Mark Edmundson, sales manager at GeWeTe, answers InterGaming’s questions on cashless gaming.

Mark Edmundson

IS the trend towards cashless gaming speeding up?

Most certainly - with the reduction of ATMs, increase in TITO and more and more contactless transactions taking place generally, things are gaining momentum now.

What are the challenges facing those companies promoting cashless gaming as the way forward? For GeWeTe the main focus is to be working within the rules and regulations and ensuring the correct Merchant ID relative to the application is adhered to and implemented. This includes making sure credit cards are not used in gaming applications. The integration of the hardware and obtaining the necessary approvals to handle cards has been a challenge, but having had the systems out in the field for well over 12 months now these are long behind us.

Read the full article in the December issue of InterGaming