Inside Asian Gaming

acceptance rate was, and if any of their cash boxes were full, meaning they would have to adjust the time between drops.” “We’re saving 20 to 30 seconds per drop per cash box,” adds Andy Reichlin. “So if you think about how many hours that adds up to given the daily drop routine, operators can get a return on investment within a year just based on labour savings alone.” MEI we are now making some good progress with SJM in Macau.” EASITRAX MEI says its EASITRAX Soft Count system, which complements its bill validator systems, offers the prospect of rapid return on investment because of the time and labour its saves on the drop box process. “The way it works is that there’s an RFID tag in the bill acceptor cash box,” states Ms Decker. “The information is taken from the bill acceptor head and written to the RFID tag. So when the drop crews come and take the cash box out, filled with money, they go into the soft count room, and put the bill acceptor on the EASITRAX reader base. The information from the RFID tag then goes into a database and can be networked to the casino. If an operator owns several different properties, they can access all of the information on one network. Information from the RFID tag is programmed into many different reports so the casino can find out what their “Second, what’s your jam rate? Because if the slot machine goes out of service you can’t take any notes. Third, what’s your security? Are you going to take real notes? You need to let the good ones in and keep the bad ones out. If you do those three things well, plus fourth, ensure you are a low maintenance product on the operations side of the casino, then that’s what really counts with a bill validator.” Asian sales Although MEI hasn’t conducted any of its VAT trials in Asia because of jurisdictional rules, the company has had considerable sales success there. “Asia’s a big market for us,” says Mr Reichlin. “We have a good presence in Macau, and we won orders in both Singapore properties last year. We’re also in Resorts World Manila in the Philippines. “We have historically done very well with Sands, so we have high hopes for Cotai 5 and 6. Historically, we have also done well with the MGM properties. And EASITRAX® Soft Count system