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JCM Global’s New

FUZION-Powered Slot Machine

Can Do It ALL!

lot machines have been part of our mobile device and you can do all of the Race and Sports Betting: Slots with
entertainment world for more than things that you would be able to do on the FUZION technology have the potential to
100 years. Historians have evidence video screen attached to the newer machines. place race and sports bets and print a wager
Sthat the first one appeared in 1895, And when you walk away, the communica- ticket. Casinos also may enable daily fantasy
and the classic electronic machines that tion is automatically disconnected.” sports gaming through their own platform
matched spinning lemons, plums, and or through a third party’s.
cherries in winning combinations were in
common use by the 1960s. Promotions:
FUZION ties the enterprise together with
But the makers of those earlier models would system-generated promotions, delivered
not recognize the slot machines of today and directly to the player, both carded and
their enhanced capabilities powered by non-carded. This can include drawings,
JCM Global’s new FUZION™. With this collectible promotions, special events, and
breakthrough technology, slot machines player outreach.
have the potential to become multi-line
profit centers. They can vend and redeem Currency Exchange:
lottery tickets, conduct race and sports The system’s bill validator accepts the world’s
betting, deliver cross-enterprise promo- currencies, with exchange rates that can be
tional coupons, enable real-time currency preset or calculated in real-time.
exchanges, streamline IRS tax form process-
ing, and allow players to participate in Daily Tax Forms:
Fantasy Sports. And players don’t even have Slots with FUZION technology have the
to leave their seats! The FUZION technology was introduced in potential to print W2-G tax forms with pre-
September 2016 at the Global Gaming Expo. populated player data and deliver required
FUZION-powered slots can also be documentation to the customer; the back-
connected by Mobile I/O™ technology, With their capability to combine multiple end system stores signature forms and data
which allows casinos with legacy, reel features, and services, slot machines fueled for the IRS. “Nothing is a bigger pain for
spinners, or other games without picture- by FUZION technology would seem to be casinos than when somebody hits that 1099
in-picture capabilities to use FUZION by well-positioned to attract non-traditional slot threshold that locks up a machine until an
enabling players to connect with the game machine players, while also giving traditional attendant and a key person come around,
via smartphones through JCM’s Intelligent slot players more entertainment options right take the information, process it, go in the
Bezel. at their fingertips. back room, get all your tax information,
and then finally pays you off. That process
JCM Global Vice President of Worldwide alone can take 20 minutes — and in those
Marketing Tom Nieman said, “You can take 20 minutes, the machine isn’t playing and
your smart phone, tap it to the bill validator Here are some of the features: the player isn’t playing,” said Nieman. With
bezel, and your phone creates a temporary the new system, the tax form appears on the
digital connection with the FUZION inter- Lottery: screen for the player to complete. An atten-
face through a BlueTooth connection. When Slots with FUZION technology have the dant validates the player’s identification,
your mobile device is in close proximity to potential to sell and redeem lottery tickets and the document is sent to the casino to be
the slot machine, you can do all the things and trigger targeted promotional messages forwarded, in turn, to the IRS. The player
that you would be able to do on the video before large jackpot drawings gets a receipt that the machine prints out,
screen attached to the newer machines. Now and the processing time is reduced to about
you’re carrying around a screen on your seven minutes.

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