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QI Systems and Cyberdyne Gaming Form Strategic Partnership
RICHMOND, British Columbia and PHOENIX, May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mr.
Steven R. Garman, President and CEO of QI Systems Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board:
QIIIF; TSX: QII.U) of Richmond, BC, Canada (a leader in smart card solutions),
and Mr. Phil Lulek, CEO of Cyberdyne Gaming, Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona (a
premier provider of gaming equipment), are pleased to announce that a
multi-part strategic partnership agreement has been signed by the two
companies. The agreement includes provisions for each company to distribute
products of the other partner and is expected to create substantial new market
opportunities for both companies.
Effective immediately Cyberdyne Gaming, Inc. (http://www.cyberdynegaming.com/)
is appointed as a preferred distributor of QI smart card and stored value
products for the U.S. gaming industry. Products included within the
distributorship encompass QI stored value and secure ID chip cards, SmartKit
card payment terminals, SmartKit Console value stations, networking technology
and card management software.
Cyberdyne Gaming is a provider of a full featured line of gaming products
including extensive offerings in both Class 2 and Class 3 gaming devices.
Cyberdyne is integrating QI SmartKit payment terminals into their gaming
machines and will now offer to the marketplace the next generation of cashless
gaming systems. Similar in concept to Ticket In / Ticket Out (TITO), the new
system uses QI stored value technology to transfer funds to and from the gaming
machines. The system also offers secure ID features for player tracking,
loyalty and reward programs. Cyberdyne reports strong interest in the smart
card products after recently introducing gaming machines incorporating QI
SmartKit terminals at the Bingo World and the AMOA conventions in Las Vegas.
"Cyberdyne's management and engineering teams have been technology leaders and
innovators in the gaming industry for 24 years," said Cyberdyne's Phil Lulek.
"This agreement and these products will continue our tradition of bringing
exciting new products and technical innovation to the industry."
Effective immediately QI Systems (http://www.qisystems.ca/) is appointed as a
preferred distributor of Cyberdyne gaming products for Canada. QI will offer
to the market complete gaming systems of machines incorporating cashless
operation using QI smart card technology. It is further agreed that in
addition to the initial focus on the Canadian market QI shall also pursue
similar opportunities in other markets.
QI's CEO Steve Garman commented: "QI has been actively developing relationships
within the gaming industry and we are extremely pleased to partner with a
company of Cyberdyne's depth. The gaming industry offers huge opportunities
for our cutting edge smart card applications and with the Cyberdyne
relationship we now are able to provide the industry with a complete suite of
gaming devices and payment technology."
"This relationship represents a paradigm shift in the scope of near term
business opportunities available to QI," said Richard Murray, VP of Business
Development at QI Systems. "Cyberdyne brings to the partnership an established
product line and a wealth of experience in the gaming industry. We are very
excited to be working with them to develop new markets."
Further details will be announced shortly as the companies proceed with
technical integration and with aggressive new sales and marketing initiatives.
QI Systems Inc. designs hardware and software for the smart card industry,
supplying top-to-bottoms applications for a wide variety of industries. QI
Systems Inc. has a high level of expertise in delivering stored value solutions
for specialized needs.
Matters discussed in this press release are "forward-looking statements" and
are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. Consider all risk factors
carefully when evaluating forward looking statements as actual results may
differ materially from those expressed herein. QI Systems is protected from
litigation regarding forward looking statements and undertakes no obligation to
publicly update such forward-looking statements.
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept responsibility for the adequacy of
this news release and has not investigated the validity of these claims.
Approved on behalf of the Board
Steven R. Garman
President & CEO
QI Systems Inc.
This release was issued on behalf of the above organization by Send2Press(TM),
a unit of Neotrope(R). http://www.send2press.com/
DATASOURCE: QI Systems Inc.
CONTACT: Media, Jeff Boltz of Cyberdyne Gaming Inc., +1-623-780-7550,
; or Corporate, Steve Garman, ,
or Sales, Rick Murray, , both of QI Systems Inc.,
+1-604-248-2301
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Web site: http://www.cyberdynegaming.com/
Web site: http://www.qisystems.ca/