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EDITH is a compact kiosk a joint venture formed by
placed at the end of a row of Global Cash Access, a
Collaboration
slot machines where it provider of cash access
occupies less than one- products and related
spawns square-foot of space and services to the gaming
Edith
allows casino patrons to industry, and IGT.
purchase TITO vouchers with
their debit card. EDITH was
developed by QuikPlay, LLC,
Two years
Casino slots – soon all of these will be cashless
is a long
time in
cashless
systems
Casino Technology takes a look at some
of the biggest developments in cashless
systems over the last two years and
predicts what the future will hold.
recentdevelopments implement marketing and The new casino in TITO and a party zone for
CASHLESS SYSTEMS promotions programs. Madrid, operated by El Gran gaming beginners.
Cashless systems -
PersonalBanker AFT, a Casino Aranjuez - part of the There were several firsts
Back in August 2005, cornerstone of Aristocrat’s Comar Group - went live in for Grosvenor from a the future
FutureLogic was chosen by OASIS Promotions April with Atronic Systems’ product perspective.
Korston Hotel and Casino Technology, also enables Slot Accounting and Electronic gaming director According to Eurosmart, a leading
Group to supply its GEN2 casinos to grant promotional StarJackpots solution for Mario Vilela explained:
smart card association, the overall
thermal ticket printer as the credits to groups or their 150 new slot machines. “We’ve almost created a
standard gaming printer for individual players as After several months of hybrid system solution
smart card industry has broken the
the Casino de Paris and rewards for play, contests or operation, the casino incorporating IGT’s EZ Pay 3bn mark, while ABI Research predicts
Orlyonok Casino in Moscow. as part of slot tournaments decided to introduce Chip Advantage system,
that spending on contactless
Also that month, as the and casino promotions. Cash to their players. Progressive Gaming
first certified supplier of Players can redeem credits In 2006, an icy February International’s CasinoLink
payments hardware and software will
casino management when they insert their player evening saw the launch of and EndX’s Cash Desk, reach $870m by 2011, up from $260m
systems under the latest loyalty card into the first cashless operation meaning for the first time
in 2006. More than 3bn cards are
gaming regulations, PersonalBanker-activated in an Austrian casino with we’ve got cashless and
Atronic signed an gaming machines and can Casinos Austria’s Casino player tracking on each and
estimated to have shipped in 2006 and
agreement with Club Hotel play those credits on the Velden in Carinthia taking every machine. Players can
3.7bn are forecast for 2007. This
Casino Loutraki making its machine or convert the the opportunity to work with now take a ticket out of
means that in 2006, smart card
solution the first Chip Cash points to a cash ticket. Atronic Systems. Novo TouchBet Roulette or
system in Greece. A month on and Octavian Chip Cash was indeed any of the slots, and
shipments increased by 27 per cent
Based on Crystal Web further extended the introduced there in a ‘big either cash it in or play the
and are projected to grow at a rate of
technology, Club Hotel capabilities of its OctaLink bang’, meaning that the credits on any other
20 per cent in 2007. Furthermore, ABI
Casino Loutraki opted for ACP (Accounting, Control, casino switched all of their machine in here.”
the full package of Atronic Progressives) slot machines over to Chip Cash The following month,
Research predicts that spending on
Systems’ Galaxis modular management system with a in one go, eliminating the Atronic Systems revealed
contactless payments hardware and
Casino Management System new Cashless and Player use of coins on all machines that Chip Cash had gained software will reach $870m by 2011.
and Chip Cash, Atronic’s Tracking add-on module. on the same day. The more ground in Europe
Senior casino executives surveyed for
flagship smart card cashless Casino customers playing players now have the choice with another new casino
gaming solution for their slot on slot machines linked via to load the Chip Cash card selecting the company’s
the American Gaming Association’s
machine operation. a suitably enabled ACP at the cash desk or to load smart card cashless first Future Watch survey believe
August 2005 also proved system could now use a the card at the machines, solution.
technology will totally or significantly
a groundbreaking month for single personal plastic card using the machine’s bill The Oracle Group
Aristocrat’s latest cashless to enjoy cashless play, acceptor to insert the bills operates two casinos on
change the casino floor in the next 15
technology with GLI accumulate bonus points and directly load the credits Malta and signed an order years. Almost every respondent said
approving its OASIS and gain automatic entry on to the card. for Atronic Systems’ Galaxis
slot machines will become 100 per
PersonalBanker AFT into a bonus jackpot draw. In March 2006, casino management system.
cashless solution and then By November that year, FutureLogic announced that By October 2006,
cent cashless.
the Nevada Gaming Board Atronic Systems announced IGT had tested and Bulgarian slot maker Casino
giving its golden seal of the Go-Live of its first Chip approved FutureLogic’s Technology became an
approval of OASIS Cash smart card cashless GEN2 Universal gaming official distributor of the Gemini, to give operators a Austrian casino went
Version11.5.2.NV. solution in Spain. printer for use in its existing ACE Casino management complete solution for coinless with ChipCash as
PersonalBanker allows The Comar Group is the and new gaming platforms. system, designed to modern casino part of an on-going deal
players to download first operator in Spain to In June 2006, the new G configure, maintain and management. that will, by 2009, see all 12
promotional credits, convert offer smart card cashless Casino opened in manage all gaming The ACE cashless of Casino Austria’s casinos
points to cash, and upload gaming. The company had Manchester, England. The operations in a cashless system launched at the equipped with Atronic’s
and download cashable ordered the Atronic gaming floor includes a 100 environment. Budapest show Gamexpo Chip Cash system.
credits to their Systems’ GALAXIS casino seater poker room, 15 Developed by the South was the first time that an IGT’s EZ Pay, which has
PersonalBanker account at management system gaming tables with Smart African company ACE innovation of that kind had established itself over the
the gaming machine, including Chip Cash at the Chip technology, as well as Casino Equipment, Casino been introduced into the last two years, is now used in
significantly expanding end of 2004 for the group’s 62 electronic gaming Technology implemented it local market. 400 casinos worldwide,
casinos’ ability to new casino in Madrid. stations offering the latest in in its new generation slot This month, a second including 50 in Europe.
40 September 2007 cashlesssectoroverview
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