Crane Payment Innovations (CPI) has announced the global release of Simplifi, cloud-based software for route-based gaming operators. By extending into the distributed gaming market, CPI is adding to their existing network of 1 million managed machines. Simplifi is a GLI-approved, cloud-based platform that delivers real-time payment device and route management insights to route operators. Simplifi connects with the SC Advance […]

Catena Media has conducted a major piece of research into the casino industry in the years leading up to 2020, and the outlook for the sector remains bullish despite challenges around the globe. The research – which delves deeply into all aspects of the casino segment but particularly the land-based market – looks at gross gaming yield within casino, revealing […]

IGT has announced a new organisational structure focused primarily on two business segments: Global Gaming and Global Lottery. This new structure is designed to: provide greater responsiveness to customers and players; increase IGT’s effectiveness and competitiveness in providing products and solutions that address the opportunities of each market segment; harmonize best practices across both B2B and B2C channels in each […]

Casinos across the globe are working tirelessly to re-open safely to provide peace of mind for their staff and players, ensuring they are properly protected. TCSJOHNHUXLEY has been focused on this during the pandemic, launching the Care & Protect range of products designed specifically for live gaming requirements. From Play Safe Shields for table games to chip sanitization products, the […]

Specialist virtual games provider Kiron has become the first supplier to provide virtual content online in South Africa, after launching its Jika Sports portfolio with all major betting operators in the market. First introduced with leading retail operators in September 2019, the popular Jika Sports brand, which offers localised versions of Kiron’s virtual football and horse racing products, will now […]

A Chilean investment company, Nueva Inversiones Pacifico Sur (IPS) wants to acquire a 50.1% controlling stake in Sun International With an offer of R22 per share, it believes that it has put a compelling price on the table It is also willing to offer the owner of Sun City a bridge loan to help it deal with short-term liquidity problems and […]

Quadrant2 Design’s Natalka Antoniuk makes a compelling argument for the relaxation of the two-metre social distancing rule.   “The Government are reported to be considering relaxing the ‘two-metre rule’ for social distancing. About time. To be frank, while the two-metre rule remains in place, large sectors of the economy remain unviable. While some cafes and restaurants have opened for deliveries […]

Following the recent launch of TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s KRE8 Covid compliant face masks, the company contacted Johannesburg radio station Hot 91.9fm to see if they would be interested in a donation to their Hot Cares initiative. “Hot 91.9fm is a great local radio station and their Hot Cares community upliftment initiative is well known providing much-needed assistance to those in need within […]

Quarterly award recognizes exceptional design collaborations between Gary Platt and customers Gary Platt Manufacturing has created a Hall of Fame to recognise exceptionally-designed chairs, resulting from the company’s unique collaborative process between customers and its designers. The inaugural class of inductees are: Rachel Demeritt of Shema Dougall for the Monaco with Epic frame designed for Sycuan Casino Resort Deepa Mowji […]

TransAct Technologies has launched the Epicentral Clean2Play, a revolutionary casino product that provides real-time printed proof that a slot machine has been cleaned, sanitised, and is ready for play. Epicentral Clean2Play builds on Acres 4.0’s Clean Machine product, which detects when each gaming machine’s play session ends and instantly dispatches a staff member to sanitise the game. Once sanitisation is […]