Titel Harrahs Announces Peer to Peer Remote Gaming Systems for Casino Properties Autor/Erfasser externe Quelle

A new wave of interactive gaming devices allowing casino patrons to play poker anywhere 
on a casino's licensed property is on the way path to implementation, Progressive Gaming 
International Corporation [PGIC], a leading provider of technology and services to the 
brick-and-mortar gaming sector, has teamed up with Harrah's Licensing LLC, an affiliate 
of Harrah's Entertainment Inc., to develop and market the World Series of Poker® 'Peer 
to Peer' Texas Hold'em gaming system. 

The new peer-to-peer system is designed to allow poker players to compete on a wired or 
wireless device, within the casino grounds, connecting to a secure Intranet server that 
controls and coordinates the action. Whether or not the system is designed to be all-
computerized 

or will work in conjunction with a physically present, PokerTek-styled electronic table 
is unclear; both options are possible applications of the technology. The PGIC release 
notes that 'players will be able to play within the casino property at a bar, 
restaurant, and even poolside.' The idea is to create new gambling revenue from 'unused 
gaming space,' and to do so without displacing other revenue streams, such as slots or 
blackjack. 

The system is also designed to be marketed to casino properties lacking the space to 
implement a physical poker room in other ways, and the announcement cites a 'potential 
global marketplace of other 5,000 legalized gaming venues.' The new system is also 
planned for submission to various jurisdictional overseers, such as Gaming Laboratories 
International. 

PGIC will showcase the new peer-to-peer World Series of Poker game system at this 
November's Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas. Pending regulatory approval, the 
system will then be rolled it in 2007 and beyond, first at Harrah's casinos and later at 
other, non-Harrah's properties.