Alliance Gaming Announces Betty Boop- themed Progressive System Goes Live in Atlantic City.Business/Entertainment Editors & Gaming Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2000 Alliance Gaming Alliance Gaming NYSE: AGI is a Las Vegas, Nevada based manufacturer of slot machines and casino management software. History On June 18, 1996 merged with Bally Gaming International. Corp. (Nasdaq:ALLY) today announced that its Bally Gaming and Systems business unit, a leader in slots, video machines and casino management software for the global gaming industry, has gone "live" with its new Betty Boop(TM)-themed wide-area progressive system at four Park Place Entertainment (PPE PPE (Brit) n abbr (Univ) (= philosophy, politics, and economics) → Studiengang bestehend aus Philosophie, Politologie und Volkswirtschaft PPE n abbr (BRIT ) (SCOL ) properties in Atlantic City, N.J. Bally Gaming and Systems becomes just the second company to have a wide-area system in the Atlantic City market and reaches another milestone in its effort to build on the lucrative recurring revenue segment of its gaming operations. Beginning mid-day Friday, May 12, eighty-three machines in total were switched on at Bally's Park Place, Wild Wild West, Caesars Atlantic City Caesars Atlantic City is a hotel and casino, located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Like Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, it has an ancient Roman theme. Atlantic City's second casino, it opened in 1979 as the Caesars Boardwalk Regency Hotel Casino. The 124,720 sq. ft. and Atlantic City Hilton Atlantic City Hilton was first built by Steve Wynn in 1980 and named Golden Nugget Atlantic City. It was the first in Atlantic City to be built from the ground up as a luxury casino hotel, rather than being a renovation of an old non-gaming Atlantic City Hotel. to begin a field trial as mandated by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission The Casino Control Commission is a New Jersey state governmental agency that was founded in 1977 as the state's gaming control board, responsible for administering the Casino Control Act and its regulations to assure public trust and confidence in the credibility and integrity of . Promotion for the games included a visit to the casinos by the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Betty Boop Fan Club. The games enjoyed a strong level of play throughout the weekend. Betty Boop's Big Hit, the latest in entertaining, high-jackpot games on Bally Gaming's Thrillions(R) wide-area progressive system, offers a $100,000 initial jackpot that increases in relationship to the amounts wagered. The game is designed to produce frequent jackpots that result in an immediate total jackpot payment to winners. "We are very pleased to bring our Thrillions technology and the Betty Boop theme to the Atlantic City market," said Robert Miodunski, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Alliance Gaming. "With Betty Boop already a success in Nevada, Mississippi and various Native American casinos, Atlantic City represents the final piece to the successful rollout of our first wide-area progressive product. I would also like to take this opportunity to publicly thank everyone at Park Place Entertainment in the Atlantic City market for their invaluable assistance in bringing this product to market." Bally Gaming and Systems, a wholly owned business unit of Las Vegas-based Alliance Gaming Corp., designs, manufactures and distributes advanced gaming devices and systems worldwide. Additional information on Bally Gaming and Systems can be found at www.ballygaming.com. Alliance Gaming is a diversified gaming company with headquarters in Las Vegas. The company is engaged primarily in the design, manufacture and distribution of advanced gaming devices and systems worldwide, is the nation's largest gaming machine route operator, and owns and operates two casinos. Additional information about the company can be found on the Alliance Gaming Web site at www.ally.com. This news release may contain "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is subject to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. created thereby. Such information involves important risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect the results in the future and, accordingly, such results may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Future operating results may be adversely affected as a result of a number of risks detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: Betty Boop(TM)(c)2000 King Features Syndicate King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers around the world. King Features Syndicate is a unit of Hearst Holdings, Inc. , Inc / Fleischer Studios Inc. (TM)The Hearst Corporation / Fleischer Studios Inc. |
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