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President Sebastián Piñera has announced he is considering changing Chile’s gaming laws to extend licenses for 15 years. Piñera’s comments come after a number of local governments launched a campaign to ensure that their cities do not lose out on gaming tax revenue and warned of the devastating effects the lack of casino revenue would have within their jurisdictions. Talking to local radio, Piñera explained...

Every organization and industry has guidelines it must abide by to get the best results for its particular interest. Sports have governing bodies, physicians have peer reviews and private industries use best practices as an alternative to mandatory legislated standards. While casinos are bound by the rules and regulations established and monitored by the different regulatory bodies that oversee...

The UGA Index for the period ending Aug. 31, 2013, was up 5.1 percent sequentially to 252.4 from 241.8 on July 31, 2013. As an illustrative example, if an investor bought $100,000 of the index on July 31, the investment would hypothetically be worth $105,116 on Aug. 31. Note, however, that the UGA Index has been compiled for illustrative purposes only and is...

New releases for community style and progressives gaming products for October 2013 include Ainsworth—Treasure Storm, IGT—Jurassic Park and WMS—CLUE.

Of the hundreds of tribal and corporate casinos across the American gaming landscape, no more than a dozen offer B2B white-label, for-fun online casino experiences outside of those hosted within the Facebook platform. The incumbent manufacturers have made substantial financial and personal investments over the last several years, acquiring disparate technologies to bring their broad libraries of content online and, in some cases, integrate with their systems. 

This month's new Class III games are from Ainsworth, Aristocrat, Aruze, Bally Technologies, Cadillac Jack, Incredible Technologies, Konami Gaming, Inc., Multimedia Games and WMS.

Showing a reporter around TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s Las Vegas office, a 31,000-square-foot manufacturing and administration facility, Todd Cravens is clearly enthused about the table game manufacturer’s products and prospects for the future. He points out tables taking shape on the factory floor and describes the range of intricate finishes that the company offers its customers. He explains how the company...

Tribal nations are not novices when it comes to knowing the value of a customer-centric experience in the world of gaming. Technological advances continue to broaden the Indian gaming entertainment experience by weaving modern digital and electronic glitz and glimmer into players’ experience. Indian country has some of the most exemplary resort and casino facilities in the country. 

Take a look at the new Class II games from Bally Technologies, Cadillac Jack, Diamond Game, IGT, Multimedia Games, Nova Technologies, Rocket Gaming Systems, VGT and WMS.

In this month's What's Shakin', Bally's waiting period expires for acquisition of SHFL, Aristocrat's nRich Bonosing Solution approved, Konami promotes Reback, JCM expands into European petrol market, TransAct reaches agreement with Suzo-Happ, Rainmaker names Sohl as VP of technology operations and much more.