Casino Enterprise Management

Check out the latest in news briefs from the gaming industry, featuring the biggest movers and shakers! This month: TCSJOHNHUXLEY and GPI granted approval by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, new board members for the American Gaming Association, Bally's deal for the Italian VLT market, new hires at JCM Global, and much more.

Check out the newest Table Games & Gear from June 2010! Featured this month are the Racing Card Derby™ Image Controller Unit (I.C.U.2) from Racing Card Derby, the i-Deal from Shuffle Master and the AccuLevel from TCSJOHNHUXLEY. Any of these products are sure to be a great addition to your gaming floor!

Once we are familiar with the calculations for hit frequency, we can take these basic theories and apply them for more advanced study. Not only will this study allow you to examine the game’s play, but you will also be able to mathematically show whether the game is playing within statistical norms. This month we continue with a study of game play and an analysis of game statistics.

Active gamblers’ attitude toward technology has undergone considerable change. Access to the Internet and greater mobility has led these tech-savvy early adopters to view technology favorably, as an enabler in their lives. Compared to 2008, active gamblers are less intimidated by technology, less confused by it and less overwhelmed by the amount of information made available through technology, the 2010 WMS Active Gambler Profile reveals.

In an effort to reduce time wasted placing new cards into action, some casino managers have opted to use pre-shuffled decks of cards. This process has become so popular that many playing card manufacturers, if not all, offer this pre-shuffled service. The director of surveillance’s concern: Is this process safe? Are the decks shuffled randomly?

Pushing upward, the AGEM Index closed the month of April 2010 at 116.19, an increase of 8.1 percent from the 107.45 posted in March. The latest report places the AGEM Index with an annual gain of 54.5 percent, well above the broader United States equities markets including: NASDAQ Composite ; S&P 500 Index; and the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which broke the 11,000 mark during the month of April.

With the industry on the verge of wide implementation of networked gaming, operators and manufacturers both are asking themselves a lot of questions about what will be demanded of them in the near future. One of the most important questions is “Do you speak G2S?”

In this latest installment of our series on the use of quantitative analysis to increase understanding of casino games and operations, we’ll explore how different analytical perspectives have completely different data requirements. In fact, a correct view of the data for a slot analysis may be misleading for marketing purposes.

MEI is the world heavyweight of unattended payment systems. Each week, in more than 100 nations, MEI products process more than 2 billion transactions. Yes, that’s billion with a “b.” If you work, play or even pass through the gaming industry, you have used an MEI product.

In this month's Class II titles: Cadillac Jack's You’ve Got it Maid™ is every man’s secret fantasy finally come to life. Who knew pirates were so lucky? Your players will when they sit down to play Pirate’s Luck™, the 5-reel, 30-line game from Multimedia Games. It’s a roaring good time! VGT’s Fierce Fortunes™ is destined to become the king of your game floor.