TSP100 futurePRNT™ PRINTER FROM STAR MICRONICS PROVES TO BE A WINNER WITH MECCA BINGO 

May 2010

Mecca Bingo is part of The Rank Group Plc, a leading European gaming and betting company headquartered in Great Britain. Rank’s businesses include a number of established brands in gaming and leisure including Mecca Bingo, Top Rank España, Grosvenor and G Casinos, gcasino.com, Blue Square, Mecca Bingo.com and Mecca Mobile.

Rank’s principal market is Britain, where it operates Grosvenor Casinos (34 casinos), Mecca Bingo (103 bingo clubs) and Rank Interactive (online gaming and betting). In addition, Rank operates in Spain as Top Rank España (11 bingo clubs) and in Belgium as Grosvenor Casinos (two casinos).

Across its 103 clubs in Britain, Mecca Bingo has selected the TSP100 futurePRNT™ thermal printer from international printer manufacturer Star Micronics. The TSP100 futurePRNT offers high speed printing, exceptional print quality and a range of unique features including a number of software tools that enable the overall appearance of receipts to be easily modified and customers to be effectively targeted through the addition of relevant vouchers.

 This feature was particularly important to Mecca Bingo given that the company wishes to recognise and reward loyal customers in an innovative and fun manner. Adding the TSP100 futurePRNT to its state-of-the-art Membership and Admissions system enables the company to print vouchers ‘in-club’.

 As Jon Taylor, Head of IT Projects, The Rank Group Plc, states “We selected the TSP100 futurePRNT from Star for its excellent range of software tools that will enable Mecca Bingo to provide its customers with promotional vouchers that are an excellent dynamic addition to our existing marketing delivery systems. Furthermore, we are very pleased with the performance of the printers as they have proved to be very reliable and sturdy in a public environment.”