We’ve been working with Walker Digital Gaming on their Perfect Pay and Elite Baccarat platforms since its inception, so it feels really good to have some outside validation as to its sheer awesomeness — Walker Digital just took the Gold medal for one of the most innovative casino games at the 2009 Gaming Technology Summit.

I think you have to go back 10 plus years to find a gaming platform (I’m thinking wide area progressives?) that has altered the landscape as much as the Walker Digital platform; To quote the press release:

With integrated RFID technology, a card-reading shoe and Walker’s Core Game Technology, the system provides an upgradeable, networked game platform that exactly tracks turnover, hand outcomes, wagers, payouts and player ratings in real time. It also eliminates losses due to dealer error, cheating and counterfeiting and increases game speed, precisely assessing player value and providing detailed reporting on game speed, bet mix, table occupancy, turnover, theoretical win and actual win.

To boot, the ‘Elite’ version of the game adds a whole bunch of new and exciting bets — knowing the game, the cards, and the chips allows the system to present wagers never before possible. Say hello to bigger wins and more exciting wagers for the players and better house advantage to the Casino on one of the most popular card games in the world.

Of course the Judges were ‘duly impressed’ who wouldn’t be?

“This product would resolve many of the problems casinos currently deal with regarding very high-end baccarat play,” said one. “It automates many of the functions of administering baccarat play, but does so in a manner that would not be intrusive to the serious high-end customer.”

Another judge noted the product would “work well in high-volume baccarat markets where the clientele prefers to handle the chips.” The features he liked best included the combination of accurate real-time bet recognition and optical card reader. “Together they allow for complete tracking of game play,” he said.

Congrats to the WDG team for pulling it off!

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