Transcript Slot Net Overview - CasinfoSystems.com

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1. Use PCs
• PCs are powerful.
• PCs are always available.
• PCs are inexpensive.
• PCs will evolve “better, cheaper and faster” that
proprietary solutions. They will not become
obsolete.
• Akers, CDS, Bally and all the rest cannot compete
with Casinfo’s development team: Microsoft,
Intel, AMD, HP, Dell and others.
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2. Minimize the Costs
• Purchase: PCs are used by millions of people. They are
inexpensive and becoming ever more powerful. We
design around PCs to make your investment last.
• Operation: We use standards: Windows™, Linux®,
Microsoft SQL Server™. Our programs have the
Windows™ look an feel familiar to so many people.
• Maintenance: Since the system is a PC network it can
be maintained by MIS people, just as your office
network can.
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3. Utilize Modern Communications
• Casinfo is inherently multi-site
• Allows distributed operations (J&F, Surveillance on site,
centralized count and wrap)
• Remote access and/or data replication
• Remote Management access using the same programs as onsite (no extra charge).
• Dial-up, DSL, T1, OC3, Wireless – it’s all TCP/IP
• Casinfo will be able to take advantage of future communications
technologies
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4. Distance is
• Remote access allows geographically separated
individuals to see the same reports on screens.
Less mail, less paper, less filing, less confusion,
clearer communication & better decisions.
• Managers, users and the data can be brought
together in real time.
• Help you build your business and increase your
profits .
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SlotNet™ Slot Data Network.
Slot Accounting.
Player Tracking.
Cage Accounting.
Credit and Collections.
Table Game Accounting.
Security and Surveillance.
Cashless Gaming.
Connectivity to Other Systems.
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• Connects gaming machines to the
• Ethernet Connectivity.
CIMS.
– Standard PC network architecture.
– Easy for your IT department to understand and
troubleshoot.
• Standard TCP/IP communications.
• Secure, encrypted wired or wireless.
• PC-based router connects directly to SAS board,
peripherals.
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SlotNet Router
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5. Event Driven Communication
– Other slot data systems use “Polling” networks.
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Based on old communications technology.
Fragile, multiple points of failure.
Slow, backward, stuck in the past, no hope for the future.
Larger total cost of ownership.
– SlotNet™ is Event Driven.
• Based on state-of-the-art computer technology.
• Communicates with all slots simultaneously.
• Uses fast, modern network technology.
• Enables true “Real-Time” communication.
• Never obsolete, grows with technology.
• Smaller total cost of ownership.
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Casinfo’s
SlotNet™
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Automatically recognizes slot machines.
Wireless option eliminates cutting of carpet.
Simplicity of use reduces training curve.
Simplicity of use reduces operating cost.
Ability to communicate through Internet allows
remote, secure access to data for managers.
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“EYE IN THE SKY” FOR SLOT METERS
Captures Life-to-Date meters for high reliability.
Captures continuously, on alarms or on timer.
Stores detail data indefinitely.
Calculates deltas “on-the-fly” to optimize
database performance on reporting.
• Built as a true “Database Application” rather than
a old flat-file application ported to a database.
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Casinfo can be deployed in layers:
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Completely manual
On-Line Slot Accounting only
Player Tracking
Promo-Play and Account Cashless
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Older Machines can be handled manually
Newer machines can incorporate slot accounting
Of these, some or all can have player tracking.
Or Promo-Play and Account Cashless
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Four areas:
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Administration of the System
Operations (Jackpots, Fills, Surveillance)
Drop, Count and Wrap
Back Office
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Machines
• Slots identify themselves (SAS v5.0+)
• Setup:
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Give the machine a number
Identify its options (coin, ticket, EFT, etc.)
Place it in a J&F service area
Tell it the slot’s programmed hold percentage
Adjust the meter denoms
GO!
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• Casinfo is simple.
• Less mapping and less mistakes mean
lower total cost of ownership.
• Systems that will fit your need’s
increasing your productivity.
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