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Atronic sees its Chip Card as a
multi-purpose card which can
also be used in casino bars
Chips with
and restaurants as a payment
everything
tool for the casino's hotel
accommodation or other
facilities.
A Letting the figures speak for themselves
complete
kiosk
A truly cashless system for Europe,
with a lot of features for gaming floor. Chip Cash helps
Latin America, South Africa and Asia
player marketing and reducing operating costs, due to
that has evolved over more than a
bonusing. If casinos have a the fact that there are no coin clear-
player loyalty programme, ances and counts, no machine
Hess, owned by the
decade in operation. the Chip Cash lock-ups and much fewer machine
Gauselmann Group,
card can be tilts. There is less capital tied up in
is looking with great
chipcash used for that slot machines thus increasing the
ATRONIC purpose as well operator’s cashflow.
interest at cashless
which means Players benefit from cashless
developments in the
The big talk is about cashless that players only gaming in many ways. Most impor-
systems when in reality, what people need to carry tantly is the ease of using Chip Cash
casino industry. mean by cashless is really coinless one card for all and the security it offers. Players can
gaming. Whether operators opt for of their activities easily move between slot machines
scorpion Ticket-in, ticket-out or for a card- in the casino. with different denominations without
HESS based system, they will still allow the The Chip Cash having to change coins. It is also
use of bills, even if they eliminate the card can also be cleaner and safer than carrying large
“Four years ago, in addition to our use of coins with the introduction of used to pur- amounts of cash. There are fewer
self service banking equipment, we a cashless system. Chip Cash, Army Recre- chase chips on interruptions for players due to the
launched a kiosk style machine. however, would indeed allow a truly ational Program) the tables, can elimination of hopper jams, less
The first Polaris machine was cashless (no coins and no bills) had embraced Chip be used at bars hand pays and less machine tilts.
a coin redemption unit which is operation by the ability of loading Cash from an early and restaurants Chip Cash takes cashless gaming
now used in a lot of casinos and money to the card at a cashdesk, on stage on and has in the casino to another dimension, using a card
arcades around the world. a kiosk or at a mobile cashier. spread Chip Cash and the casino’s with a smart chip. Smart cards are
At that time, we offered a kit to Smart card cashless was intro- around the world, giftshop. And becoming increasingly prevalent
rebuild the units for card or ticket duced more than 10 years ago in equipping the what is more, worldwide and are emerging as a
transactions and since then we have South Africa when Sun International casinos in all of their players cannot new standard in many industries.
seen the market rapidly change from decided to get rid of the tons of Army bases worldwide only use the Chip This is not without reason: when
coin operations to coinless/cashless. coins which they had to handle on a with Chip Cash. Today, Chip Cash is Cash card in one casino, they can looking into what this technology
As a result, the Polaris kiosk daily basis. That decision really was used on more than 21,000 actually use the same card when offers, the benefits become
was developed and it has now the birth of what was later named machines in 200 locations and more they visit various casinos of the obvious, and now Atronic Systems
been succeeded by our newest Chip Cash, Atronic Systems smart than 20 countries. Major leading same group. All in all, Chip Cash is a is capitalising on them too. The Chip
Kiosk, the Scorpion. card based cashless solution. In the casino groups such as Sun Interna- very powerful and secure payment Cash solution allows four purses so
The Scorpion is a complete kiosk past few years, Chip Cash has seen tional, Casinos Austria and Holland and marketing tool. that different types of funds can be
for the most used transactions - a proliferation, especially in Europe, Casino have chosen Chip Cash for There are many benefits for managed, for different purposes.
cards or ticket - and is integrated but also in Latin America and Asia, their operations. casino operators with the use of With the balance of each purse on
with extra options like bill breaking with South Africa being almost 100 Whereas in the beginning, Chip Atronic Systems’ Chip Cash solu- the card (as well as the database)
and online JPS transaction. Hand per cent Chip Cash operated. Cash was used as a mere payment tion. One of the main benefits is the Chip Cash allows gaming even
payments are also possible. Another important customer of tool, it has in the meantime evolved elimination of coins and tokens when the Monitoring and Control
In recent months, we have Atronic Systems, the ARMP (US into a more versatile instrument from part or all of a casino’s slot System is offline.
installed several units around the
world and because of the very
competitive pricing we expect a
lot from this model.
Our expectations for the cash-
less future are clear. Within a couple
The printer of choice
of years the majority of casinos
worldwide will operate cashless
and time will tell whether the trend
Designed for compatibility with existing platforms as well as new
leans towards cards or tickets.
As far as we are concerned,
games, the GEN2 Universal printer anticipates GSA standards for
both systems are integrated in the server-based and downloadable games, and is IGT-USB compliant.
Scorpion and for casinos that still
operate with coins we can offer gen2universalticketprinter printer with Mohegan Sun (GGB) magazine in their 4th
the redemption unit. FUTURE LOGIC Pocono Downs leading the Annual Gaming and Tech-
Also this month we have way. As the first Racino to nology Awards, and was
finalised our Scorpion back loading Futurelogic’s printers open in Pennsylvania, voted one of International
version, for through the wall usage provide a migration path and Pocono Downs features Gaming & Wagering Busi-
- a service that is asked by several support all current and 1,100 of the newest and ness magazine’s “Top 20
customers to increase floor safety. emerging game types by hottest slot machine International Gaming Prod-
You can see our Scorpion kiosk incorporating three game names, all equipped with ucts” for 2006.
for yourselves at the upcoming ports, including RS232, the GEN2 Universal The GEN2 Universal con-
major gaming shows, such as NetPlex and USB 2.0. printer. A total of nearly nection architecture is avail-
AGE/G2E/FER and ICE.” IGT (International 2,500 gaming machines all able in both the standard
Gaming Technology) has with FutureLogic printers GEN2 Universal printer and
named the GEN2 Universal are scheduled for installa- the GEN2 VST Universal ver-
printer its default printer tion by summer of 2008. tical format printer, which is
for all new and existing The GEN2 Universal designed specifically for use
gaming platforms.The GEN2 printer is now being speci- with space saving slim-top
Universal is also now being fied internationally as new machines and kiosk applica- the GEN2 Universal printer’s which automatically clears a
specified as the printer of casinos and innovative tions. All GEN2 Universal extra-large paper-fill capac- blocked bezel.
choice for key installations gaming OEMs look to imple- printers feature the ITH ity saves operators approxi- The GEN2 Universal
around the world. One of ment the latest technology (Intelligent Ticket Handling) mately $200 per printer/per printer was developed with
the first installations in the of FutureLogic’s TITO technology, which makes year in labour costs alone, feedback from leading game
US was Red Rock Casino, gaming printers. the “cashout ticket” avail- by reducing the number of manufacturers and casinos
Resort and Spa in Las Vegas, The GEN2 Universal able only after the ticket is times the games run out of to help implement emerg-
which opened last year printer was recently fully printed internally and paper and need to be ing game technology. As a
with approximately 1,700 awarded one of Casino automatically burst - to elim- refilled. In addition to platinum member of the
GEN2 Universal printers Journal’s Top 20 Most Inno- inate player interference and reduced fill requirements, Gaming Standards Associa-
installed on IGT’s new Trim- vative Gaming Technology ensures a clear, crisp, read- savings are also realised due tion (GSA), FutureLogic
line AVP games. Products 2006 awards. The able image. to the component’s fast actively participates in the
New Racinos in Penn- printer also received Based on a wide range of firmware upgrades, hot- development of USB com-
sylvania are also specify- an Honorable Mention by customer-supplied data, swap capability, and the munication standards and
ing the GEN2 Universal Global Gaming Business FutureLogic estimates that IntelligentBezel design, reference designs.
September 2007 cashlessproducts 47
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