Bally
Gaming Opens Macau Office
Bally Gaming and Systems, a
business unit of Alliance Gaming Corp., announced
today that it has opened a new office in the
Bank Of China Building in the heart of Macau
S.A.R. to provide sales and service support
for its slot machines, systems and table management
business efforts throughout Asia.
The
31st-floor office features approximately 1,900
square feet of space, including a showroom and
sales offices, and directly overlooks the new
Wynn Macau resort under construction as well
as the venerable Casino Lisboa. Bally has also
retained an additional 2,000 square feet of
nearby warehouse space for machine stock and
parts.
"Bally's
growing slot machine business within Macau and
throughout Asia -- along with serving a key
Bally Systems customer, Sands Macau, and our
Bally Table Management Systems (TMS(TM)) customer,
Galaxy Entertainment Group -- prompted the opening
of this office, which further demonstrates our
commitment to the region while establishing
Bally for future expansion throughout the Asia-Pacific
market," said John Connelly, Bally Vice
President, International.
Bally
is hosting the office's official Grand Opening
on Friday, Feb. 24. Customers, dignitaries and
media from throughout Asia have been invited.
Following a traditional Chinese ritual ceremony
conducted by a Master Feng Shui and the official
ribbon cutting, Alliance Gaming CEO Richard
Haddrill will preside over a press conference
beginning at 3 p.m. local time. Connelly, Bally
Executive Vice President Robert Saxton and Bally
Vice President and Managing Director Srini Raghavan
of the Company's India Offshore Development
Center will also be available for in-person
interviews.
In
conjunction with the office opening, Bally has
appointed Catherine Burns to the position of
Vice President and Managing Director for Bally
Pan-Asia. In her new role, Burns will be responsible
for gaming and systems activities throughout
Asia, with an initial emphasis on Bally Casino
Management Systems (CMS(TM)), Bally Slot Management
Systems (SMS(TM)) and Bally TMS.
With
experience in the gaming industry dating back
to 1992, Burns relinquished her role as President
of her own retail business in Delaware to accept
this position with Bally. She previously served
as General Manager for VLC, a gaming machine
and systems company that was a division of U.S.-based
Powerhouse Technologies, Inc. She was responsible
for video lottery and gaming interests in Australia
and New Zealand, specializing in video lottery
consulting and sales and gaming machine and
software sales. She also previously served as
Director, International Sales for VLC.
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