QHA Review August 2017
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GAMING<br />
with Nick Bainbrigge<br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>QHA</strong> REVIEW | 8<br />
A MESSAGE<br />
FROM ARISTOCRAT<br />
In the lead up to AGE Aristocrat invites you to<br />
“curve your thinking’ around the possibilities of<br />
games, cabinets, and technology. At AGE, we<br />
will be showcasing our most diverse portfolio<br />
yet, with greater choice and flexibility than ever<br />
before. With a focus this year on delivering the<br />
world’s greatest gaming experience through<br />
our range of innovative and market-leading<br />
products and services, we are confident that<br />
you’ll find the right solutions tailored to<br />
your needs.<br />
Dragon Cash and Dragon Link have<br />
set the Queensland market alight, with<br />
performance in hotels double the market<br />
average since its release last November<br />
(Source: Maxgaming reports June <strong>2017</strong>).<br />
As a follow-up to the famous Lightning<br />
series, which features the successful “hold n<br />
spin” feature and scalable bonus prizes, the<br />
Dragon series is living up to its reputation, fast<br />
becoming the best performing product in<br />
the market.<br />
We are thrilled to see that Queensland<br />
continues to maintain strong performance<br />
following the release of our latest games<br />
in the Dragon Cash & Link, Lightning Cash<br />
& Link families. Lightning Link continues<br />
to maintain its foothold with new additions<br />
Bengal Treasures and Wild Chuco seeing<br />
performance at two times floor average in<br />
Queensland hotels.<br />
AGE this year is all about showing off greater<br />
choice and flexibility of content, hardware<br />
and platforms with new cabinets and content<br />
making their debut at the show. Don’t miss<br />
out on getting a glimpse of our latest offerings<br />
at this year’s AGE!<br />
We thank you for your ongoing support and<br />
look forward to seeing you at the show!<br />
PINT-PULLING ROBOT<br />
For anyone who thought pulling the perfect schooner<br />
of ale was an art and not a science – think again.<br />
A group of engineering students in Leeds, England<br />
have devised a pint-pulling robot that takes your<br />
order via keypad and then draws it meticulously into<br />
a glass complete with a perfect head. One thing<br />
yet to be built into the contraption is the ability to<br />
achieve this feat while engaging in friendly banter.<br />
Surely that’s one human element of the industry<br />
that technology will never be able to replace. Check<br />
it out on YouTube (keywords: perfect pint robot)<br />
NASA UNVEILS HOTEL<br />
CONCEPT WITH<br />
UNBEATABLE VIEW<br />
If you’ve got a spare $5M kicking around some time in<br />
the next 10 years why not book a two-week holiday at<br />
the MARINA? The Managed, Reconfiguarble, In-space<br />
Nodal Assembly is an MIT space accommodation<br />
concept NASA took a liking to after holding a<br />
competition to design the world’s first orbiting hotel.<br />
Complete with a shuttle docking bay and inflatable<br />
rooms, NASA hopes the MARINA will replace the<br />
International Space Station by 2025 and be used as a<br />
stop-over for the first travellers to Mars. The MIT team<br />
estimated the design will reduce the space agency’s<br />
costs by $3 billion a year with a commercial operator<br />
generating revenue from the hotel.
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