Inside Asian Gaming

April 2014 | INSIDE ASIAN GAMING 25 SupplierAwards 2014 Winner | SHFL Entertainment – Duo Fu Duo Cai Duo Fu Duo Cai surged past some strong competition in 2013 to win “Best Progressive” in its first full year on Asia’s slot floors. In recognition of the legions of fans this colorful, feature- rich four-level link continues to win in Macau and across the region, our judges chose it hands-down again this year. Fitted atop such stalwart titles as 88 Fortunes and 5 Treasures, Duo Fu Duo Cai’s arsenal includes stacked symbols and as many as 10 free games and a link jackpot win in the feature. The highlight is its unique “All Up” game style, an elaborately themed element where all lines are always in play even at the minimum one- credit bet. As players buy more “Gold” symbols they access a higher-paying scorecard and more opportunities to win a progressive jackpot. There are lots of ways to translate Duo Fu Duo Cai from the Chinese—“much luck, good fortune, much treasure” or simply “money”—and for SHFL Entertainment and a growing list of casino operators it’s meant all of them. Honorable Mention | Aristocrat – Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa was Aristocrat’s first Hyperlink designed for Asian players, and it’s still one of the region’s most popular games. Our judges gave it high marks again this year for the legendary performers configured underneath it—5 Dragons, 50 Dragons, Choy Sun Doa and Lucky 88 among them—and for such unique features as its randomly triggered game-within-a-game feature and an interactive touchscreen that lets players select any of the “Shrine” symbols in the second screen to reveal either a “Grand, Major, Minor” or “Mini” jackpot character. Any three-symbol match is a win. Honorable Mention | Bally Technologies – Fu Dao Le Bally’s Fu Dao Le is a progressive aimed squarely at the Chinese customer with one of the most engagingly playable packages he or she is likely to find on the floor. Housed in the stylish Alpha Pro Wave cabinet, Fu Dao Le (meaning “luck, or fortune, has arrived”) offers five jackpot levels and free games that start at eight and can be re-triggered when more of the “Gong” symbols appear that brought the player into the initial bonus. Jackpots are awarded in the Progressive Pick feature, which is triggered by three stacked wilds that can be “nudged” up or down to launch the feature. Players pick from among 15 “Coins” until three of the same kind (“Mini, Minor, Major” or “Maxi”) are matched up to a top prize of 888,800 credits. But the big-money action doesn’t stop there. Every spin at any bet level has the potential to land a player in the Red Envelope Banked Progressive when any combination of two scattered “Red Envelope” symbols appear on reels 1 and 5. Aristocrat Fa Fa Fa IGT Megabucks SHFL Entertainment Duo Fu Duo Cai Best Progressive Slot | Nominees Best Slot Innovation | Nominees Aruze Aladdin and The Lamp Aruze Alibaba Aruze The Gold Bally Fu Dao Le Bally Titanic Winner | Aruze – The Gold In singling out Aruze for innovation our judges paid a well- deserved tribute to one of the most creative slot-makers in the business. Since its 2013 Asian debut, The Gold has established itself as a standout performer on a standout platform—the Innovator Deluxe, best known for its bold approach to stepper technology, “Radiant Reels,” as it’s known, and attention- grabbing interactive mechanical top box. What The Gold has shown over the last year is that Aruze is also perfecting the maths to go with the presentation. It leverages the Innovator’s robust feature-within-a-feature and bonus-games-within-a- feature elements to powerful effect. Five or more “Gold Bar” symbols trigger the free games and also award extra payouts, and as the number of triggering “Gold Bars” increases, so does the chance of even bigger wins. Aruze Lucky Sic Bo Aruze Roulette Angels Aruze Shoot to Win Craps Jumbo Technology Long Dragon Baccarat LT Game Live Table Multi-Game Syste m SHFL Entertainment Rapid Table Games Best Multi-Terminal Product | Nominees Winner | LT Game – Live Table Multi-Game System It’s all but impossible now to cross a casino floor in Macau and not see a bank of LT terminals or scores of them arrayed in amphitheater settings around a raised stage where their live dealers work ceaselessly beneath the cameras. At some properties entire rooms are devoted to them. As a low-cost, high-yield alternative in a market where demand is pushing minimum bets at live baccarat beyond the reach of many players, their numbers continue to soar, increasing by around 50% over this time last year and now approaching 3,000 units. Far from content to rest on its success, LT is continually upgrading the customizable software and the design of the player interface to keep the experience fresh, comfortable and conducive to more extended play. But that’s the inner beauty of the Live Table Multi-Game System: it’s a highly flexible platform as well, capable of supporting any number of terminal configurations both for ticket and cash play and available in two slant- top styles. It also provides player-tracking and VIP client alert functionalities and supports an array of direct-marketing features that can be delivered in varieties ranging from Flash-enabled advertisements to notices of special drawings, jackpots and tournaments. Honorable Mention | Aruze – Lucky Sic Bo With its super-sized dice and its inimitable “bash button” to set them in motion, Lucky Sic Bo has been holding its own across the region for more than four years running. It shows off all the strengths of Aruze’s innovative G-Station series—the dazzling colors and crisp graphics, the eye-catching overhead display, the extra- spacious player interface, the configurable