Casino Apollonia in Macedonia selects Suzo Happ’s MEI Cashflow SC

Suzo Happ introduced the MEI Cashflow SC banknote reader to Casino Apollonia last year. Casino management was suitably impressed with the MEI Cashflow SC banknote reader that a value-added trial (VAT) over a period of several months was agreed upon. This gave casino staff on the floor the ideal opportunity to get to know the MEI Cashflow SC banknote reader and compare its performance with other bill readers on the floor.

The performance of the this banknote reader stood out so strongly that the casino management took the decision to specify MEI 100% on all new slots purchases. This strategy has already been implemented with fifty new slots on the floor placed with MEI.

“That means that already almost a third of all the slots on the Casino Apollonia floor have MEI fitted”, enthused Joost van Egeraat, Suzo Happ Regional Sales Manager. Casino Apollonia operates a total of 184 slots, the majority stemming from IGT and WMS with further slots also from Novomatic, Bally, Aristocrat and Atronic.

Janne Rantala, Slots Manager at Casino Apollonia, underlines the company decision to specify MEI, “The bill reader is essential to game play. Thus, the VAT was given utmost priority. The results speak for themselves. The MEI Cashflow SC bill reader is extremely reliable and very easy to work with. They are a class for themselves and so it was a natural step to specify MEI”. Asked about the co-operation with Suzo Happ, Mr. Rantala explains, “Suzo Happ is our main spare part supplier. They offer the best products in the industry and the service they provide is excellent”.

This close collaboration with Suzo Happ has paid further dividends for Casino Apollonia. All slots on the casino floor have been updated with the locks from ASSA, provided by Suzo Happ. “ASSA has the best quality locks in the world”, Rantala succinctly states.

Erik Wijma, Sales Director of Suzo Happ, comments, “We wish to thank Janne and his team for their willingness to trial new innovations within the Suzo Happ product range. I also wish to thank my colleagues Joost van Egeraat and Marc Martens for their professional support to the Casino Apollonia team. The good news of Casino Apollonia specifying MEI and ASSA underlines the innovation and service that Suzo Happ is bringing to the market”.

Casino Apollonia is based in Gevgelija in Macedonia – directly on the border with Greece. The casino was inaugurated in 1984 and has since then been open every day for business. The casino has an adjoining hotel that was built in the 1970’s. Casino Apollonia is the second major casino in Macedonia to specify MEI. Furthermore, Casino Apollonia source a number of products from Suzo Happ, including ASSA locks, TFT screens, LCD upgrade kits and push buttons.