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Las Vegas, Nev. -- If you're headed to Las Vegas, you might want to stop by the Fiesta, the Hard Rock and Gold Coast (or Harveys if you're traveling north to Tahoe). There you can participate in a market test of Five Deck Frenzy, a new progressive game recently approved by the Nevada State Gaming Control Board. Currently being tested at the Fitzgerald's in Las Vegas, the test should be expanded to the sites listed above in early June.

Five Deck Frenzy is the first joint marketing effort produced by the alliance of Shuffle Master Gaming and International Game Technology (IGT). Developed by Shuffle Master Gaming's Dr. Mark Yoseloff, Five Deck Frenzy debuted at the 1996 World Gaming Congress & Expo.

The quarter game provides a unique combination of payouts and progressive play utilizing IGT's MegaJackpot system. While traditional video poker games use a single deck of cards, Five Deck Frenzy is the first video poker game to deal cards from five separate, independent decks. The five decks provide the game with a significantly larger number of winning combinations than standard video draw poker. The progressive MegaJackpot is triggered by the top hand possible in the game - - five aces of spades - with the MegaJackpot starting at $200,000 and building as play increases.

The test period will extend into June, after which Shuffle Master and IGT expect to make the product available to the rest of the Nevada gaming market.

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