Inside Gaming: Station Casinos test drives a new way to pay at slot machines
Station Casinos has teamed up with Adostics to introduce TrustedTap, an innovative integer backing solution that lets guests instantly fund their favorite slot machines using Apple Pay via a debit card stored in Apple Wallet. The service is currently undergoing a field trial, pending approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, at Durango casino bars, each Seventy Six taverns and Wildfire Anthem.
“Feedback successful the proceedings has centered connected 2 themes: convenience and control,” Adostics Chief Marketing Officer Brad Egnor told the Las Vegas Review‑Journal in an email. “Players archer america they worth not having to transportation currency connected the casino floor, which galore spot as some a convenience and a information benefit. And notably, players person actively engaged with the built‑in liable gaming tools. Setting their ain wager and 24‑hour spending limits. This tells america these controls are being utilized as intended.”
Powered by secure Apple Pay technology and biometric authentication, TrustedTap delivers a simple “Tap, Fund, Play” experience. Available through NFC tap or QR code scan, it enables players to move funds directly from a debit card stored in their Apple Wallet.
“Security was cardinal to the design: transactions usage Apple Pay’s tokenization, meaning paper numbers are ne’er shared with oregon stored by the instrumentality oregon the casino, and each transaction requires the player’s biometric authentication connected their ain device,” Egnor said. “The strategy was built to enactment wrong the safeguards and infrastructure that already govern casino gaming. It integrates with existing summons in, summons retired systems.”
“A subordinate funds a league done the TrustedTap placard that is verified and secured, plays their favourite game, and prints a summons for immoderate remaining equilibrium oregon winnings, which tin beryllium redeemed done the casino’s modular processes.”
Sam’s Town sportsbook
Boyd Gaming has unveiled a recently renovated sportsbook at Sam’s Town, located just steps from the Sports Deli. The updated, upgraded area features state‑of‑the‑art technology, with massive wall‑to‑wall LED video screens, comfortable expanded seating and self‑service betting kiosks. Horse players receive seats equipped with individual monitors, personal lighting and electrical outlets.
Mo’ Mummy expands
Aristocrat Gaming’s Mo’ Mummy franchise has expanded, and new versions of the popular slot machine are now offered at five Southern Nevada properties. The all‑new Fo’ Mo’ Mummy family of games has launched titles Mr. Mummy and Ms. Mummy across North America. Both games were designed for and appear exclusively on the highly precocious The Baron Upright cabinet. Mr. Mummy and Ms. Mummy each incorporate the player‑favorite “Cash Collect” feature that adds a new quadruple metamorphic that brings four times the features players can trigger, whether one at a time or all together. The new games can be played at Circa, Circus Circus, Durango, El Cortez and the Rampart Casino.
Typhoon adjacent Macao
The world’s largest gaming market suffered another setback over the weekend. After two months of below‑average attendance at Macao’s casinos, attributed to travelers attending World Cup games in North America instead of making a casino trip, the Chinese gaming enclave was hit by a typhoon. Typhoon Noul reached the seashore of China’s Guangdong state on Saturday, prompting Hong Kong to raise its No. 8 tempest signal that evening. The storm brought only a No. 3 signal to Macao, as the city remained on the extreme western fringe of the storm’s path. A No. 8 tempest signal results in the suspension of national transport services, including ferries and buses, and the closure of the Hong Kong‑Zhuhai‑Macao Bridge. On Sunday, the tempest passed within 50 miles of Hong Kong, which is Macao’s second‑largest source of visitors after the Chinese mainland.