The Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, South Africa, has introduced Atronic Systems' smart card cashless system solution, Chip Cash.

Gold Reef City followed the trend of smart card operations in South Africa as players get more used to smart card gaming.

Gold Reef City open its doors to a newly-renovated smoking area on November 13, containing 570 machines upgraded to cashless gaming with the rest to follow this year.

With a total of 1,600 slot machines and 50 tables, Gold Reef City is one of the four largest casinos in Johannesburg and the third to go with Atronic Systems cashless smart card.

The casino already supports Atronic Systems’ Crystal Web player-tracking module co-existing with Aristocrat’s Dacom system.

“The Atronic Systems team with the support and leadership of Ronald Narnhofer did a tremendous job supporting Aristocrat and to enable the smooth transition to Chip Cash,” commented director Marius van der Merwe.

“We look forward to completing the rest of the casino floor in 2007 to change Gold Reef City to a complete coinless operation.”