Goodbye greenback: more cashless payment options coming to US casinos

Station Casinos is adding cashless payments to all its Las Vegas properties, while Everi Holdings is pledging to launch its new cashless gaming solution later this year.

This week, Red Rock Resorts subsidiary Station announced that it would roll out ACS PlayOn’s Cashless Table Game Solution across all its Vegas casinos. The move follows a successful field trial at Station’s Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa that began late last year.

The Reno-based ACS PlayOn’s system allows gamblers to use their debit cards to purchase chips without having to slide off their stools and schlep their butts down to the bank machine, withdraw germ-ridden banknotes and then return to the table to purchase chips. ACS PlayOn also makes similar systems for slots, sportsbooks and poker rooms.

Nevada regulators approved new rules in June to make it easier for gaming licensees to accept cashless payments. The changes followed lobbying by the American Gaming Association, which noted the desire of casino guests to avoid cash cooties during a global pandemic.