ACEP, Graton Pick FutureLogic

American Casino Entertainment Properties and California’s Graton Resort have selected the GEN3 Evolution printer from FutureLogic for all slots.

Printer and couponing solution provider FutureLogic, Inc. announced two exclusive contracts involving its GEN3 Evolution printer.

The company announced that it has signed a contract with American Casino Entertainment Properties (ACEP) as the exclusive supplier of TITO printers for all four of their properties in Nevada. According to the seven-year agreement, the GEN3 Evolution printer will be installed on all new slot machines at the Stratosphere Casino Hotel & Tower, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur, Arizona Charlie’s Boulder and the Aquarius Casino Resort.

“Following a thorough examination of all options, we are confident with our selection of FutureLogic’s GEN3 Evolution printer,” said Richard Fitzhugh, ACEP’s corporate vice president of slot strategy. “In addition to offering the most advanced TITO printer in gaming, we chose FutureLogic for their outstanding track record for innovation and excellent technical support team.

“Improving productivity and increasing operating cash flow is a key focus for our executive team at ACEP. FutureLogic’s senior leadership team along with their innovative printing solutions are a great fit for ACEP. We look forward to a long-term partnership.”

“We are extremely pleased that ACEP chose our GEN3 Evolution printer to help improve productivity at for all four of their state-of-the art properties,” said Nick Micalizzi, FutureLogic’s vice president of sales and marketing. “By increasing the printer paper capacity to 450 tickets across the floor, FutureLogic is helping operators like ACEP reduce paper fill costs and save as much as $300 per game annually.

“Our goal is to provide casinos with advanced technology backed by outstanding technical service. We are delighted that ACEP has cited their previous experience of FutureLogic’s exceptional customer service and look forward to working closely with ACEP in the coming years as they look to take full advantage of the GEN3 Evolution’s ticketing capabilities and reduce their operating costs across their slot floor.”

In a separate release, FutureLogic announced that the GEN3 Evolution printer was selected for all 3,000 slot and video poker machines by the new Graton Resort & Casino, the Station Casinos-managed property opened recently in Rohnert Park, California.

All slots at the casino, owned by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, are equipped with GEN3 Evolution’s advanced promotional couponing and TITO printer. “We have a long history with FutureLogic’s products, service and support team,” said Roger Pettersson, corporate vice president of slots for Station Casinos. “FutureLogic’s excellent track record for product reliability, innovation and responsive technical support team was a key decision-making factor for us.”

The GEN3 Evolution printer is the latest generation of thermal ticket and promotional couponing printer from FutureLogic. The printer is equipped with the industry’s largest standard paper capacity of 450 tickets, saving operators up to 30 refills or $300 per printer annually. Further reducing costs, FutureLogic printers eliminate paper waste by taking the ticket stack down to the last ticket.

Designed with promotional couponing in mind, the GEN3 Evolution offers an optional on-board promotional system module that creates separate and secure processing environments for both TITO and promotional couponing. This optional module also makes precision grayscale printing a possibility through an advance temperature control technology, yielding the highest-resolution output for printing promotional coupons.