Konami Casino Management System Unleashes Annual Upgrade
March 27 2012 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Konami Gaming, Inc., a leading gaming technology provider, is
upgrading approximately 70 casinos currently running Konami Casino
Management System (KCMS) to KCMS v3.20, announced Thomas Soukup,
Vice President Research and Development for Systems at Konami
Gaming, Inc.
KCMS v3.20 was developed within the past year and will be
provided to the approximately 70 KCMS customers for free under
Konami’s maintenance agreement. Konami’s goal with the yearly
upgrades is to ensure their customers are provided with the most
up-to-date technology and product enhancements in the most
cost-effective manner to keep KCMS users leading the
competition.
According to Soukup, “As with previous upgrades, the KCMS v3.20
upgrade can be performed remotely through a secure, encrypted
casino/jurisdiction controlled VPN connection with ease due to the
KCMS centralized database architecture which facilitates upgrading
all modules – table games, slots, TITO, patron tracking,
interfaces, everything – all at once. This remote upgrade/download
technology developed by Konami combined with a centralized database
shared by all modules, leads to a seamless upgrade process. In
fact, most upgrades are being completed in a little over an
hour.
“KCMS v3.20 offers Konami’s most current gaming system
technology, which promises to entertain, engage and track players
like never before, helping casinos using KCMS surpass their
competition.”
KCMS v3.20 was developed with feedback from the entire KCMS
customer base and incorporates a new “Microsoft Windows-like” look
and feel graphical user interface (GUI). The new GUI features
include ease-of-use enhancements such as a status bar that
highlights errors and status messages, allowing the KCMS user to
easily identify when a field or entry requires attention. The
upgrades also include a system-wide search option, giving the user
the ability to search throughout all the available forms and
reports.
For table games, KCMS v3.20 now provides features such as more
accurate, real-time tracking of players based on behaviors such as
skill, game speed and play percentage.
KCMS v3.20 also offers a new incentive promotion called Random
Free Play where marketing can choose the minimum, maximum and
average award amounts that are transferable to the player.
Marketing teams can entertain, engage, and provide incentives to
players as the Random Free Play is delivered through BonuStream™,
interactive displays of the bonus celebration played directly on
the player service window (LCD). The BonuStream™ mini-games are
played at the machines when the player achieves pre-determined
targeted incentive criteria.
KCMS v3.20 also includes a form that allows marketers to queue
messages on the player service window (LCD) to a single player or
specific group, enabling the user to send messages such as
notifying a specific player that their reservation is ready or a
group of players that their bus will leave in 15 minutes. The
player messages are alphanumeric up to 104 characters and can
display for up to three minutes.
For more information on the Konami Casino Management System,
visit www.gaming.konami.com/kcms.
About Konami Gaming, Inc.
Konami Gaming, Inc. is a Las Vegas-based subsidiary of KONAMI
CORPORATION (NYSE: KNM). The company is a leading provider of slot
machines and casino management systems for the global gaming
market. For more information about Konami Gaming, Inc., please
visit www.konamigaming.com.
About the Konami Casino Management System (KCMS)
KCMS is an industry-leading casino management system with an
increasing number of installations spanning America, Canada,
Australia as well as other international regions. KCMS is best
known for its advanced capabilities, such as its real-time
TCP/IP-based technology, multi-channel in-machine streaming video,
powerful rules-based Bonusing engine, true multi-game,
multi-denomination analytics at both the device and patron level,
and documented high availability. These features combine to allow
operators to effectively manage and analyze their gaming
operations, implement innovative marketing campaigns, and drive
their business forward.