CASH HANDLING
Project 8, a note sorter attached to the table game. A player buys into the game by proffering notes to the dealer in the usual way; the dealer then drops the notes into the sorter, where they are held in escrow so that the dealer can communicate to the player the value of the notes; if the player agrees, the gaming chips are issued.
With the cash held in escrow rather than going right into the drop box, the player has the option to call the money back if they disagree with the reader’s evaluation, for example.
The whole process, including communication
between dealer and customer as well as the actual sorting, takes around 15 seconds for a dozen notes. The benefits are more play, less downtime, happier players and increased profits: JCM estimates that this could lead to up to an hour of extra gameplay a day. The sorter will work with two 1700-note cash boxes, so it won’t need to be emptied too frequently.
And once this system is connected to JCM’s
Intelligent Cash Box, the security benefits are huge. As JCM’s Tom Nieman explained: “No more drop box, no more not knowing how much money is on the table – today it’s a world in which accountability is a real priority.
“It’s about the potential of high-speed transaction
automation in table games. Because of the density of table gaming here in Macau, the buy-ins are so large and the number of notes so great there is a recurring break point in games. To process a buy-in, the notes are fanned and inspected with a wand, approved by the pit boss collected and diapered into a drop box; we’ve timed this process and it can take over two minutes for 40 notes to be accepted. In that break point no-one is making any money, the player can’t play; nobody wins.”
As it stands, the prototype is too bulky to be
workable – but if JCM can bring its size down, this is a surefire winner for Asian casinos.
The cashless alternative A
re you tied to cash? DRGT suggests not – the Belgian firm, whose users include the four Partouche casinos in its home country, is encouraging operators to recognise that moving to cashless payments doesn’t necessarily mean replacing the entire slot floor. Its payment technology can, according to the firm, be retrofitted to
long-serving machines as well as new ones. “Operators often face the predicament that the players like older slots, but
they could not go cashless on their entire estate,” said Michiel van Dam, Co- Founder and COO of DRGT. “The combination of older with new slots means that players have the greatest gaming choice. DRGT opens the door to cashless on every type of gaming machine. Furthermore, the fact that all slots can be linked via [DRGT’s product] drJackpot means the door has also opened for jackpot systems on all types of gaming machines as well.”
30 JULY-AUGUST 2011 High capacity
At Crane Payment Solutions, a successful trial period has now led to the launch of the new CashCode One 2500-note cash box for cash redemption terminals. This high capacity eliminates the need for emergency drops and reduces drop frequency significantly.
Other benefits for casinos include a universal
design to accept all currencies, a single hardware platform reducing support and operation costs, and flexible architecture.
“The 2500-note cash box was well received at G2E And it’s not the only innovation in the pipeline
from JCM. The company has recently signed an agreement with Techfirm, a mobile payments specialist, to jointly develop a pay-by-mobile system for bill validators. It is expected that this will, for example, allow slots that are fitted with JCM bill validators to also accept e-payments from customers’ phones.
“This is an incredibly exciting field,” said JCM Global President Aki Isoi. “Given the extensive research and announced plans from major developers, it is clear the mobile e-money technology market will grow rapidly as Android CS technology expands and becomes more available. Consumers’ use of mobile phones as digital wallets is spreading rapidly, and we have every reason to believe this trend will continue to grow globally.”
That Techfirm deal is just one sign of JCM’s
apparent ambition to become a one-stop shop for casinos. For instance, it has also entered a partnership with Nanoptix, the maker of thermal printers. Not only will products such as that company’s main gaming printer, the PayCheck 4, be relaunched under the JCM brand, but there could be spin-offs in cash handling too, as JCM gains access to Nanoptix’s R&D resources.
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