LONG BEACH, Miss. — King Oil, owner of Mara-Mart convenience stores in Indiana, has won Triton Systems' 10th anniversary contest to find the ATM manufacturer's oldest retail machine still in operation with the original owner.
Both King Oil and the independent sales distributor who sold the ATM will receive new Triton 9100 models, according to a news release.
Dan Linville, service manager for IFS Cash Processing Systems -- an affiliate of the Kahuna Business Group -- said he installed the Triton ATM model 9500 on May 15, 1995, at a Mara-Mart in Walton, Ind.
Linville said the machine has had numerous upgrades and continues to work at another King Oil Mara-Mart location in Burlington, Ind.
King Oil General Manager Denny Wiseman said, "We've been happy with the Triton ATMs we've purchased. We've had several different Triton models and they've all served us well."
Triton held the contest to commemorate its entry into retail locations 10 years ago when a convenience store in Diamondhead, Miss., installed the first bill-dispensing ATM designed specifically for retail use, a Triton 9500 like the model used at King Oil's Mara-Marts in Indiana.
