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CUTTING EDGE by Frank Legato
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Product: FABICash Kiosk Solution Manufacturer: FABICash
new kiosk solution from FABICash combines multiple functions in one cash-advance stop. The company’s proprietary cage software, FABICash, was developed by a team of in-house senior-level software engineers to provide a user-friendly solution to process credit card cash advance, debit advance and check cashing. The FABICash application is loaded with technology bells and whistles such as electronic signature capture, driver’s license capture, banned patron list and customizable fee tiers. The solution interfaces with the company’s proprietary Title 31 software, FABITrack, and with the other two major Title 31 software providers. FABI’s goal is to provide a reliable and easy-to-use system that will put more money back on the gaming floor while keeping the casino federally compliant and preventing fraud. On the kiosk front, partnering with Glory and a couple of other kiosk manufacturers, FABI engineers built a software application that takes the traditional TITO and bill-break kiosk, and turns it into an ATM. On top of the ATM feature, the cash access company is in the final stages of providing two new features on its kiosks—e-check transactions through Certegy and ATM payout with the option to print the
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funds to slot ticket. The print-to-ticket ATM payout option is designed to improve customer experience and convenience, while putting more money back on the gaming floor. This also saves on the wear and tear on the kiosk cash dispenser, and will reduce the amount of cash the casino will need to have on hand to drop in the kiosks. Another example of their commitment to new technology is being unveiled at NIGA, FABICash Mobile. FABICash Mobile is a tablet device that will allow cage cashiers or slot attendants to roam the high-limit areas of the gaming floor to perform credit card cash advances, debit advance and ACH checks right at the players’ games or tables. For more information, visit fabiatm.com.
Universal Progressive Product: Infinilink Manufacturer: Scientific Games
alk across the table game area of a casino floor and you’ll see several different progressive jackpots. A table game like Ultimate Texas Hold’em will feature one progressive jackpot, while Three Card Poker will have another. Until now, these games have had separate links because the math for each game is different. Scientific Games’ Infinilink progressive system allows casinos to link multiple table games to a single progressive jackpot. With more games on the same link, operators can offer bigger, faster jackpots. Infinilink is expected to be a game-changer for table game progressives, which are becoming more popular. The system enables specialty table games with different math models to feed into one jackpot. Games featuring the Infinilink progressive play the same as they always have—players make their progressive wager to qualify for normal and Infinilink payouts, and a portion of their progressive wager goes to the Infinilink meter. The hands and rounds selected for Infinilink payouts are completely random. If a player makes a progressive wager during one of these randomly selected rounds and hits the randomly selected hand, it wins both the regular and Infinilink payouts.
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Infinilink works by combining the use of a random number generator with underlying hand odds to provide the same chance of winning an Infinilink payout. This allows operators to link any pay table and any game type, regardless of the math model used, to a common jackpot. Offered exclusively on the Game Manager 2 progressive platform, an Infinilink jackpot can be used in addition to game- and title-specific jackpots to provide a flexible, tailored offering that will resonate with table game players. For more information, visit ballytech.com.