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This month's new community style & progressive slots includes: Ainsworth—Dragon™; IGT—Wheel of Fortune® Triple Extreme Spin Video Slots; Konami Gaming—KP3® - Heavenly World™; and WMS—Life of Luxury® Deluxe.

With a new venue and new dates, this year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E), held Oct. 4-6 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas, exuded vibes of change, growth and excitement in the industry. As in 2010, quality trumped quantity with exhibitor numbers and booths this year, though perhaps less so in comparison to last year.

This month's new Class II feature Ainsworth's Action Cash™—Play 100Lines™, American Gaming Systems' Golden Panda™, Zorro: The Legend Returns™ from Aristocrat , Bally's Vegas Hits Roadtrip™, Vampire’s Seduction™ from Cadillac Jack, Casino Technology's Chinese Gate Treasure™, IGT's Wolf Run 2 Into The Wild™ Video Slots, Upper Hand Hold ‘Em™ from Incredible Technologies, Multimedia Games' One Red Cent® Deluxe, and Epic MONOPOLY™ from WMS.

This month's new Class II feature Hee Haw® Scatter from Bally, Cadillac Jack's So Hot™ Bonus Choice™, Freak Out by Diamond Game, Multimedia Games' Gallant Knight™ and Payout Party™ by Rocket Gaming Systems.

This month, we're introducing Gaming Partners International's eReady® Gaming Table and the G4 Organic Twins™ 12 with Player Information Display from Interblock for the new table games and fear.

Sycuan Casino’s renovation can be summed up in two words—exposed and holistic. The $27 million, 245,000 square-foot revamp designed by Hnedak Bobo Group (HBG) and Cleo Design focused on improving the flow of the space. “Our casino has historically suffered from the ‘repetitive addition syndrome’ that has ultimately resulted in the casino feeling very piecemeal and closed off from ...

CEM first introduced our readers to Big Span Structures in March 2011 upon completion of the company’s 70-by-100 foot open-span frame-supported fabric structure in Tallapoosa County, Ala. Commissioned by Creek Indian Enterprises for PCI Gaming, the project took just six weeks from order to completion, and was a smashing success for the gaming enterprise and for Big Span.

In this month’s European news, Schleswig-Holstein passes a law to allow online gambling, the European Commission backs Denmark’s new gaming act and remains divided over online gaming, and in the Isle of Man, a new casino is green lighted as the government receives assurances over the end of the “white list.”

In this month’s Latin American news, a casino massacre in Mexico opens the doors to casino reforms, Chilean casinos try to change their image, casinos in Ecuador are forced to close early after President Rafael Correa issues Executive Decree 873, and the Paraguayan government is looking over gambling licenses granted by the Gaming Control Board.