Participating in the trade show again demonstrates our many years of successful presence in the Russian market. “The Moscow trade show is an important building block for us for securing and continuously expanding our market position in Russia. Like for any of our target markets, here too we offer innovative gaming fun in excellent quality specifically for the Russian market. This is how we assist our customers to successfully master their local business,“ says Axel Pawlas, CSO MERKUR GAMING.

The new video-based AWPs to be exhibited in Moscow come with one or two TFT monitors and captivate the play-ers thanks to their revolutionary win-schemes, special bonus games, exciting free games, attractive wild symbols and many other features. Even the names of the ten video-based AWPs from ‘Merkur Diamond Casino’ to ‘Mouse in the House’ promise top gaming fun and high-tech and high-quality entertainment.

Apart from the AWPs MERKUR GAMING will also show their latest products in the fields of Kiddie Rides and kids’ enter-tainment in Moscow such as ‘Donald Plane’, an exclusive Disney licensed product, the unique ‘Space Car Simulator’ and the touchscreen product ‘Happy Kids.’

The portfolio would not be complete without the popular touchscreen ‘Merkur Trendy’ as compact version.

In order to be able to continue to ensure the well-known ex-cellent support and service quality of MERKUR GAMING in Moscow also in the future, starting from mid-June Igorj Kisel-jov will join the MERKUR GAMING office in Moscow as ser-vice technician. Igorj Kiseljov’s activities will range from or-ganizing technical training in Moscow or on-site at the cus-tomers’ premises to telephone support and assisting or car-rying out installations and maintenance work on-site.

Under the umbrella of MERKUR INTERNATIONAL, MERKUR GAMING is responsible for the Europe-wide sales of Merkur within the globally active Gauselmann Group. In 2005 the compound business volume of the Gauselmann Group companies totaled EUR 1.004b, with fully consoli-dated revenues of EUR 686m. At the end of the fiscal year 2005 the headcount of the company was 5,625 worldwide and ever since its inception it has sold more than 2 million gaming products around the globe. Almost 500 game devel-opers worldwide work on gaming design, mathematics, graphics, and quality management and thus underline the innovative capabilities and the competence of the Gausel-mann Group.