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Source: Atronic
International
Luebbecke, Germany
On April 18, 2002, Holland Casino Zandvoort officially re-opened its doors after a short but intensive reconstruction. Within a period of just a few months, the local project-team from Holland Casino has succeeded in creating a beautiful and very guest-friendly reception area, a how to play/low limit “Let’s Play” area and space for an additional 80 slot machines. As a result, the total number of machines in Zandvoort has increased by 40 percent to 280.
The main
attraction during the night of the re-opening was the official launch of
Sphinx II in the Netherlands, a moment where many players of Holland Casino
had been looking forward to. The official launch was done by Roel Woering,
General Manager of Holland Casino Zandvoort, who received assistance from
two Sphinx-actors, a belly dancer and an Egyptian music-band. After the
official part, the 2,000 casino visitors could finally play on the machines
and try their luck for one of the 5 trips to Egypt that could be won on
the Sphinx II machines.
“Already
within the first two weeks after the installation, Sphinx II had beaten
all possible performance records in the casino of Zandvoort” says Erik-Jan
van den Berg, Product Manager for Holland Casino and responsible for gaming
in the casinos of Zandvoort and Schiphol Airport. “Responsible for part
of these records was its famous predecessor Sphinx, which despite its age,
still is a Top-3 game in most casinos in the Netherlands”.
Compared
to its predecessor, Sphinx II offers improved sounds, enhanced graphics
and new bonus features. Furthermore, the game offers a double bet feature
which allows players to control how they like the game to play. They have
the option to play “from left to right” only or “from left to right
and right to left” for more wins AND the chance to unlock the mysterious
Tutenchamun’s Treasure Bonus. This is a highly player-interactive digit
feature that allows players to influence the final win amount. The Sphinx
II is available in all of ATRONIC cabinets (including on the world´s
only fully-functional, oversized video gaming machine : the Titan) and
can additionally be equipped with a special Sphinx de Luxe top-box (see
picture).
The night
of the re-opening of Holland Casino Zandvoort was an enormous success and
both Holland Casino and Atronic are convinced that the concept for the
re-opening will have a very positive impact on the image of the casino
and the Atronic games.
Atronic
and sister companies Atronic Americas and Atronic Australia are members
of the family-owned and -operated Gauselmann Group, which has sold more
than 1.7 million machines since inception, and 97,000 gaming devices in
the year 2001 alone. Atronic is headquartered in Germany and has offices
in Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Peru, South Africa and the United
States. Atronic is dedicated to producing only the highest quality
of entertaining games and products, which are being operated in 74 countries
worldwide.
Atronic
holds a total of 142 worldwide gaming licenses including the United States
with 21 state licenses and 100 Indian Gaming licenses. To find out more
information about Atronic, please visit the website at www.atronic.com
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In order to explain the numerous features of Sphinx II and to hand-out
giveaways to the casino guests, Atronic had organized a promotion team
that was in the casino during the night of the opening and the following
night.
