- Company's Leading Real-Time Marketing Solution to Help Power
Foxwoods' New FoxPerx Slot Bonusing Program Beginning March 1 -
HAMDEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
TransAct Technologies Incorporated (Nasdaq:TACT), a global leader in
market-specific solutions, including printers, terminals, software and
other products for transaction-based and other industries, announced
today that its industry-leading Epicentral® Promotion and Bonusing
System has been selected by Foxwoods® Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT
to power the new FoxPerx slot bonus program which will debut on March 1,
2016 in the Fox Tower and Grand Pequot Tower casinos. Epicentral will go
live at Foxwoods Resort Casino on approximately 1,900 electronic gaming
devices.
Launching March 1, FoxPerx from Foxwoods Resort Casino is an exciting
new daily slots bonusing program for its Foxwoods Rewards members.
Foxwoods Rewards cardholders can participate in the program simply by
playing their favorite machines. Every few minutes a slot player using
their loyalty card wins a bonus ticket redeemable for cash prizes of $5
to $500 or prizes including gift cards for many of Foxwoods' favorite
dining and shopping offerings.
"We are excited that Foxwoods Resort Casino has chosen our Epicentral
Promotion and Bonusing System to help power their new FoxPerx slot
rewards program," said Bart C. Shuldman, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of TransAct Technologies. "In an increasingly competitive
industry environment, Epicentral is a unique, powerful tool that will
help Foxwoods drive increased visitation and play among their rated
players while serving to catalyze new player enrollment in their loyalty
program. Foxwoods Resort Casino clearly understands that their customers
demand great gaming entertainment and rewarding experiences each time
they visit and we believe that their new FoxPerx program, powered by
Epicentral, will enable Foxwoods to provide guests with an unmatched
promotional environment throughout the property."
Epicentral is the gaming industry's only enterprise-level promotion and
bonusing software system, designed to vastly simplify for casino
operators the process of attracting, rewarding and retaining players.
Foxwoods' slot management and marketing teams will be able to leverage
Epicentral's easy-to-use software suite to deliver FoxPerx rewards in
real-time directly to customers at select slot machines, all at the
click of a button. Deployed alongside TransAct's ServerPort™ device and
Epic 950® ticket printer which are installed in each gaming device,
Epicentral's real-time promotion delivery capabilities will help make
FoxPerx a unique new amenity at the Northeast's largest resort casino.
"Our team is committed to providing guests with competitive, compelling
and thrilling bonuses each time they visit Foxwoods and we are always
looking for new technology solutions that help us differentiate our
gaming offerings," said Eric Pearson, Vice President of Gaming and
Revenue Enhancement at Foxwoods Resort Casino. "We believe Epicentral
system has an unmatched real-time capability to supplement the player
experience, drive increased play across our casino floor and offer our
players new ways to win. I know our players will value FoxPerx and the
unique new bonuses this program will deliver."
About TransAct Technologies Incorporated
TransAct Technologies Incorporated is a leader in developing and
manufacturing market-specific solutions, including printers, terminals,
software and other products for transaction-based and other industries.
These industries include casino and gaming, lottery, food safety,
banking, point-of-sale, hospitality, oil and gas, and medical and
mobile. TransAct printers and products are designed from the ground up
based on market-specific requirements and are sold under the AccuDate™,
Ithaca®, RESPONDER, Epic®, EPICENTRAL® and Printrex® product brands.
TransAct distributes its printers and terminals through OEMs,
value-added resellers, selected distributors, and direct to end-users.
TransAct has over 2.9 million printers and terminals installed around
the world. TransAct is also committed to providing world-class printer
service, spare parts, accessories and printing supplies to its growing
worldwide installed base of products. Through its TransAct Services
Group, TransAct provides a complete range of supplies and consumable
items used in the printing and scanning activities of customers in the
hospitality, banking, retail, gaming, government and oil and gas
exploration markets. Through its webstore, http://www.transactsupplies.com,
and a direct selling team, TransAct addresses the on-line demand for
these products. TransAct is headquartered in Hamden, CT. For more
information, please visit http://www.transact-tech.com
or call 203.859.6800.
About Foxwoods® Resort Casino
Foxwoods Resort Casino is the premier resort destination in the
Northeast. As the largest resort casino in North America, Foxwoods
offers a vast array of gaming in six casinos; AAA Four-Diamond hotels,
restaurants from gourmet to quick service, world-renowned spas,
award-winning golf, state-of-the-art theaters, and exclusive retailers.
Perfect for both recreation and business, Foxwoods provides modern and
versatile convention and meeting space to infuse new life into any
meeting or event. Foxwoods Resort Casino is owned and operated by the
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. For a comprehensive look at Foxwoods
Resort Casino and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation visit Foxwoods.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release include forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by
the use of forward-looking terminology, such as "may", "will", "expect",
"intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe" or "continue" or the
negative thereof or other similar words. All forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, customer
acceptance and market share gains, both domestically and
internationally, in the face of substantial competition from competitors
that have broader lines of products and greater financial resources; our
competitors introducing new products into the marketplace; our ability
to successfully develop new products; our dependence on significant
customers; our dependence on significant vendors; dependence on contract
manufacturers for the assembly of a large portion of our products in
Asia; our ability to protect intellectual property; our ability to
recruit and retain quality employees as the Company grows; our
dependence on third parties for sales outside the United States,
including Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and Asia; the
economic and political conditions in the United States, Australia, New
Zealand, Europe, Latin America and Asia; marketplace acceptance of new
products; risks associated with foreign operations; the availability of
third-party components at reasonable prices; price wars or other
significant pricing pressures affecting the Company's products in the
United States or abroad; risks associated with potential future
acquisitions; our new line of food safety and oil and gas products
driving increased adoption by customers; and other risk factors detailed
from time to time in TransAct's reports filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from those
discussed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release and
the Company assumes no duty to update them to reflect new, changing or
unanticipated events or circumstances.
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Investor:
TransAct Technologies Incorporated
Steve
DeMartino
President and Chief Financial Officer
203-859-6810
or
JCIR
Richard
Land, Joseph Jaffoni, Jim Leahy
212-835-8500
tact@jcir.com
Source: TransAct Technologies Incorporated
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