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The Real Poker Stars in France Focus CASINO D’EVIAN THE LOCATION, THE REAL POKER JUST 40 MINUTES FROM GENEVA, IS STARS IN FRANCE PERFECT FOR Technology is helping to drive the performance of Casino d’Evian, one of France’s THE HI-ROLLER highest earning casinos and a location with big plans for the future CROWD. Casino d'Evian, located on the The latest four day constantly looking to the next ceilinged room that easily accommodates picturesque lake Geneva, is the number poker tournament development to drive the industry staff, players and spectators. The room is, one independent casino in France. at Casino d'Evian forward. however, separate from the rest of the Competing for custom with major groups took place March table games and even slots within the such as Barriere, Partouche, Joa and 22-25. The French The location of the casino, just 40 casino, which is one of the few themed Tranchant, Casino d'Evian is consistently Gaming Board minutes from the financial capital of French locations having adopted an in the top 20 casinos in the country, operates a very Geneva, is perfect for the hi-roller crowd, African style to its main slots floor. which from a collective 197 locations in strict poker cash hence the two French roulette tables. total, is an indicator of the success of this game policy, However, Casino d'Evian pointedly stages The latest four day poker tournament at indie performer. insisting upon a a series of high visibility poker Casino d'Evian took place March 22-25. four per cent rake tournaments throughout the year in The French Gaming Board operates a very Located in a traditional French spa town, without capping. collaboration with PokerStars.fr and the strict poker cash game policy, insisting the first sites in France to be allowed The buy-in for the France Poker Series, drawing a variety of upon a four per cent rake without casino gaming, today Casino d'Evian PokerStars.fr event players from across the nation, including capping. The buy-in for the PokerStars.fr boasts 250 slot machines, nine gaming is a minimum the biggest names in French poker. The event is a minimum €250, with little and tables (two French roulettes, three €250, with little and tournaments began in low-key fashion big blinds ranging between €5 and €55. American roulettes, three black jack, one big blinds ranging with just two tables with the casino RFID is a boon for Casino d'Evian as the stud poker), attracting a split of 40 per between €5 and working initially with Eurosports. operator is no longer counting the pot, cent Swiss and 60 per cent French €55. with the readers beneath the cloth players. The casino has four restaurants/ However, in its second year the casino reconciling the rake live as the game is bars and a pub and was the first casino in installed two RFID poker tables to offer taking place. France to install IGT's sbX server-based cash games live to players using this slots system, and the first to install technology for the first time. This year, Gaming Partners International had to Gaming Partners International's RFID Casino d'Evian installed an additional two receive approval for its RFID poker system Poker system. Casino Director Eric Perrin tables with four large displays, housing from the French police and Ministry of is a self-confessed technology-fan, the tournament in a huge, beautiful, high Finance, before being able to offer the May 2012 PAGE 42 Focus CASINO D’EVIAN system to its customers in France. Even then, the local gaming board inspector is always on hand over the course of the tournament to ensure that all protocols are being followed to the letter by the casino. In March, GPI's regional representative, Lionel Cazalis, was also on site to follow the progress of the tournament and the interaction of players, dealers and management of the RFID poker system. “The benefits of the system are multiple,” explained Mr. Cazalis. “We are able to track all the transactions on each of the four tables, with each of the individual dealers given their own pin-codes as they log into and out of the table. This allows the operator to track the dealers at the different tables and view the number of hands played per table in any given period in real-time. The addition of the system also speeds up play itself. Dealers are no longer counting the chips, which results in extra hands played per hour. It's maximum pot and the pots from the last All the RFID tables are linked to a main “The benefits of the the equivalent to adding a card shuffler to five games, while spectators are also server, with information fed to the live system are the table in regards to the efficiency presented with this information, games director's office, who can keep multiple. We are gains.” something that only RFID can deliver. track of progress in real-time from the able to track all the Spectators at the Casino d'Evian floor. “Management have instant transactions on The feedback from players is that they tournament gathered around the displays information as to the rake, play at the each of the four appreciate the added live information to glean valuable information about the tables and importantly, how much should tables, with each of delivered to the displays, which helps games in play, which otherwise would be be in the boxes,” said Mr. Cazalis. “If any the individual both those playing and management keep difficult to follow. The information dealer makes a mistake, the RIFD system dealers given their track of the status of the game in play. mirrors the data players are familiar with will flag this in regards to the final own pin-codes as Players are given statistics about the on the Internet, in which live pot counts amount in the rake box. Due to the fact they log into and current pot size, the last winner's gain, and statistics are part of their everyday that the system is automatically counting out of the table.” house rake amount, average and gaming experience. the pot there are no human errors to LIONEL CAZALIS. May 2012 PAGE 43 Focus CASINO D’EVIAN Watching play at displayed fed live from the server. table games, dropping the paid entry POKER WAS the tables during requirement, while enforcing an ID policy the PokerStars.fr To date, GPI has sold the majority of its for entry to both slots and table gaming INITIALLY competition, it was RFID poker tables into the French market, areas. While table gaming benefited WELCOMED IN obvious that the having seen the most interest as poker incrementally, the small change had a players are very was only recently introduced into the pronounced effect on the larger FRANCE, BUT THE comfortable with market in 2007. Unfortunately for GPI, the percentage of slots revenue. Subsequent the technology, RFID system was market ready only one smoking bans and the economic crisis FOUR PER CENT asking the dealers year later, which saw the technology have had a further deleterious effect. RAKE HAD to count their buy- arrive too late to capitalise on the wave of ins via the RFID investment operators made in purchasing The introduction of poker was initially OPERATORS reader to ensure dedicated tables and chips. welcomed in France, but the four per cent QUESTION ITS that they received rake on the game had many operators the right number of Despite this, GPI has placed 39 tables questioning the value of this new VALUE. chips from the cash across the country, with further tables addition. Today, the country remains split factor into the equation. The live game desk. The RFID installed in Belgium, Hungary and between fierce opponents to the game director simply prints a report at the end system used at Monaco, with discussions ongoing in and equally fierce proponents. Most of of the day's transactions and this reveals Evian is the 125khz Germany and the UK. The key selling the advocates have promoted the game the pot amounts, rake, etc., with the technology points of game speed, simplification and heavily both online and through global reconciliation of the rake with the pioneered by GPI, clarity of dealer function mean that it television channels, with current revenues physical rake box. The head cashier which can read up compares very favourably to other options within some casinos in France showing simply prints the report and it is stored to 800 chips on a by improving rounds per hour and that poker is now generating 50 per cent on file for later inspection." single reader within eliminating dealer counting errors, while of live gaming revenues, which is at no three seconds. the minimal maintenance required by risk to the house. The counter to this is The tables in operation look no different RFID means that there's also minor seen as the opposition to poker by hi- from a regular poker table, aside from the ongoing costs for using the system. rollers. The removal of poker from PC tablet fitted within the chip tray and locations in France has been driven by a the RFID reading area marked out on the Investing in the RFID Poker system is a realisation that as operators originally layout by discreet markers for the benefit tricky prospect for casino directors placed poker tables in their existing live of the dealers. The readers are connected looking to push the concept through with gaming areas, traditional players and to a PC, with the RFID tablet PC finance departments as 92 per cent of the poker players mix together like foie gras connected to a CAT 5 network linking it revenue in French casinos is currently and fizzy cola.
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