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Inspired Gaming Group (Inspired) yesterday released two new titles to be featured on its network of itbox terminals in time for summer. The exclusive launch of The X-factor lines up alongside Monopoly Hot Property to further cement Inspired’s position as the leading industry provider of Open Server-Based Gaming (Open SBG).

The X-factor is exclusive to itbox for 6 months, and is expected to be the biggest Skill With Prizes (SWP) game of the summer. Based on the hugely popular Simon Cowell fronted talent show, players have to answer a certain number of questions to achieve the “X-Factor”, before having the option to answer further questions to win cash prizes. The launch of the game coincides with the start of the new series of The X-Factor on ITV. Meanwhile, Monopoly Hot Property, developed by Channel 1 Games, is already performing strongly around the UK.

Both games will be released onto Inspired’s network of 10,000 itboxes, the largest in the SWP market. All of the terminals are centrally managed over broadband to ensure that the latest and best content is constantly uploaded on to each itbox.

“The introduction of these great titles in time for summer only serves to further demonstrate Inspired’s commitment and excellence in developing exciting new and innovative SBG games,” says Norman Crowley, co-CEO, Inspired Gaming Group. “To have X-Factor, the biggest title of the summer, exclusive to itbox highlights our market leading position, and we know it will deliver a new dimension of play and enjoyment for punters, together with extra revenue for customers.”

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Further endorsing their commitment to the Gala Gaming Platform (GGP) and Open Server-Based Gaming (Open SBG, The Gala Coral Group (GCG) have today announced the roll-out of a further 1200 terminals across the Gala Coral estate.

The latest roll-out, to be fully implemented by the end of July 2007, will consist of 600 Multi-Win Roulette terminals for SBG table gaming and 300 Atronic e-motion cabinets for SBG slots, as well as 300 SBG bingo seats. Built on Inspired Gaming Group’s (IGG) Open SBGplatform, GGP promotes third party integration and the roll-out of Atronic cabinets demonstrates the inherent Open 3rd party integration capabilities within GGP.

GGP is an open server-based gaming platform that allows GCG to download content remotely, monitor incomes and play data in real time over the network. It also allows GCG to source hardware and terminals independently as demonstrated by the acquisition of the above Atronic cabinets.

GCG also has plans to be operating 500 GGP terminals in their Bingo businesses by September 2007, offering both digital bingo and digital slot products.

With 170 Bingo Clubs across the UK, approximately 32 million admissions every year, and a typical weekly payout of £28 million in prize money, Gala Bingo is the industry leader. GCG is also the largest multi-site machine operator in Europe, with 31 Casinos and circa 1600 Betting Shops.

Luke Alvarez, co-CEO Inspired Gaming Group commented: “We are pleased to be part of this latest addition to the GCG estate and it further confirms the success of our award-winning SBG Casino products, from both a technical and financial perspective.”

Peter Hannibal, Electronic Gaming Director, GCG, added: “Since GCG and Inspired first implemented GGP in January 2006, its success is proven, giving us a return on investment in less than twelve months. Technology is the future of our business and 80 to 90p of every pound we take in the future will come from electronic gaming. We will have more and better content through SBG, greater brand leverage, maximum customer choice, an accurate view of our customers and their activities, that will help retention and customer yield. Everyone in the value chain from content providers to customers will benefit.”

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