In December, Casino Enterprise Management conducted an exclusive interview with Diputado Armando García-Méndez, whose position as a federal representative is the equivalent of a United States congressman.
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Despite the current economic downturn, January’s inaugural International Gaming Expo (IGE) saw a total of 16,692 visitors from 126 territories travel to London in order to check out the latest and best in the world of low-stake and remote gaming, lotteries, betting and land-based casino products. The new show was staged across the entire ground floor of the capital’s Earls Court 1 and 2 exhibition halls.
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By Bruce Beesley, Sean McGuinness and Tricia Darby
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Bruce Beesley, Sean McGuinness and Tricia Darby
The current economic crisis facing the United States (and the world, for that matter) is also impacting the casino gaming industry. The reason for this is that many institutional investors on Wall Street, as well as private equity firms and large national/international banks, either own equity in or have lent money to public and private gaming companies...
Gaming companies today are required to comply with multiple laws and regulations, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Anti-Money Laundering Act/Bank Secrecy Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Payment Card Industry (PCI) regulations and a number of Minimum Internal Control Standards and operating regulations issued by state agencies and the National Indian Gaming Commission, to name just a few.
As the current economic crisis escalates and government plans to provide billions of dollars to capital markets continue to take shape, financial institutions and other businesses are being forced to restructure their operations through mergers, acquisitions or reductions in force. The tough economic climate will also, no doubt, lead companies to reassess their benefit plans and executive compensation packages.
Yogi Berra once remarked, “The future isn’t what it used to be!” The average casino executive can probably identify with that statement. The casino industry used to be relentlessly upbeat. But with today’s economic uncertainty, lackluster capital markets and thinning tourism levels, there are plenty of reasons for concern now.
