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Cash handling systems exist for every size of business and every set of cash management requirements. So it’s important to look at a broad selection of vendors to ensure that you’re investing in the system that best fits your needs, both now and in the future, without paying for features that you may never need.
For example, CMI’s Multi Cash Terminal (MCT) range handles coin and note recycling as well as cashless gaming and player tracking. The modular system can be adapted to each venue’s requirements, and the higher-end units are networkable. CMI has achieved prominence with MCT in German arcades, and is now looking to move deeper into other European markets.
Cummins-Allison introduced its Jetsort in the UK more than 20 years ago and still relies on the same core sorting technology, although it’s been embellished with many enhancements. The range runs from desktop models to larger, faster free-standing machines. Data from a cash count can be directly recorded to a PC, improving security and minimising errors.
Two subsidiaries of the Gauselmann group are also significant players in cash handling for this sector. Merkur is well-known for its Dispenser 100, a bank note recycling device that fits into an AWP cabinet – more than 45,000 Dispenser 100 units have been produced, according to the firm.
Security is a prime consideration for Merkur. “Protection against electrostatic discharge is a priority with so many moving parts involved,” says Kai Buenger, International Sales Manager for the firm. “The cash box and the dispenser unit are secured via separate locks. The bank notes are verified during insertion and before they are dispensed. The further advantage is the encrypted communication between the dispenser acceptor and the gaming machine to prevent any manipulation within the product. We have developed a very secure product”,
And the Dispenser 100 is also incorporated in the high-end Mega-Cash Recycler from GeWeTe, another Gauselmann business, which has a broad range of cash-handling systems. The Mega-Cash Recycler, the company’s first money-changing system in a desktop format, can handle up to €50,000 in coins and 6000 bank notes – numbers which illustrate the heavy-duty work these machines are expected to do.
Of course, in an increasingly card-based world, cash is not the only means of payment in the amusement and gambling sectors, and cashless systems have many advantages. Embed, for example, points out that its systems don’t only deal with payments received for gaming – they can also integrate other transactions such as food and beverage charges and admission fees.
Because they are entirely electronic, cashless systems also make it easy to vary pricing by day of the week or time of day, or even according to the status of the individual customer; reporting is in real time; and security is inevitably much improved.
There are less immediately obvious benefits to cashless payment, too: branded cards can become souvenirs for customers and thus act as permanent marketing tools, cashflow is improved because payments may be received long in advance of services being delivered, and downtime caused by coin jams is eliminated.
