Automated poker tables installed on cruise vessel.
PokerTek, the US manufacturer of automated poker equipment, has added its PokerPro tables to a Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) ship.The North Carolina-based firm has installed PokerPro in the casino of the Norwegian Pearl and could add the gaming device to other vessels in the NCL fleet if it proves successful.
Jim Abbas, vice president of casino operations for NCL, explained: "The ship offers tremendous choices already, from bowling to rock climbing, and automated poker is one more exciting entertainment option."
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He said that the Norwegian Pearl's casino area also contains "an array of traditional table games, along with a wide variety of slots not offered by any of our competitors".
Meanwhile, PokerTek's vice president of sales Robert Perry claimed that PokerPro would enable the cruise liner to "offer an extra amenity to their guests in a cost-effective manner".
The Norwegian Pearl contains 12 restaurants and 11 bars, as well as several courtyard villas which boast a private swimming pool, hot tub and exercise deck.
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