This month's Class III features Shamrock Fortune™ by AGS, Ainsworth's Panda King™, Wolf Moon™ by Aristocrat, Wild Banana™ by Aruze, Bally Technologies' Money Wheel™, Goddess of The Woods™ by Cadillac Jack, Beach Party Kachingo by Colossal Gaming, Diamond Game's Wild Treasures, IGT's Candy Bars™ Slots, Egyptian Sunset™ by Konami Gaming Inc., Multimedia Games' Hawaiian Luau™, CashPot™ by SPIELO International™ and WMS' THE PRICE IS RIGHT® PLINKO® Jackpots.
This month's new products include GameTech's Explorer 2™, Gasser Chair Co.'s Cascado, MICROS' eCommerce Solutions, Resort Advantage's Incident Report Accelerator™ and Strategy9's Tournament Manager.
Australian gaming venues have been kept busy over the past few years reacting to player industry trends to try and achieve growth. Significant changes in slot machine player trends resulted following the introduction of indoor smoking bans, economic issues, reduced leisure time and a reduction in player numbers, which have all had an impact on revenue levels.
In my 40-plus years in gaming, I have seen the industry grow from backroom vice to main street entertainment. For the first 50 years after gaming was legalized in Nevada, table games were king, and the only legal gaming in the U.S. could be found in sparsely populated Nevada. Back then, Nevada’s isolation made gaming something special, but today, legalized gaming can be found in all but two states.
War rooms are places where teams meet to collaborate. They have existed for centuries and have been, as the name suggests, central to the intelligence activities of many wartime campaigns. The walls are typically plastered with initiatives that are central to the theme of the war room, as war rooms are the end point for what is often a huge data collection process and information consumption is almost always a team effort.
In this month's headlines, AGEM announces two new members, IGT and Lottomatica announce a strategic partnership, SPIELO International expands its sales team in Asia, Eclipse Compliance Testing receives license from Ohio Lottery, Gasser Chair Co. is awarded a contract for Ohio's first casino, BMM is recognized by NYCE, JCJ announces the completion of phase one of Resorts World Casino New York City, and much more.
Sailing past the broader equities markets during the month of March, the AGEM Index posted its largest percentage-point gain since October of last year. The latest increase marks the fourth consecutive month of positive movement, a milestone not reached since September 2009. With 14 global gaming suppliers posting gains in their stock price for the month, the AGEM Index reached 134.52, advancing 12.81 points, or 10.5 percent, since February.
This month's new community style & progressive slots include IGT's Wheel of Fortune® Wild Wedge Multi-Level Progressives and WMS's Aladdin & The Magic Quest™.
This month's new Class II titles include Bally Technologies' Alice and the Scattered Hearts™, Polar Palace™ by Cadillac Jack, Bonus Factory by Diamond Game, Wild A Go-Go™ by Multimedia Games, Rocket Gaming's Knights of the Round Table™ and WMS's G+® Deluxe – Queen of the Wild™.
