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G a m i n g N e ws 3 7 Th u r s d a y, O c to b e r 2 , 2 0 1 4 With two physically separated pro- duction facilities, one in Phoenix, Ariz., and one in Green Bay, Wis., Slot-Tickets Worldwide is the only ticket provider with redundant capabilities. That is very impor- tant in today's high demand, zero invento- ry gaming venues. Its ability to move pro- duction at the click of a mouse in the event Slot-Tickets ( Cont'd. from p. 1) of bad weather, power outages and trans- portation disruption will save its clients from potential game stopping shortages. It has happened to some less prepared prop- erties – don't let it happen to you. Slot-Tickets, The Original and Still the Best! For more information, visit booth 4130 or go online to www.slot-tickets.com. RF: Glory is the only company that designs, produces, deploys and pro- vides the maintenance service on its own cash management products (e.g. kiosks and cash handling machines) in the industry. We're unique in that we can build upon our core cash handling expertise, offering customers an end-to-end cash management solution – other providers can't do that. Glory can legitimately support every part of a casino's opera- tions, from cage management and bal- ancing tills, to ticket redemption and bill breaking. GN: What trends is Glory seeing in the gaming industry, and how are they informing your product decisions? RF: The landscape of monetary transac- tions in the gaming industry is always changing and is forever becoming more complex. Right now there is a lot of conver- sation about the growth of e-payments, e-wallets and cashless gambling. But despite this, we're most certainly not reaching the end of the cash era. Indeed, we're actually seeing research from the Federal Reserve and global monetary authorities showing an increase in cash transactions around the world and an increase in cash in circulation. Cash is, and has always been, the foundation for monetary transactions for casino operations and retailers in the G lory ( Cont'd. from p. 1) gaming industry. Our solutions help sim- plify the increasingly complex transac- tion landscape in this space and make dealing with cash more viable for cus- tomers. GN: What's next for Glory and its gam- ing division? RF: We continue to invest in the gaming sector and are committed to building quality solutions that deliver measurable business results for our customers. At this year's Global Gaming Expo (G2E), we're launching a new multi- function ATM kiosk, the SK-500. This release represents a milestone in our product development, with increased transaction throughput, real-time activity monitoring and enhanced web based data management capability. The new SK-500 boasts the largest capacity in its class, with five 3,000 note cassettes, minimiz- ing the need to refill the kiosk on a busy casino floor. At G2E we're also advancing our retail solutions for the gaming sector with CashInfinity ® , an automated payment solution, as well as back office solutions that automate the employee bank for the retail operations within a casino. These offer a combination of technologies that create significant efficiencies across many cash handling activities within any casino operation. For more information, visit www.glory globalsolutions.com, call 800-527-2638, email sales@us.glory-global.com or stop by booth 5235. UHD in sheer pixel count and able to show the 4K qualities, it is only achiev- able by the way in which the screen is con- nected and what feeds it. In other words, the signal can get choked before it gets to the screen. For example, standard HDMI 1.4 can handle 4K but it is limited to 30 fps (frames per second). The good news is that the industry is slowly switching over to HDMI 2.0 which handles 4K at 50/60 fps required to display UHD quality video. This will require some catching up Trans-Lux ( Cont'd. from p. 4) on the front end, but these issues should be resolved quickly as demand increases for 4K LED displays in the production and display equipment categories. Meanwhile, 8K SHV (Super-High Vision) with 33 million pixels is already on the horizon − but still a ways off into the future as this volume of data poses big transmission issues. For the interim, four times the resolution of 1080 HD res- olution paints an incredible picture. For more information, email info@ trans-lux.com or visit www.trans-lux.com. where mandated rules of play precluded the dealer from checking the hole card whether the up card was an ace or a ten value card, a rule which, like the European rule of not allowing the dealer a second card until all play is concluded, has an even greater negative impact on productivity and revenue. From its beginnings in Nevada and expansion to Atlantic City, Tech Art then entered the casino market in Puerto Rico, whose gaming regulation largely mir- rored New Jersey. Like New Jersey, Puerto Rico permitted a rule change to allow the use of the MAXTime device. Introduction of the MAXTime hole card reader and Las Vegas-style black- jack has led to significant revenue Tech Art ( Cont'd. from p. 4) increases for casinos that had previous- ly been limited to dealing the European-style no-hole-card blackjack. Now, Tech Art has introduced the MAXTime 4H™, an even better ver- sion of the original MAXTime that fits into the chip tray. This dealer-friendly device is always in the correct position to maximize hole card security and speed of the game. With its dual-lock- ing lid, polycarbonate shatterproof glass and reinforced steel frame, the MAXTime 4H also has the product reliability that Tech Art customers have come to count on. For more information, visit Tech Art in booth 3535, visit online at www.techart inc.com, or call Arthur Miller at 702- 736-0637 or 800-884-2885. Hazaveh (SOSH). Spectrum Gaming Group is an independent research and professional services firm. "Gaming knowledge on demand" is the company's motto and is the bottom-line service offered throughout its entire line, including restructurings, market and feasibility studies, economic impact reports, gam- ing regulatory services, investigations and due diligence, publishing and research, presentations and confer- ences and more. Cooper Levenson's Casino and I Gaming Law practice has become the preeminent source of legal representa- tion for gaming-related interests world- wide. Based in Atlantic City and Las Vegas, and headed by Lloyd D. Levenson, Lynne Levin Kaufman and Kimberly Maxson-Rushton, the prac- tice deals with every aspect of casino Cooper Levenson ( Cont'd. from p. 1) law: iGaming, licensure, employee qualification, equipment approval, administrative proceedings, land use and more. Cooper Levenson has offices in New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Delaware. SOSH Architects has built an impressive portfolio of uniquely designed projects and a reputation of pro- fessionalism and creativity. SOSH (part- ners Thomas Sykes, Thomas O'Connor, William Salerno and Nory Hazaveh) was recognized by Hotel and Motel Management Magazine as one of the country's "top 10 design firms" with offices in Atlantic City and New York. Mark your calendar for May 27 to 28, 2015 and plan to be at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa in Atlantic City for the East Coast Gaming Congress & iGaming Institute. For more information, go to www.ecgc.us, call 609-572-7400 or stop by booth 2536. THE FUJITSU GROUP KNOWS BENEFITS OF CASH RECYCLING SOLUTIONS Cash recycling is changing the face of the cash handling in casino gaming. As more and more players visit more physical sites for gambling, the pressure on casi- nos to accept, denominate and process larger amounts of cash increases. Casinos are turning to recyclers on the floor in the form of ticket redemption kiosks, change machines and ATMs, while depending on the speed and accuracy of higher-end recyclers in the seldom seen, back office cash rooms where the amount of cash can be staggering. Randy Fox, Vice President, Currency Handling and Identity Product Solutions, Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a Foothill Ranch, Calif.- based Fujitsu subsidiary, explained some of the benefits of cash recycling solutions casinos. "Currency recyclers are able to perform many functions in casinos in mere minutes that would take teams of employees to perform over hours, and with more accuracy. In addition, today's recyclers are designed to run 24/7 with no breaks." With new and remodeled casinos and gaming locations opening daily, and with more states currently reviewing gaming as a vehicle to combat budgetary shortfalls, the future of currency recycling and the applications for recy- cling looks very bright. "All the pundits have been predicting the demise of cash for nearly 20 years," said Fox. "But the truth is, today's casinos are process- ing more cash than they ever have at any time in the industry's history." For casinos, the benefits of this emerging technology extend beyond increased productivity and better cus- tomer service; by increasing quality- control measures, these technologies are delivering a better product to them as well. Using newer software tools that provide value-added services, casinos are better able to forecast their cash management while making the cash they do have more productive. The opportunity costs of cash-in-use are often overlooked when deployers con- duct ROI or cost/ben- efit analyses. Finally, with the volume of cash being handled at casinos today, there has been an increased focus on the component's flexibility and deposit taking and dis- pensing capacity. "Not only do we antic- ipate an increased need in the functional- ity of recyclers, we are already hearing from customers that capacities are very important and must increase in the future," said Fox. Visit Fujitsu at booth 5740 for a person- al demonstration of its solutions, visit www.fujitsu.com/us/oem/financial/atm or call 877-766-7545.