Players at casino tables would be able to buy chips on their debit cards under a new system recently approved by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
The system is known as PlayOn from Automated Cashless Systems Inc. It has been used at five Native American casinos in California and one in New Mexico for about three years. The Nevada Gaming Control Board recently approved PlayOn after the company completed a field trial on two tables at Red Rock Casino Resort.
According to CDC Gaming Reports, the company is in talks to install the technology in other Stations Casinos and also plans to introduce the system in Atlantic Casino Resort in Reno. It also plans to bring the system to Harrah’s Atlantic City in October.
Further, the company says it has verbal commitments to install the system from several major casino operators and are working through the implementation process. That includes properties in Northern Nevada, two on the Las Vegas Strip and one in downtown Las Vegas. Those are expected to be announced at a later date and be in place by the fall, CDC reported.
The approval in Nevada means table game players will be able to use their debit card to buy chips just like they would use it for any other transaction inside a casino or hotel, according to Steve Warner, COO of the Reno-based company.
“People have thought about this for years,” Warner told CDC. “I used to manage money for casinos, and we always had so much cash on property and thought why can’t we take the same solutions on the outside of the casino and put it in the four walls of the casino. This cashless gaming could be considered the new buzz that’s catering to the player. This is just another convenience for someone engaged at the table and hopefully the future at the slot machine or sports book or any other gaming aspect in the casino.”
