Photo Release -- Blue Yonder Partners With ISI to Develop First Server-Based Slot...
Photo Release -- Blue Yonder Partners With ISI to Develop First Server-Based
Slot Machines for Sports/Race Books
* Place Bets, Play Games or Both From Same Networked Terminals in
Sports/Race Books
* Brings New Level of Self-Service and Slot Game Revenue to
Under-Utilized Areas
* Employs Blue Yonder Server-Based Gaming Platform With ISI Sports
Betting Terminals
BOULDER, Colo. and LAS VEGAS, Nov. 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Blue Yonder
Gaming Corporation, a Boulder start-up technology company, has partnered with
Las Vegas-based ISI, Ltd., a global sports gaming company, to develop and market
a unique all-in-one concept that combines sports betting with slot and video
games. The new interactive player terminal will offer self-service betting and
live video feeds along with all the advantages of server-based gaming including
a selection of video slot games, capability to accept cash or tickets and
interface to player and casino systems.
A photo accompanying this release is available at
http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6813
As a result, for the first time ever, customers in sports and race books using
the Blue Yonder/ISI terminals will be able to wager on all race and sports
offerings without standing in line and either place bets, play games or both
with all the ease and access of today's networked slot machines. Just as
significant for the operator, the multi-purposed terminal will not only offer
immediate and "from your seat" wagering with either cash or tickets, it will add
the higher revenues generated by slot and video games to traditionally less
profitable and under-utilized areas including sports and race books. A patent to
secure the intellectual property of this innovative concept has been filed.
The companies will introduce and demonstrate the new genre of terminals at the
gaming industry's conference, Global Gaming Expo/G2E 2009 in Las Vegas, Nov. 17
- 19. Pending regulatory approvals, the first markets to be targeted will be key
international regions early in 2010 with sales into the North American market
later in the year or early 2011.
The new terminals will feature a touch-screen large enough to view all the
action of sporting events and will be available either as a desk-top or a bar
top unit with bill acceptors and ticketing features. In addition to betting on
live sporting events, the units will provide access to a variety of slot, video
poker, keno and blackjack games. Additional games are scheduled for subsequent
rollouts.
"We see this as a high tech bridge to the next generation of networked gaming
especially for sports books and other under-utilized gaming areas," commented
Bill Stearns, President of ISI Sports. "With a multitude of key capabilities and
advantages, our new terminals will bring added revenue to typically low margin
areas."
"This is the first practical application of our just released platform,"
explained Peter Shoebridge, CEO of Blue Yonder Gaming. "In working with this
partnership, we were able to truly underscore how our gaming platform can
shortcut the process to implement a server-based system and even more, to easily
incorporate ISI's race and sports applications."
The new partnership employed the newly released Blue Yonder platform to easily
create the benefits of networked gaming and integrate the proven ISI
applications for race, sports and entertainment. An affordable yet
fully-functioning server-based gaming system, the Blue Yonder platform is
designed to deploy and run a secure scalable solution for operating games and
slot machines. With a robust development kit and a suite of APIs, it takes full
advantage of the new structure coming to casinos as gaming operations convert
from running stand-alone slot machines to streaming games on central server
systems.
Since 2002, ISI has established itself as a global sports gaming and
entertainment network that allows customers to access legal sports gaming
opportunities and to obtain the latest in sports information and make
sports-related purchases. The company has mainly used its special kiosks,
iSports Stands, to link into secure, closed end intranet system within each
individual jurisdiction. Under the partnership, the company is expanding its
product line and will be responsible for sales and marketing of the new
multi-functional video game and sports betting terminals.
Blue Yonder Gaming Corporation
Veterans of technology initiatives in gaming and other industries, the founders
of Blue Yonder Gaming Corporation joined together in late 2008 to develop the
tools and technology designed to provide access to and harness the latest high
speed infrastructures coming to casino floors. In September 2009, the company
released the first version of a novel solution designed to provide a practical
way to transition to a networked gaming environment without the need for
development of an in-house technology solution. The Blue Yonder platform
provides an efficient and less complicated platform to develop server-based
gaming solutions, allowing current content developers, gaming manufacturers and
other innovators from a wide range of disciplines and sectors to focus their
expertise on creating new experiences for players. Further information, visit:
www.blueyondergaming.com.
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ISI Sports
ISI Sports offers complete race and sports book solutions and is a major
supplier to gaming operators particularly in the Caribbean and Latin American
markets where automated technology has been more readily accepted. Through
secure, closed end intranet system within each individual jurisdiction, the
company's ISportsStand(C) provides legal sports gaming and Internet sports
information directly to the sports fan at a casino, bar, restaurant or other
location for spontaneous sports betting when interest is at its height. Further
information, visit: www.isisports.com.
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CONTACT: Blue Yonder Gaming Corp.
Peter Shoebridge
1-303-882-6150
peter@blueyondergaming.com
ISI Sports
Bill Stearns
1-702-610-2119
bill@isisports.com
Pepin Marketing
Carolan Pepin
1-702-526-5758
pepinmarketing@gmail.com
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