RFIDNews | RFID-enabled solution wins gaming industry honors

Thursday, February 5, 2009

A panel of gaming industry experts have awarded Gaming Partners International (GPI) the 2009 International Gaming Award for Best Technology Manufacturer for its RFID TableTop Authenticator. The award was presented at the start of the International Gaming Expo held last month in London.

“Our TableTop Authenticator is a great device to fight counterfeiting and fraudulent activities by verifying incoming chips at the very first entry point in the casino: the tables,” says Gerard Charlier, President and CEO of GPI. The TableTop Authenticator is one part of GPI’s line of RFID-enabled gaming solutions for almost every part of a casino’s operations, from the poker table to the counting cage.

According to the guidelines of the International Gaming Awards, the category of Best Technology Manufacturer was “open to any technology company that with a specific product, has shown originality, the ability to succeed in a highly competitive market, offered services to clients that have helped increase profitability or have helped working environments become an easier and more productive place.”

'TapThat' wins top honors at Isobar's NFC hackathon

Global communications agency Isobar has announced the winners of Create 32, Silicon Valley’s first hackathon exploring NFC technology on commercially available smart phones.

The event, held at APPNATION III from November 30 - December 1, 2011, attracted more than 40 developers and creators to develop new uses for NFC technology and produced seven working prototypes of applications in 32 hours. Each app was critiqued by a panel of NFC experts from Nokia, Google, eBay-PayPal et al. on its ability to impact a brand, business or consumer, its potential viability and its ability to change the way users experience the world.

Konami adds DIGIPASS security for online shopping, games

Konami Digital Entertainment Co. has chosen VASCO Data Security International’s DIGIPASS technology to increase security for its online gaming and shopping services.

Cybercriminals have begun hacking into e-commerce and online gaming platforms to intercept payment transactions or steal gaming credits and goods for resale.

SITA, Orange streamline airports with NFC pilot

SITA, an IT provider for the air travel industry, has unveiled its first proof-of-concept for a solution that enables travelers to check in at the airport, gain access to members’ lounges and board their flight all with a simple tap of an NFC-enabled phone.

AOptix announces partnership with SITA

AOptix Technologies announced that SITA, a specialist in air transport communications and information technology, has joined the AOptix Value Added Reseller program.

Under the partnership, SITA, who has customers in more than 200 countries which includes 300 airport locations, would be able to offer its customers AOptix solutions. These offerings include the InSight iris and face recognition product as an automated solution for airports to quickly and securely identify passengers at security checkpoints with documents such as biometric-enabled passports.

Zenius tops Disruptathon competition with mobile wallet

Zenius Solutions has been awarded the the top innovation prize in the

Disruptathon Mobile Enterprise competition for its NFC-based mobile wallet solution.

Hosted by CTIA Enterprise and Applications in San Diego, the Disruptathon was judged by an audience of approximately 200 industry professionals, investors and app developers. Each finalist firm was granted five minutes to explain its technology’s concept, business model, disruptive potential and user experience.

Dynamics' next generation mag stripe technology wins best of show

Dynamics Inc.’s next generation magnetic stripe technology took Best of Show honors at the 2011 BAI Retail Delivery conference, held Oct. 10 to 13 in Chicago.

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RFID-enabled solution wins gaming industry honors