Real-Time Cashless

PRODUCT: Cashless Casino

MANUFACTURER: Acres Manufacturing

Acres Manufacturing recently launched Acres Cashless Casino. Powered by Acres’ Foundation technology, Cashless Casino is the industry’s only solution capable of both processing real-time gaming data and conducting cashless transfers to and from any slot machine or table game.

Acres’ efforts to innovate solutions that enable a more intuitive adoption of cashless gaming technology set the stage for the option of a completely cashless casino gaming floor within a few years, eliminating cash-handling expenses and driving a better overall player experience.

Early deployments of Foundation’s cashless gaming have proven that players increase their play and visitation by more than 20 percent. Casino operators are increasingly expressing wide-scale interest in deploying cashless gaming technology. However, implementing cashless gaming quickly becomes a burdensome, doit-yourself project for operators as they struggle through the limitations of decades-old legacy casino management system technologies to integrate a payment processor and user interface while accounting for dispute resolution and regulatory compliance.

Eliminating lines and wait times: Self-ordering kiosks can be used to enable customers to order and pay on demand, keeping patrons from having to congregate with others in front of a bank of registers. Units allow diners sitting at tables to place orders through the devices, which connect wirelessly to the restaurant’s point-of-sale system and kitchen displays, sending requests directly to cooks. They don’t have to wait for a server, who may be tied up with other tables or duties.

Positioning strategically: Kiosks come in all shapes and sizes. With wireless connectivity, they can be positioned near busy spots around the gaming floor and on tabletops where players can simply lean over, place orders, pay electronically and stay focused on their games. Servers can deliver orders to the units from which it was ordered, again causing minimal disruption.

Blending aesthetics: Pye’s Crème model, featuring curved screens and multicolored LED lights, blends seamlessly with other machines and equipment positioned on the gaming floor. Their design and striking high-definition visuals successfully attract users and foster high consumer engagement.

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Cashless Casino addresses this challenge by making the rollout incredibly easy and intuitive, as it enables operators to focus on player education and the gaming entertainment experience. Even better, Cashless Casino can be installed within about 15 weeks of receiving an operator’s order.

Cashless Casino works on any slot machine or table game, including those connected to casino management systems from Aristocrat, IGT, Konami and Light & Wonder. These legacy CMS solutions continue to account for play and loyalty data, while Foundation processes the entire machine event stream in real time, resulting in over 1,000 times more data being provided to the casino. Over time, casinos can migrate all CMS functionality to Foundation and remove the legacy CMS without any disruption to their loyalty, reporting or analytics programs, resulting in millions of dollars saved annually in hardware and maintenance fees.

For more information, visit acresmanufacturing.com.