits™
Kick open the swingin’ saloon doors and walk into an old time barroom in Aristocrat’s new GEN7™ linked progressive. Beat the Bandits™ is a three-level progressive jackpot that leads the player through a two-stage event to win the jackpots. This game is a technological step forward because players choose the level of jackpot they want to chase. If players lose in the feature, the jackpot is increased by a significant amount, creating incentive for all players on the bank to start chasing the jackpots. Beat the Bandits awards a top-level mystery jackpot during any paid game. Beat the Bandits rides into town with two launch base games: Jungle Joe Searching High and Low™ and Fortune Princess™. Helping to attract players to the game is the fun Old West-style cabinet design, complete with wood trim, gold mid trim and an overhead sign package that connects the linked bank. With many different features to the game, the player has multiple opportunities to win big and have fun while doing it. For more information, visit www.aristocrat.com.au.

 

Multimedia Games—Mega Meltdown
This game is hot—so hot it’s in danger of melting down, but your players will love it when that happens. Mega Meltdown is a 3-reel, 1-line mechanical game with a 6-tier progressive that players won’t be able to get enough of.  The Mega Progressive is awarded when the player bets the max and the Mega symbol lands on the payline on the first reel in a winning combination.  The Mega symbol is wild and substitutes for any symbol that also lands on the payline to form winning combinations. If the fourth credit side-bet is played, the winning combination pays the corresponding progressive prize instead of the normal line prize. Random winning combinations will trigger the reels to re-spin up to four times, and can award up to one of the progressive awards. Mega Meltdown is sure to light a fire under your players. The game has player or casino configurable denominations of 25 cents or $1 and multiple payout template options. For more information on this hot new game, visit www.multimediagames.com.

 

Multimedia Games—Slot Car Speedway™
Slide into sure player fun and excitement with Multimedia Games’ new slot game, Slot Car Speedway™. The newest entry to our community gaming portfolio, Slot Car Speedway builds on the momentum of our successful Sport of Kings™ game by delivering a dynamic car race that will have players’ hearts racing around the track with their favorite car. This game packs twice the excitement with a free spin bonus in addition to the Community Race Bonus, where all line pays are multiplied 3X. If Community Race Bonus starts while a player is enjoying their free spins, the race will wait till the end of the current spin to start, and at the end of the Race Bonus the player will be delivered right back into their Free Spin Bonus play. This is a 5-reel, 25-line game with a top prize of 150,000 credits, a max bet of 200 credits, multiple payout template options and 1-cent, 2-cent or 5-cent denominations. For more information on this or other titles from Multimedia Games, visit www.multimediagames.com.

 

Bally—Blazing Hot Tournament™
Blazing Hot Tournament™ from Bally Technologies introduces an exciting, pulse-pounding and action-packed community gaming concept. When the tournament bonus round is triggered, large LCD displays above each game switch from attract mode to tournament mode with accompanying sound effects. Blazing Hot Tournament has a special “Tournament Prize Meter” styled like a thermometer. When the tournament mode is triggered by a mystery spin, this meter determines eligiblity. The player must tap the “spin” button to keep moving upward. If the meter falls to zero when the tournament begins, the player cannot participate. The higher the meter goes, the more money the player will win in the tournament round. There are two additonal points on the meter marked “2nd and 3rd” where the player will be eligible for a lesser amount when the tournament starts, encouraging players to keep tapping the Spin button. In the base game, players vie for a variety of exciting payout opportunities, including an onscreen cash wheel mini-bonus. This bonus is initiated when three scattered Cash Wheel symbols appear. For more information, visit www.ballytech.com.

 

AC Coin & Slot—The Love Bug™ Community
Fall in love with The Love Bug™ Community—a revolutionary community bonusing game showcasing AC Coin & Slots’ wildly popular Community Video platform. This exciting, three-station community style unit features a 42-inch split screen. The Video Bonus Event commands overwhelming crowd attraction and superior player approval. This game also features a new “free-bee” bonus and fantastic HD animation for the highest quality bonus entertainment on the casino floor. For the first time in the company’s history, it will offer its high earning proprietary slot games for sale to casino customers throughout North America. AC Coin & Slot will also continue to lease these games, giving customers the ability to combine purchase and lease options to suit individual budgets and profit margins. With this fast paced bonus event, dazzling character animation and enhanced digital sound system, The Love Bug Community is a “reel” winner and is sure to excite your players. Make them fall in love with The Love Bug from AC Coin & Slot. For more information, visit www.ac-coin.com.