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Gaming News 2 1 Wednesday, October 4, 2017 Similar to the tournament celebrations seen with TournEvent and funded by a mandatory side bet, Pop-N-Win is a unique tournament-like experience for in-revenue games. The Pop-N-Win game is a 3-reel, 5-line, 20 second bonus game where points accumulate to lock in esca- lating credit prizes with additional time added as prize thresholds are reached. Upon completion of a Pop-N-Win game, players are awarded a spin of the Jackpot Wheel, which allows them to win pro- gressives, credit prizes and free re-spins of the wheel. A new larger-than-life sign package for the company's Class II and Class III WAP games and Class III local-area progressive games, Hot Stuff 's Diamond Blaze takes the familiar and easy-to-understand classic stepper game to new heights! Players will be thrilled with two new base game themes Everi (Cont'd. from p. 1) that can trigger the 3-reel Hot Stuff Bonus, which is played out on the over- head sign of Everi's Renegade 3600™. This larger-than-life speaker and sign package features three 43-inch convex curved monitors affixed above Everi's Core HDX ® video cabinets. Players that activate the Hot Stuff Bonus will be treated to a celebratory light and sound show so fantastic it is bound to attract attention from every corner of the casi- no. The exciting new game and sign combination uses cutting edge queuing technology to allow players to experi- ence their bonus on the big screens or play right away on their own EGM. Players will love the extra action that the classic mini reel bonus games pro- vide, as they give players more ways to win and more chances at the local area progressives. Learn more by visiting Everi at booth #1116 and at www.everi.com. multiple links, U.S. Bank built a live interface between its two redundant processing platforms. Traffic can route over this live interface to an available network link on the other processor. The Outbound Alternate Routing drives continuous action to your gaming floor, because as more requests for authoriza- tion go through, more patrons are approved. Active-Active Redundancy True active-active redundancy is the only way to ensure that all host platforms are consistently operational. U.S. Bank Gaming Services offers a comprehensive active- active redundancy on the entire Disaster Recovery (DR) process. The redundancy system between its two host processing platforms involves dynamic updates of all parameters on both platforms, simultane- ously. Both systems are synchronized and updates involve duplicate changes on both U.S. Bank Gaming Services (Cont'd. from p. 4) hosts for every ATM at all times. With this fortified DR architecture, both platforms are live at all times and there is no wait time to transfer data or build jobs and processes in the event of an incident. This comprehen- sive redundancy eliminates the risk of the DR platform not responding and allows for platform upgrades and system maintenance without customer impact. The active-active redundancy system provides the utmost assurance of uninterrupted cash access to support continuous action on your gaming floor. U.S. Bank's industry leading technolo- gy, superior processing system and proven expertise mean your ATMs and kiosks are consistently up and running, giving your guests more access to their cash and that means more cash to the gaming floor. For more information on how U.S. Bank Gaming Services can help your business, call 800.784.5414 or stop by booth #2816. "The Brunswick sales team under- stands the operations side of the business, bringing firsthand knowledge and expert- ise to the design and implementation cycle," said Adam Saks, Chief Operating Officer at UltraStar Multi-tainment Center. Bowling is an excellent fit for casinos as well as the local communi- ty, providing family-friendly fun for casino, resort and convention guests. When casino guests need a break from gambling, they can have one without leaving the property. Bowling is a game virtually everyone enjoys and knows how to play, making it the ideal way to attract a wide demo- graphic. "Members of the community were interested in creating a bowling venue for the community's youth, families and sen- iors (many of whom bowl in the Brunswick (Cont'd. from p. 1) Cherokee County Senior Olympics)," said Eric Lindfors, New Business Director at Brunswick. "Our Build-to-Bowl program used input from the Cherokee team to devel- op the concept, floor layouts, initial renderings and preliminary budgets," said Lindfors. "Since then, we've worked closely with the customer, architect and general contractor to finalize the budget and establish time- lines for the project, and the Brunswick team will stay onboard to see it through to completion." Brunswick has completed many casino bowling center projects, pro- viding a full range of services from feasibility studies and project plan- ning to facility design, construction management, installation and train- ing. Learn more by visiting www.brunswick bowling.com/casino. player marketing campaigns based on instinct rather than analytics. Even with good rated data, casinos still use a static hands per hour (HPH) count to measure game speed, which also leads to incorrect table performance analysis and player valuation models. Every player at every table plays at different speeds. To see the impact of inaccurate game speed on player valua- tion, let's look at a baccarat player bet- ting $500 per hand for 12 hours at 60 HPH. Using a house advantage of 1.2 percent, this player's worth to the casino is $4,320 ($500 x 12 x 60 x .012). If the player is very social and plays slowly, game speed will be lower, as low as 20 HPH in some cases. The same player should now be valued at $1,440 (500 x 12 x 20 x .012) – a third of what their actual value should be. Side bet differentiation is another difficult, yet critical, challenge to solve. Consider two blackjack players playing for an hour at 50 HPH – one player bet- ting $10 with a house advantage of 2 per- cent and the other betting $5 with a $5 side bet with a house advantage of 12 percent. Without differentiation, both would be valued at $10. With differentia- VizExplorer (Cont'd. from p. 1) tion, the first player is worth $10/hr ($10 x 1 x 50 x .02) and the second player is worth $30/hr (($5 x 1 x 50 x.02) + ($5 x 1 x 50 x .12)). An ideal solution would track on a per hand basis instead of by player ses- sion. It would measure game speed in real time to eliminate game speed volatil- ity, and differentiate side bets to ensure accurate player ratings and table per- formance analysis. The solution would allow for real-time instead of periodic assessments of dealer performance to optimize staffing and minimize labor inefficiencies. At G2E this year, VizExplorer and its partner ARB LABS are unveiling a new joint solution for gaming floor operators and marketers who want to see into the black hole. VizExplorer's tableViz™ with ChipVue™ powered by ARB LABS is an optical bet track- ing and table game performance analy- sis solution that takes the pain out of rating players, and gives operators tools to target table game players with measurable marketing campaigns for the first time. Visit VizExplorer at booth #3630 and ARB Labs at booth #3383 to see a live demonstration. Analogix & MediaTek Collaborate on DisplayPort Technology Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. announced its collaboration with MediaTek Inc., combining MediaTek's advanced, fea- ture-rich System-on-Chip (SoC) and Analogix's DisplayPort technology for best-in- class multimedia solutions. "Analogix is excited to combine our industry's most proven DisplayPort tech- nology with MediaTek's best-in-class display processing," said Michael Ching, Vice President for Analogix. "There is an ever-expanding range of products and applications that require high-perform- ance video out, best delivered using DisplayPort." Analogix offers a wide variety of integrated circuits (ICs) and intellectual property (IP) core solutions with sup- port for VESA's DisplayPort standard up to the latest version DisplayPort 1.4 providing: high-performance video and audio for resolutions up to 8K; Display Stream Compression (DSC 1.2) for interoperable, visually lossless com- pression over display links; High Definition Content Protection (HDCP 2.2) for an enhanced resolution, frame- rate and digital rights management that content providers require. The Analogix DisplayPort technology has shipped into over one billion System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions for multiple applications, from mobile devices and head-mounted- dis- plays, to monitors, HDTVs and media players. For more information, visit www.analogix .com and www.slimport.com.