Weike Gaming Technology, the Singapore-based casino gaming company, has appointed Gus Noble as its Senior Sales Manager.

Gus Noble has joined Weike Gaming after serving as the company’s sales agent in Macau for the last 15 months. In his new full time management role, Gus’ responsibilities include overseeing sales operations activities and customer relationship management in Macau.

“We are delighted that Gus is joining our management team. With his extensive gaming experience including senior roles with listed gaming companies in Australia and the last five years working as a consultant in Macau, he brings great experience and energy to our team” said Chow Chee Keong, Weike Gaming’s Head of Sales.

The new website of Weike Gaming goes live today on the internet. www.weikegaming.com aims to provide customers a comprehensive overview of all the gaming products and systems that it offers to the gaming market.

The new website features expanded product information and media content with a user-friendly navigation interface. All the latest gaming and systems information and updates will be hosted on the website, giving customers easier access to Weike Gaming’s products, industry ventures, news and media campaigns.

Weike Gaming today announced record sales of units shipped to third parties in the first half of 2011.

The Singapore-based company's slots gaming division has recorded its best six-month game sales in the company’s decade-long history. Weike Gaming had a 500% increase in sales from the same period in the previous year with record growth in transactions to clubs in Malaysia, Singapore and to the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort in Singapore.

Chow Chee Keong, Weike Gaming’s Head of Sales stated, "We are delighted with the record result, as our strong suite of Asian-themed games is gaining strong market acceptance and a loyal following with some outstanding performance figures for operators. We have worked hard to listen to players’ needs and to provide games that Asian players can identify with and enjoy. As the only Singapore based gaming manufacturer, we believe we are uniquely positioned to understand and deliver what the Asian player is looking for in a slot game."

WEIKE GAMING TECHNOLOGY GRANTED SINGAPORE GAMING MANUFACTURERS LICENSE BY SINGAPORE REGULATOR

On April 20th and April 25th 2010, The Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA), Singapore’s casino regulator, granted Weike Gaming Technology a full Gaming Machine Manufacturer’s License, and approved the Weike Infinity Gaming Machine together with a series of 25 and 50 lines games. Weike now joins a small group of International manufacturers that are licensed in Singapore to supply the 2 new casinos which have recently
opened in the world’s newest regulated casino jurisdiction.

Commenting on the granting of the license and the approvals, David Kinsman, Weike Gaming Technology’s CEO said, “It’s a great honour to now have achieved the milestone of a full manufacturer’s license in our home country. We are delighted that the CRA have found Weike worthy of this license, and we join a small, elite group of International companies that are licensed to supply the Singapore casinos.” Mr Kinsman went on, “Singapore had established the world’s highest regulatory standards, and it’s a significant achievement for a company such as ours to meet those requirements and be judged suitable. As the standards are so high both for probity and technical requirement, the achievement of a Singapore license is a significant asset to any company in our industry”

WEIKE GAMING ANNOUNCES NEW SALES AND MARKETING AGENT FOR MACAU

Singapore, 15 March 2010 – Weike Gaming Technology, Singapore's only licensed gaming equipment manufacturer, announced today that it has finalised a contract with a new sales and marketing agent for Macau. The new agent, Asia Hospitality Services Limited, headed by Gus Noble, begins operations officially, representing Weike's entire product line, as of 1 April 2010.

Commenting on the new appointment, Weike Gaming's CEO, David Kinsman, said, "We are delighted to be able to announce the appointment of Gus Noble and Asia Hospitality Services Limited as our new Macau representative. Gus has a very significant background in the gaming industry, both in Asia and Australia, with special expertise and experience in the Systems area. As Weike is Asia's largest system manufacturer and supplier, Gus’ extensive experience will allow us to take our systems product range to new levels.”

Prior to being contracted to represent Weike, Gus Noble served as consultant to a number of system companies in Asia. He was also the Project Director for TAB of NSW for the development of the NSW State Wide Link, which offers wide area jackpots across thousands of machines, in hundreds of sites across the State of NSW, Australia's largest gaming jurisdiction.

HARRAH’S Entertainment, the US casino giant taken private by private equity firms Texas Pacific Group and Apollo Management two years ago, has declared its intention to take the company public again but has said it will need to wait for the economy to recover and for online poker to be legalised in the US first, Harrah’s chief executive Gary Loveman told delegates at a Reuters conference in New York this week. The private equity firms’ leveraged buyout of the casino giant for US$31bn in January 2008 doubled the casino group’s debt to US$19bn. Harrah’s launched an online business, Harrah’s Interactive Entertainment, in May last year, with HIE chief executive Mitch Garber predicting legal online gambling in the US.

Private Equity firm Ora, a Guernsey-listed subsidiary of Ora Capital Partners has bought 1.5 million shares in Gaming VC, equating to 4.97% of the issued share capital. For more on private equity and online gambling, see January’s feature.

Singapore, 22 February 2010 – Weike Gaming Technology, Singapore's only local slot machine developer and manufacturer, announced changes in the structure of its Sales department.

Commenting on the recent changes, David Kinsman, CEO of Weike Gaming Technology, said, "As of end March, Chris Rogers, who has been a consultant to Weike since early 2008, will be concentrating on the development of his own company, 113 East, in Macau. We sincerely wish to thank Chris for his efforts over the past two years and all that he has done to assist us. As his own business has grown and developed into new areas, Chris had to decide which way to go, and we totally understand his decision. He will cease to be part of Weike formally with effect from April, but I know we will always be close to 113 East, and we will be working with him in the future."

A new Macau sales agent will be announced in early March, and within the Weike Singapore head office, there have been changes to re-organise the Sales department.

"Our previous Sales Co-ordinator, Chanel Leong, will move up to a management role," said Mr Kinsman, "And I will take on a more active role in the client interface across Weike's markets, both in Singapore and internationally."

WEIKE GAMING TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCES SALES TEAM RE-ORGANISATION

Singapore, 22 February 2010 – Weike Gaming Technology, Singapore’s only local slot machine developer and manufacturer, announced changes in the structure of its Sales department.

Commenting on the recent changes, David Kinsman, CEO of Weike Gaming Technology, said, “As of end March, Chris Rogers, who has been a consultant to Weike since early 2008, will be concentrating on the development of his own company, 113 East, in Macau. We sincerely wish to thank Chris for his efforts over the past two years and all that he has done to assist us. As his own business has grown and developed into new areas, Chris had to decide which way to go, and we totally understand his decision. He will cease to be part of Weike formally with effect from April, but I know we will always be close to 113 East, and we will be working with him in the future.”

A new Macau sales agent will be announced in early March, and within the Weike Singapore head office, there have been changes to re-organise the Sales department. “Our previous Sales Co-ordinator, Chanel Leong, will move up to a management role,” said Mr Kinsman, “And I will take on a more active role in the client interface across Weike’s markets, both in Singapore and internationally.”

A Singapore-based gaming manufacturer has told yogonet and Channel News Asia he believes annual casino equipment sales in Asia could hit US$ 400 million.

The opening of the two integrated resorts (IRs) in Singapore will assist in creating that windfall adds David Kinsman of Weike Gaming Technology. The potential bonanza could also benefit makers of security systems as well as tables and slots he suggests.

Most of the equipment to be used in the first phases of the two integrated resorts–Resorts World at Sentosa and Marina Bay Sands–has already been ordered and is waiting either regulatory clearance or deployment on the floor.

The recent history of Macau has shown however that opportunities arise for suppliers post-opening as operators tweak their offer in the light of hard experience on the front line of the casino floor.

(Singapore).- The opening of the two integrated resorts (IRs) in Singapore is likely to be a windfall for makers of casino-related products, including gaming machines, tables and surveillance systems. Industry players estimated that annual sales could hit us$ 400 million across Asia. They said that operating out of Singapore may be a smart bet for slot machines suppliers.

Singapore company Weike Gaming Technology appears to have hit the jackpot. The 12-year-old firm is one of many manufacturers that supplies slot machines to the two IRs in Singapore. This year, Weike is targeting a 10 to 20 per cent growth in business. Currently, Weike exports about 90 per cent of its products.

Going forward, it will be betting on the two new IRs and 71 clubs around Singapore that operate gaming machines to boost its domestic business. Weike is aiming to get about a third of its sales from Singapore by end-2011.