New software provider to launch Mac compatible and interactive slots

New arrival on the turnkey provider scene, Rival Gaming (see previous reports) was making much of its upcoming GIGSE launch this week to emphasise that PDA and Mac players have access to their interesting new product.

The new boys on the block are using the Global Interactive Gaming Summit and Expo (GIGSE) on May 16-18, at Montreal's Palais des Congrès, to familiarise the industry with its i-Slots, which it claims radically update the classic slot game by adding hugely entertaining extras such as animated video clips, bonus interactive mini-games and evolving storylines that unfold over the course of the game.

The games have been available to the public for a few weeks through four new online casinos owned by The 400 Group out of Curacao (see previous bulletins).

"Many software developers have been claiming that their games are interactive," said Scott Giesbrecht, Managing Director at Rival Gaming. "But when we looked at slots, we saw that we had a real opportunity to offer players something that was far more captivating - and more fun - than anything they'd ever seen."

Rival considers it has two important advantages over most of the competition. The first is that all their casino software is now fully downloadable to Windows and AppleMac - a development that gives Rival licensees access to the estimated 15 million Mac owners worldwide. The other is that Rival now enables its operators to view their reports via Blackberry or other PDA - which means they can access their casino data from anywhere.

The innovation that is sure to draw crowds to the Rival booth at GIGSE, however, is the i-Slot itself. "People are going to have to see it to believe it," boasts Ken McCormack, VP Corporate Marketing at Rival. "We're talking about something that not only makes playing a single game far more entertaining - but one that's going to keep players coming back for more."