Jumbo Technology
Taiwanese manufacturer Jumbo Technology has a thorough understanding of oriental gamers, according to Director of Business Development, Simon Liu, partly because it is an operator of bingo halls in Taiwan as well as an equipment manufacturer. “This allows us to stand in the player’s conception when we design a machine,” he says. And the company’s motto is very much ‘what you see is what you believe’, hence its Perception Gaming brand, and the 4-inch LCD monitors at each player station that deliver live game results to players.

This approach can make a big difference, Liu reckons. Take sic bo. A table game dealer will shake the dice under a cover and then invite players to place their bets – the results are only shown once betting has finished, and this is because oriental players want to bet on the outcome of the shake, perhaps using their skill at guessing from the shaking sounds, rather than bet on what they think the outcome will be when the dice are shaken.

Not surprisingly, Jumbo claims its GLI-approved
8-player Sic Bo multiplayer is the ‘most genuine’, in that it adheres to the original Chinese concept of shaking then betting. Like Sic Bo, the company’s GLI-approved baccarat ball drawing system and 8-player Roulette machine (which is close to GLI approval) can be enhanced with extension terminals.