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TUr^L New Technology for mooring FPSO, Shuttle tanker and VLCC Chain Hawser Hooks Second Dejong & Lebet SWATH Gaming Vessel On Its Way With its first 600-pas- senger SWATH under construction at Leevac Shipyard, Inc., Dejong & Lebet, Inc. is in the process of developing its next-generation gaming SWATH, a 189 ft. (58 m) long, 83 ft. (25.2 m) wide, three-deck, all- steel vessel. It will con- tain 575 slot machines, 250 table games, eight poker tables and a sports bar. The third deck lounge will be capable of accommodating up to 200 passengers, while the open portion of the third dedsr^all be capable of 500 passengers. The vessela tptal/passenger capadW"'Of4,000- Powered by a pair of 1,250-hp engines, fth^ Vessel will tmye fen approximate cruising speed of 12 knots. WhiteThe fir^t SV^T^currentJy undlh&^yj^Aiction has one long strut or^ach side, the new SwXTH will have two struts on each side to facilitate rougher seas. The new vessel will classify as a K-Prime pas- senger vessel. For more information on Dejong & Lebet Circle 129 on Reader Service Card Australian Gaming Company Gets Go Ahead In U.S. Melbourne, Australia-based gaming company Structured Data Systems Pty Ltd. (SDS) has broken into the U.S. gaming market with a license from the Louisiana State Police to manufacture and supply The Racing Game, a multi-media gaming system. Louisiana will become the first U.S. state to license the system, joining international markets such as South Africa, Belgium, Peru, Scandinavia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and several cruise ships already operating The Racing Game. According to Marcel Dayan, SDS managing director, the game has been designed to be networked from a central site to multiple locations such as clubs and hotels, or can be utilized by one property such as a cruise ship or casino. "There are45 rivescboa^s, tR*ee Indian casinos and one land-based CaSinoifi the %tate of Louisiana, ami each of these loca- tions has tfte potefiti^ to jnstalTTlr^ltacin^Qame,/ said Mr. Dayan. The-license en Shift*. SDfmo ijistal)''a^0^d6y trtatsystem of The Racing Game onboard dae^gelectea riverEmat within the Louisiana market for operationa
