Read about Native American Gaming news, with stories such as new compacts for slot machines in California, the National Indian Gaming Commission's economic impact study in connection with its proposed Class II gaming regulations and information about a development project in Oklahoma.
See what new products are ready for the industry in March 2008: Elo TouchSystems LCD monitors, Panasonic Virtual Site Manager, Camfil-Farr 8 30/30 air filter, Atlas portable coolers, Nanoptix paycheck printers and Display Technology video wall.
If courting your customers was more like hockey, direct marketing would be a lot easier. There would be three periods of interaction: a beginning, a middle and an end. There would be a system to rank teams. There would be winners and losers. In hockey, there are victories, bruises and the penalty box. Similarly, all can exist in courting your casino players.
These days there seems to be a conference and or expo for virtually every imaginable aspect of gaming, and then some. It’s the “and then some” part that has suppliers feeling the bite. It also has attendees feeling disillusioned and some quality event producers feeling like the proverbial redheaded stepchild of the industry. I think it’s fair to say the gaming industry is heading for a crisis in the conference and expo arena.
Casino compliance plans are as unique as the casino companies they protect. They identify and evaluate risks arising in the course of business that may negatively affect objectives in order to ensure sound and appropriate gaming control. The nature and source of these risks and the ways they are identified and evaluated are particular to each company, but all effective compliance plans share certain attributes, such as a sound compliance policy and clear lines of authority and reporting.
Find out what's happening nationwide in regulation news here: Transport Workers Union of America voted to create a division dedicated to organizing casino dealers and others in the gaming industry; Nevada courts motion for summary judgment on the patent infringement claims with Shuffle Master and Elixir Gaming Technologies Inc.; and why Mt. Airy lost its gaming license.
More people than ever before visited one of the casino industry’s largest events, the International Casino Exhibition (ICE), in late January to witness some of the sector’s latest and best innovations. The three-day show took place at London’s Earls Court Exhibition Centre with organizer Clarion Gaming revealing that attendance hit an all-time high to continue ICE’s record of sustained growth for the eighth consecutive year.
Finding true luxury in the upper Midwest can sometimes be as challenging as finding a stalk of sweet corn growing in the dead of a sundog winter. But now that the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians has constructed an even grander casino at its Hinckley, Minn., location, luxury is no longer something Midwesterners have to pine for.
Check out these new Class II titles from major gaming manufacturers: Players will feel a wave of warmth with IGT's Triple Red Hot 7s™ Bingo; rub shoulders with the Rockefellers and Vanderbilts in Multimedia Games’ Top Notch; and ride the giant wave with Cadillac Jack's Super Tsunami Bingo.
Since the 1970s, most American casinos have been owned by publicly traded companies. Corporate ownership has become so widespread that casinos owned by sole proprietors or small groups of investors are considered the exception. But there are several ways to own casinos, and with the ascendancy of private equity in recent months, we are likely to see a far more diverse casino-ownership landscape over the next decade.
