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Everi and Seminoles Launch Wallet Solution
Everi and the Seminole Tribe of Florida launch Digital CashClub wallet solution at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and Seminole Classic Casino
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Everi Holdings in conjunction with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, have signed an agreement to launch WildCard Wallet across casinos operated by Seminole Gaming. A digital wallet powered by Everi’s CashClub Wallet solution, WildCard Wallet is a mobile wallet solution that provides cashless, touchless funding of electronic game play throughout the casino floor. Te Wildcard Wallet is currently live for funding electronic game play, as well as enabled for food and beverage and retail outlet purchases at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and Seminole Classic Casino.
After the initial launch at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and Seminole Classic Casino, a rollout to other Seminole gaming locations, including Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, will be fully completed in the first quarter 2021.
CashClub Wallet provides casino operators and their customers with a flexible, cost-effective, secure payment method on and off the casino floor. Creating a contactless environment that provides an alternative to cash, the CashClub Wallet application gives Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood and Seminole Classic Casino patrons the ability to deposit funds into their digital wallet at their convenience – while they are on site or away from the resort, via a bank card. Patrons can then access these funds for use directly at retail
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MGM Resorts International is furloughing 140 members of staff from managerial positions across its Las Vegas properties.
MGM spokesman Brian Ahern said: "Business volumes are projected to remain low for the beginning of the year due to the pandemic, unfortunately requiring temporary reductions in staffing across our Las Vegas properties. We are focused on bringing employees back to work when business levels recover. We are optimistic that, with vaccine distribution and other developments, we will return to higher business levels and staffing soon."
Amost 63,000 US employees were furloughed during the lockdown in 2020 and around 18,000 were permanently laid off in August.
locations and at the game, enabling the casino to offer a fully cashless solution and manage their spend limits in support of responsible gaming.
“We are excited to collaborate with the Seminole Tribe of Florida and Hard Rock International for the launch of the WildCard Wallet digital payment option across Seminole gaming locations,” said Darren Simmons, EVP and FinTech Business Leader for Everi. “Powered by our industry-leading CashClub Wallet solution, the WildCard Wallet will provide gaming patrons at these casinos with a digital payment solution which fulfills our collective goal of enabling the casino’s guests a fully cashless, mobile experience.”
“Our strong partnership with Everi for the announced launch of this innovative cashless funding solution will bolster the security and ease of funding transactions as well as the interoperability with other back office tools to support our operations, such as Anti-Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, and providing tax forms for casino winnings,” stated John Eder, EVP and CFO for Seminole Gaming and Hard Rock International. “Te WildCard Wallet eliminates the need to handle cash at slot machines creating a frictionless experience for the customer and allows all patrons with flexible options to fund their gaming experience.”
Colorado Cripple Creek’s new games and betting limits
Casinos in Cripple Creek in Colorado will be allowed to offer new games and unlimited betting limits after a new law was passed by the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission.
Te 12 casinos will now be allowed to offer 11 versions of baccarat, three forms of keno, big 6 wheel, new versions of poker, blackjack and roulette, as well as a variety of side bets. Players in Crippled Creek had previously been limited to single bet limit of $100. Tis brings them in line with casinos in Black Hawk and Central City, which saw the new laws approved in December.
Cripple Creek Interim City Administrator Ray White said. "Casinos won’t have to come back to council for approval every time the commission approves new
games. Several casino owners said they had never heard of some of these games. Of course, it’s up to them to decide which new games they will offer."
Matt Andrighetti, General Manager of the Wildwood Casino in Cripple Creek, said: "It is a win for Cripple Creek. It will help advance the gaming industry, but it is not the Messiah of changes. It will help bolster Cripple Creek as a gaming destination both in Colorado and nationwide.”
Sean Demeule, General Manager of the Ameristar Casino Resort and Spa in Black Hawk, added: “Tis is not a game changer for us. I don’t expect it to grow revenue by hundreds of millions of dollars every year. It just allows us to have some parity with neighbouring states.”
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