Senate Bill 711 was first referred to the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee on June 22, 2009. After more than six months of hearings, debates, amendments and considerations, the 230-page legislation was passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate and was signed into law by Gov. Edward G. Rendell on Jan. 7, 2010.
The automotive industry is not typically a source the gaming industry would consider a model to structure research activities in an effort to maximize federal research tax credits. However, the automotive industry and the gaming industry—particularly equipment manufacturers—do share some similarities with respect to product development.
Are gambling debts legally enforceable in California? If you read the California Gambling Control Commission’s (CGCC) extension of credit regulation, you would think the answer is yes. Unfortunately for gaming operations in California, the answer is less than crystal clear.
Let me give you some background information so that you can see the unique place Class II gaming plays in protecting tribal sovereignty. Class II gaming only exists on Indian lands as defined in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). All other gaming played outside of Indian lands is either legal or illegal. If games are played outside of Indian land, they must be defined by a state as legal or they’re illegal.
Pala Casino Spa & Resort, nestled in the rolling hills of the Pala Mountains in southern California, first opened its casino doors in 1999 and has since undergone two expansions. The first added a 507-room hotel, spa, pool and event lawn as well as new restaurants and expanded gaming facilities. The second, completed in late 2009, brought the property to a new level of comfort and elegance by adding even more exciting amenities.
Waiting for this economy to fire up has been a lot like waiting for the grass to grow during a major drought. Many casino operators and gaming equipment suppliers are battered and bruised after the last several years of recession fighting. We are all a bit battle weary.
The gaming trade show season is notorious for its new products, new deals and new technologies, each poised to flip casino conventions upside-down, deliver a massive ROI and transform the way we all do business. Of course, many of these products never actually make it to market or fail to find a relevant application on the casino floor. A rare few, however, deliver the promises and meet casino operators’ real demand. The Epic Ten80® is among those few.
After a detailed look at hit frequency and video slot games last month, we come to the heart of our discussion on meaningful hit frequency as we study the two game configurations mentioned last month and look at some PAR sheet snippets.
There are a number of areas that the live gaming casino executive needs to “tune-up” for the upcoming year. Although it’s projected that 2010 will provide the gaming industry with the first upward revenue trend in the last three years, only the more intelligent and live-game savvy executive will be able to make a respectable difference in the performance of his or her table games.
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