ASK Global and Sticky Connections Partner to Launch Hardware-Free Contactless Mobile Payments for the Leisure and Gaming Industry

In a leisure industry where cash is fading, ASK Global Sticky Solutions are delivering a new cutting-edge, low-cost or no cost way to take payments that the sector has been waiting for.

From pool tables to amusement games in pubs, family entertainment centres and arcades, ASK Global Sticky Solutions technology makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in smarter, cost effective, and more secure ways — with new hardware-free contactless stickers that turn any surface into a tap-to-pay, no app experience and revenue opportunity.

This breakthrough mobile contactless solution, invented by Sticky Connections founder James Garner and supported by Tim Thacker, is already live in major conference centres and large wholesalers, making the progression to leisure and gaming natural.

The technology replaces the need for traditional payment devices, allowing businesses to scale without hardware limitations — perfect for operators managing multiple machines or locations.

Whether you’re operating a single arcade machine in a pub or managing hundreds of redemption games in a family entertainment centre — we help you take payments, track revenue, and reduce costs with truly minimal setup
– Fivos Polymniou, Director at ASK Global Solutions

ASK Global Sticky Solutions’ platform powers:

• Contactless tap-to-pay stickers across amusement arcades, pool tables in pubs and more

• Food and beverage table order and pay functionality on any machine in any location.

• Real-time reporting by machine, site, or location,  track revenue with total visibility

• Branded payment journeys with one-tap Apple Pay and Google Pay where the whole payment takes 10 seconds or less

• The world’s quickest, one tap bank-to-bank technology reducing the cost of card payments

• Multi-acquirer routing to Worldpay, Elavon, Stripe, Shift 4 and more

Already processing over £100 million in payment traffic, Sticky Connections’ venture-backed platform is mobile-first and uniquely positioned to support the special operational needs of the UK’s gaming, vending, and amusement sectors — without any baggage from legacy tech.

“We started this business to turn anything into a point of sale or revenue opportunity,” said Garner.

“Given the scalable and horizontal scope of our technology, we could have entered any new physical space market beyond food-and-drink. By working with ASK Global we have found a raft of benefits for leisure and gaming customers, making this our most valuable vertical partnership. ASK Global has been a fantastic partner and the future for the sector is very bright and exciting.”

With operations across the UK, US, and Europe, ASK Global Sticky Solutions are quickly becoming the invisible infrastructure behind the entertainment industry’s modernisation.

“Payments shouldn’t slow down play,” Polymniou added. “We make sure they don’t — and help our partners earn more, every day.”

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