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With an increasing number of product licences for the various autonomous regions of Spain and a growing number of installations in the country’s leading casinos Novomatic Gaming Spain S.A. continues to strengthen the excellent reputation of Novomatic gaming equipment on the Spanish market.
As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Novomatic-affiliated Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI) Novomatic Gaming Spain SA is responsible for AGI product distribution, technical support and after sales services in Spain. The company also acts as a holding company for affiliates concerned with Novomatic operations in Spain.
Novo Multi-Roulette™ at Casino Gran Madrid
One of the company’s latest product installations introduced the international best selling concept of Novomatic electronic Roulette to the autonomous region of Madrid. Casino Gran Madrid, owned by the Gran Madrid Group, and one of the city’s leading casinos, is the first casino in the region to include the Novo Multi-Roulette™ in its gaming offering. The casino is renowned for its wide variety of services for dinner, drinks and entertainment including three restaurants and a bar as well as an attractive gaming mix of live games and slots on the gaming floors. The gaming offering includes French and American Roulette, Black-Jack, Stud Poker, Circle Poker (Omaha and Texas Hold’em), Punto y Banca (Baccarat/Chemin de Fer) and over 200 slot machines. In order to add the missing link between live game and electronic gaming to their slot floor, the casino has now decided for the Novo Multi-Roulette™.
The new Novo Multi-Roulette™ installa¬tion at Casino Gran Madrid consists of 16 individual player terminals, a fully automated Roulette wheel and two plasma screens for an animated display of the Roulette table as well as the live camera display of the wheel. The entire installation is based on the server-based Novo Unity™ multiplayer platform, guaranteeing top security and reliability as well as maximum flexibility for the operator. Also part of the installation is a live camera setup for the live broadcast of the Roulette wheel directly to the individual player terminals as well as to the central plasma displays.
The 16 individual slant top terminals are designed for maximum player convenience and electronic live-gaming entertainment in great style. With modern touchscreen technology and the most sophisticated ergonomic design they guarantee maximum comfort and ease of play.
The elegant layout of the grouping blends in perfectly with the gaming floor creating a highly attractive ensemble. The Novo Multi-Roulette™ is not the first Novomatic gaming equipment at Casino Gran Madrid – the casino already features 14 slant tops and two upright machines with a great selection of popular video games in the Multi-Gaminator® game mixes 7, 18 and 19.
Diana Cobaleda, Slot Manager at Casino Gran Madrid, is delighted with the new products: “The new Novo Multi-Roulette™ installation adds a new attraction to our casino and a further highlight to our gaming floor. The proven international success has convinced us that it will be very popular with our guests, too. The sophisticated blend of electronic gaming entertainment and traditional live game will surely attract new guest to the thrill of the Roulette game, as well.”
TX-01 at Casino Zaragoza
Not long ago at this point we have reported about a new installation of the Novo Multi-Roulette™ at Casino Zaragoza, including 12 individual player terminals, a fully automatedRoulette wheel and 4 giant plasma displays. While this new offering proves highly popular among guests, the casino has now decided to add a further attraction to the gaming floor: the Novomatic Electronic Live-Game Table TX-01.
This installation at Casinos Zaragoza is the first installation of the Novo Texas Hold’em Poker™ table throughout Spain and thus adds a very special attraction to the casino’s gaming portfolio.
The TX-01 offers the hugely popular Texas Hold’em Poker game in a fully automated 10-player configuration. It incorporates the complete poker installation consisting of 10 player stations and one 57” centre TFT-display embedded in an elegant table. Each of the individual player stations at Casino Zaragoza is equipped with a high-resolution 21.6” touch¬screen monitor in 16:10 screen format and cash handling devices for banknote accep¬tance. The monitors are embedded level with the beautifully handcrafted Brazilian rosewood table and can be electronically tilted by the player to ensure maximum comfort.
The huge high-resolution centre screen displays the complete layout of a traditional Poker table with the individual player bets in the pot and the community cards at the centre. All relevant information is seen from each of the player positions, providing a detailed 3D-outline of the game at all times.
The individual touchscreens also show the complete table with all players’ bets and the community cards as well as the individual Poker hand face-down. As in the real card game, players will cover their cards with their hands to conceal them from other’s glances and reveal them in private by tapping on the touchscreen. This area of the touchscreen is additionally laminated with a specially coated film that prevents sideways glances. Once the players have decided upon their game strategy they can either bet, call, raise, check or fold on their touchscreens.
The game is based on the Novo Unity™ II platform and gives operators maximum flexibility with three popular Poker variants, namely; Unlimited, Limited and Pot Limited Texas Hold’em Poker. Operators can easily choose the ideal setting for the preferences of their guests in the operating menu. The reporting tool Management Console delivers the complete game statistics as well as accounting and reporting for all games to the operator’s floor management system. In accordance with the respective gaming jurisdiction’s licensing and regulatory requirements, operators can also decide to implement the second game, Novo Wheel of Cash™, on the TX-01 table that allows them to offer their guests either Poker or this alternative 10-player Roulette version on this magnificent table.
The Novomatic TX-01 table is distinguished by an exceptionally user-friendly design enabling an uncomplicated ease of play for the guest and easy maintenance for the operator’s staff. Included in the Novomatic installation service was also a special product training for the casino staff in order to guarantee that they can offer immediate advice for any guest who needs some initial help. Right from the start of operations the performance of the Novo Texas Hold’em Poker™ table at Casino Zaragoza was excellent, making this installation yet another in the series of successful and top-perfoming Novomatic product placements in Spanish casinos.
Manuel Lopez, Purchasing Director, Grupo Comar, emphasises the great popularity of the Novomatic products: “The excellent performance of our recently acquired Novo Multi-Roulette™ installation has convinced us to further invest in Novomatic gaming equipment for the Casino Zaragoza. We are convinced that also the new Poker table will be similarly quickly accepted by our guests and become a new highlight of the gaming floor.”
Jordi Pedragosa, Sales Director, Novomatic Gaming Spain: „With the increasing number of product licences for the Spanish markets and ongoing installations the whole team of Novomatic Gaming Spain works hard in order to further establish the excellent reputation of Novomatic gaming products in Spain. The success of the recent installations proves our strategy and is an ideal reference for further sales prospects. These installations represent a firm basis for the continuing succes in the Spanish markets. On this basis we are convinced that we will be able to greatly increase the market penetration in the medium term and significantly improve our market position. I would like to also use this opportunity to say ‘Thank You’ to both the Gran Madrid Group and Grupo Comar for their faith and confidence in our products and services. We are looking forward to excellent longterm business relationships.“