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Alliance to show over 200 slots at trade show
At the 2004
Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, Alliance
Gaming Corp. announced that its Bally Gaming
and Systems business unit intends to present
about 250 new types of slot machines.
The machines are said to include new themes
and new versions of brands drawn from
popular TV shows and cartoons such as 'Hee
Haw', 'Rocky
and Bullwinkle', and 'Felix the Cat'. The
company also says that they will be
introducing new 'Chippendales'
and 'Playboy' slots machines.
Additionally, the Las Vegas company will debut a new
slot progressive with a $100,000 jackpot
called 'Cartoon Jackpots' that will feature
new titles from its 'Betty Boop', 'Blondie
and Dagwood' and 'Popeye' brands.
A previously announced slot with an 'S&H Greenstamps' theme will allow players to use
cash out tickets to shop for products at a
nearby high-speed Internet kiosk, including
Jamaican cruises and high-definition TV
sets.
The company's Sierra Design Group unit will
display more than 60 slot machines and
electronic bingo machines for tribal
casinos.
In other
news,
Alliance and Atari Inc. have signed a deal
to design a series
of slot machines based on classic Atari
arcade games.
Atari, a majority-owned subsidiary of
Infogrames Entertainment SA of France,
intends to debut the first game in the
series, a slot based on its vintage video
game 'Pong', at the Global Gaming Expo.
Other games will include 'Asteroids', 'Centipede' and
'Breakout'.
The Global Gaming Expo, Oct. 5-7 at the Las
Vegas Convention Center, is the gaming
industry's largest trade show and the
premier showcase for many new gambling
devices.
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