Bally Technologies’ trailblazing technology facilitates Pechanga Resort & Casino to win GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® certificate for ‘world’s largest slot tournament’; Bally also sets world record for ‘most slot machines running the same game simultaneously at the same venue’
LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Bally Technologies, Inc.(NYSE: BYI), a leader in slots, video machines, casino-management, interactive applications, and networked and server-based systems for the global gaming industry, today announced that its innovative and award-winning iVIEW Display Manager (DM) with Elite Bonusing Suite powered The World’s Largest Slot Machine Tournament at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Bally Technologies also earned a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS achievement for most slot machines running the same game simultaneously at the same venue. During the duration of the tournament, all participants played Bally’s Hot Shot® Blazing 7s™ as part of DM Tournaments™.
The record-setting event, enabled by Bally’s trailblazing technology, and certified by Guinness World Records, featured more than 1,100 players simultaneously competing in a tournament in one location on slot cabinets made by five different slot-machine manufacturers.
Over three rounds, 2,885 Pechanga patrons competed throughout the casino floor for their share of more than $100,000 in prizes in the free tournament.
“This is a great example of how server-based technology can create contagious excitement on games from multiple manufacturers and take one of the most popular special events for real players to a whole new level,” said Bally Technologies Senior Vice President of Strategy and Customer Consulting Bruce Rowe.
With Bally’s iVIEW DM and DM Tournaments, any machine with the technology installed, anywhere on the floor, can be turned into a tournament slot and then turned back to normal game play mode right afterwards. The technology enables casino operators to remove under-performing games from the floor, rather than retaining them just for tournaments. During The World’s Largest Slot Tournament, Pechanga switched more than 1,000 games from normal playing mode to tournament and back within a few minutes.
Bally’s CoolSign® media-management system enabled patrons to view the tournament leader board information on digital monitors and display screens throughout the property.
“Generally, the period between Chinese New Year and the Super Bowl, and President’s Day is pretty slow in the casino world,” said Pechanga Vice President of Slot Operations Buddy Frank. “This year, in addition to setting two world records, Pechanga scored some of its best revenues ever.”
Added Frank: “I think the real difference between this event and a ‘normal’ slot tournament was that once it was over — with the guests still pumped up from the competition — all 1,200 of the tournament machines automatically converted back to standard play in less than 15 minutes. I’ve dreamed of this for years!”
Pechanga has more than 1,100 machines that utilize Bally Technologies’ iVIEW DM and Elite Bonusing Suite, which enables powerful, casino-wide promotions, including tournaments, to be run with all players competing against each other. For the past year, the casino has delivered other promotions enabled by Bally’s technology, including free DM Tournaments with hundreds of players and a virtual horse racing-event, the Pechanga Classic, a Virtual Racing™ promotional event where each player chooses a horse to bet on and watches the race unfold on the in-game screen.
