The Bally Technical Training Institute provides gaming-technology professionals with comprehensive training courses on an array of cutting-edge Bally gaming products. Bally's Technical Training Institute courses can be held anywhere! And CasinoFest 9 attendees are lucky enough to have this institute right at the Hard Rock, in conjunction with CasinoFest. Custom training programs are available and can be tailored to suit the needs of any gaming enterprise. Learn about the history of Bally Technologies as well as how to best use the company's products, from its ALPHA™ gaming platform, Bally Local Link, Class II games and more. This track was such a success at the last CasinoFest that it will be running in two rooms for CasinoFest 9.
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Day 1 - Tuesday, May 17
History of Bally Technologies
10:30 a.m. - Noon
From the very first Bally slots in the 1930s, to the latest innovations in gaming, in this session you will learn about Bally's remarkable 79-year history as "The World's Game Maker®."
Presenter: Matt Preslin, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally ALPHA™ Elite Game Platform (Level 1)
This introductory class will acquaint you with the specific components and features of Bally's award-winning ALPHA Elite gaming platform. The session will cover a basic review of the ALPHA OS and component identification. You will see the progression of the innovative cabinets such as the S9000™, CineVision™, CineReels™, V32™, DualVision™ and many more.
Presenter: Matt Preslin, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally ALPHA™ Elite Game Platform (Level 2)
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
This class will help you to understand the various Attendant, Accounting and Technician screens. Learn the differences between the stepper and the video products.
Presenter: Matt Preslin, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to iMPU™ Technology
iMPU™ stands for "Integrated Microprocessor Unit," and this session will introduce attendees to the various features of the iMPU. This includes such aspects as AGP capacity, SATA ports, IDE drive port, BIOS, DDR SDRAM and other key features. Also covered will be the difference between the ETX-style MPU and the newer iMPU technology.
Presenter: Matt Preslin, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally ALPHA™ Elite Game Platform (Level 3)
3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
The real fun starts when you disassemble and reassemble an actual Bally game. Attendees will learn software installation, ram-clear and configuration. This is where you get actual hands-on experience.
Presenter: Matt Preslin, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally ALPHA™ Elite Game Platform (Level 3)
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Here we continue with hands-on experience. Attendees will actually disassemble, learn basic troubleshooting tactics and reassemble a Bally game. You will learn by doing the game setup and configuration yourself.
Presenter: Matt Preslin, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 18
Class II Systems
10:30 a.m. – Noon
Class II gaming jurisdictions present their own unique challenges and requirements. This session will introduce attendees to Bally's Class II systems processes and procedures. You will understand the differences between SCORE-based and Template.
Presenter: Joe Johnson, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
GameMaker HD™ with GameMaker HD™ Scheduler
1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Bally's award-winning GameMaker multi-game platform was the industry's first and is still the industry's best. This session will cover the various slot, video poker, keno and blackjack games that make up the GameMaker multi-game suite. Attendees will also learn how to use Game Maker HD Scheduler to automatically control and schedule which games are available to the player at what days and times.
Presenter: Joe Johnson, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally ALPHA™ Elite Game Platform
3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
This introductory class will acquaint you with the specific components and feature of Bally's award-winning ALPHA gaming platform. The session will cover a basic review of the ALPHA OS and component identification. You will see the progression of the innovative cabinets such as the CineVision™, CineReels™, V32™, the Dual Vision™ and many more. You will also understand the various Attendant, Accounting and Technician screens. The real fun starts when you disassemble and reassemble an actual Bally game.
Presenter: Joe Johnson, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally ALPHA™ Elite Game Platform (Level 3)
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Here we continue with hands-on experience. You will actually disassemble, learn basic trouble-shooting tactics and reassemble a Bally game. Learn by doing the game setup and configuration yourself.
Presenter: Joe Johnson, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Day 3 - Thursday, May 19
Setting up PGI™ DCU with Bally Games
10:30 a.m. - Noon
This session will help you understand how to set up progressive on Bally games using PGI™ DCU (Data Collection Unit). It will provide basic knowledge of cable connections and progressive game setup. It may include RAM clearing of the game to setup game options for progressive configurations.
Presenter: Joyce Rosenberg, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
PGI™ DCU Controller Hands-On Configuration
1 p.m. - 2:30 pm
Each attendee will have a chance to experience a hands-on demo of SuperLink™ software necessary to configure the progressive controller. Learn how to navigate using SuperLink™ software.
Presenter: Joyce Rosenberg, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Set Up Bally CoolSign® Media Player with PGI™ DCU
3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
From PGI™ DCU hardware and software configuration, this session will include setting up the media player: Bally CoolSign. Get hands-on knowledge of Bally CoolSign hardware and software configurations. This includes laptop configurations of IP address settings and communication information.
Presenter: Joyce Rosenberg, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies
Introduction to Bally Local Link™
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
See the new Bally Local Link™! Bally Local Link is user friendly. See it to believe it. Learn how to set up a progressive link with Bally's dynamic local area progressive configuration tool: Bally Local Link. From hardware assembly to software setup, you will experience an easy setup and configuration.
Presenter: Joyce Rosenberg, Technical Trainer, Bally Technologies