• G2E Asia 2010

Interview with Michail Volokotkin during G2E Asia 2010

As an international provider of the gaming industry, which novelties did the company decide to exhibit at this year's G2E Asia?

We decided to show two products: Jewel Jackpot and Diamond Games Premium III. Jewel Jackpot features 10 games, each with 9 paylines. The special thing about this progressive jackpot is that it can be operated in standalone mode or in a network-based system with up to 256 slots. Some of our customers do not have big casinos and they have no possibility to mount a jackpot sign; for this case we have prepared the option of using the upper monitor of our machines for jackpot information display. This multigame is also available in Chinese language.

The other product  is Diamond Games Premium III multigame featuring 15 games, including one poker game, with 10 and 20 paylines. This product is available in the new Slant Top machine with two 22" wide screens.

How did you find the show this year?

The company participated in Macao show for the second consecutive year, so we do not have extensive experience of the previous years. But compared with the last year's event, this year the show has become more qualitative in terms of products exhibited including more features and options specifically created for Asian players. We were very glad to meet new contacts as well as our partners who visited our stand and showed a keen interest in DLV's new products.

Which are the most important products that DLV commercializes in Macao?

At the moment it is Jewels Jackpot multigame with three progressive levels which is already working on Asian market and is well known to local players.

In a market where players seem to prefer table games, what strategy does your company  follow to distribute its developments?

In general we do not divide the market into real and electronic casinos, but, of course, we mainly focus on video reel games. What we do is we go there where we see better opportunities for DLV as a provider. Actually, we already have installed some of our machines in big casinos and they show very good results. Our great advantage is that as a developer we can adjust and/or modify any of our products according to what our customers require. Finally, we, of course, are working on other products as well; at the moment these are electronic roulette and Black Jack games which we plan to include in DLV's multigames.

In which other international markets is DLV currently present?

Europe is and will always be the number one market for DLV, as this is where the company was founded in 1994 and has been working since its foundation. Our products are well-known and show great performance results in such countries as Latvia, Romania, Serbia, Ireland, Albania, while there are new projects ready for Italy and Spain. DLV is expanding and its products have also been presented in Latin American countries like Costa Rica and Colombia. If we speak about Asia, the company's slot machines are operated in Cambodian casinos in Poipet and Sihanoukville, and first DLV slots are to arrive in Nepal in July of this year.