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General Gaming Exhibitors Sydney 2006

September 26, 2006 on 3:16 pm | In Australasian Gaming Conference |

There were a vast array of general exhibitors at the exhibition. Some of the more popular categories included:

-> ATM providers.
-> Coin counter makers.
-> Vending machine makers.
-> Back end specialists - those companies able to monitor gaming machine activity and provide reporting.
-> Venue designers.
-> Aroma specialists - injecting scents into gaming rooms is a popular antidote for cigarette smoke and research indicates it may also make players more comfortable (and therefore more likely to open their wallets).
-> Pokies venue furniture providers. From chairs to carpet.
-> Sellers of plasma/LCD displays.
-> Restaurant paging services - devices customers carry which alert them when their meal is ready.
-> Signage professionals.

None of the exhibitors were pushy. Most seemed content for patrons to wander into their displays rather than launch marketing attacks as people walked by. The market niches most of the small vendors occupied were sufficiently small that they knew their products and jobs backwards. No messing around - straight to the point.

Notable amongst the general exhibitors were those providing roulette/horse racing/black jack simulations. These were all entirely automated simulations of the real events.

The horse racing for example was displayed on a huge screen in stunning virtual 3d. Player stations were situated facing the screen, with punters able to bet on the various horse winning combinations similarly to how they might at a real track. Once bets were closed (this was automated based on time) the horses would race, complete with a photo finish at the end of each race.

There is no rating for this group, but suffice it to say that the overall quality of displays was excellent.