STRATEGIC PARTNERS
August 21, 2002
LAS VEGAS -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., has signed a four-year agreement to use the products and services of Global Cash Access (GCA), including GCA's Casino Cash Plus 3-in-1 ATM, which features a patented rollover feature that gives patrons the option of obtaining funds via a point-of-service debit transaction or PIN free credit card cash advance if an ATM transaction is denied.
The Pinnacle Entertainment properties include Indiana's Belterra Casino Resort, Mississippi's Casino Magic Biloxi, Nevada's Boomtown Reno, the Boomtown West Bank in Harvey, La., and Boomtown Bossier City in Bossier City, La.
Nineteen other gaming properties also signed contracts with GCA.
Las Vegas-based GCA, which is majority owned by First Data Corp. (NYSE:FDC), provides cash access and customer relationship marketing services to more than 1,200 gaming properties and other clients in the U.S., Canada, Caribbean and the UK. According to GCA, more than 50 percent of all U.S. gaming revenue is transacted through its cash access devices.
