Sacoa has revealed a range of new and updated cashless tools.
The Spark reader is almost half the size of the company’s previous model and the plastic surrounding the model is twice as thick. Sacoa received feedback from operators that readers were getting broken during play.
Speaking at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, US, where the new products were unveiled, Sebastian Mochkovsky, director of the company, said: “This model is far more durable and can withstand the worst kids have to throw at it.”
The unit also features backlight colouring, which can be adjusted to show age restrictions, promos or tickets awarded and the tap version is water and dust resistant.
Zodiac is the company’s new multilingual system configuration tool. Being web-based, it will allow operators to control several aspects of their sites from one monitor, including introducing new games to the system, assigning prices, modifying game functions, monitor product stock and altering security settings. “You can also do this from your phone,” Mochkovsky added.
In terms of the regions that appear to be growing for amusement, he said that northern Europe, particularly Sweden, was showing promise. “We have been there for a long time and we can see it doing really well,” he said.
Only a few minutes’ drive from the convention centre in Orlando is the site of the company’s upcoming family entertainment centre, the Dezerland Action Park, which he said will hopefully be open by summer 2020.
“This will include the largest indoor go-kart track in the world, a trampoline park, an arcade with 200 games, the largest private car museum in the world and we are hoping to have an indoor amusement centre if there is space available after everything else,” he said.
Pictured: The Sacoa team at the IAAPA Expo
