Winter 2007

Omni 3 Track Magnetic Card Reader

Cinéma Vérité

At the turn of the century, French cinema group UGC launched an internet reservation system called ‘UGC Prompto,’ whereby film tickets pre-booked through credit cards or loyalty cards such as ‘UGC Illimité’ could be recovered from an on-site kiosk.

Swecoin's Easy Maintenance Printers

Access All Areas

Swecoin, a Zebra Technologies Company and leading manufacturer of kiosk and ticketing solutions, has reinforced their easy maintenance concept within their latest generation of printers.

TAB Expands Premium Games

Red Hot Poker

TAB-Austria, the entertainment kiosk specialist, has continued to expand its series of premium games with the release of Texas Hold’em for its Silverball terminals – the eighth new game to be released this year.

Queue Busting with Printers

First in the Q

Q-Matic provides products and solutions for customer flow management. Their advanced queuing system, which features Fujitsu printing technology, was developed for public institutions under pressure to provide the best possible services at the lowest possible price.

Completely Self-Service Restaurant

Off the Rails?

Self-service has become more and more popular in the restaurant industry, with both fast-food and full-service restaurants inviting customers to order their own food via kiosk.

Citizen's New PMU2200/2300 Model

28 Ways Later

Citizen Systems has started the rollout of its brand new PMU2200/2300 kiosk printer model, which boasts an impressive 28 different options to install 2" or 3" paper.

The Russian Kiosk Market

Kiosks, Cash and Consumerism

The Russian kiosk market hardly existed in 2005, but saw five digit numbers of kiosks produced and deployed in 2006 alone, with 2007 not lagging far behind. We asked SmartGames how they got to the number one slot in the country, and why they are expecting new legislation to shake up the market again.