Mountain time for New York casinos?
When I was at an event or a bar and I let my occupation slip, I would be inundated with questions in regards to casinos and when they were going to surface in the Catskills. Suffice to say I did not...
View ArticleEntertaining thoughts on casinos
Ask people to think about Las Vegas during its first heyday in the 1950s and 1960s and I bet most envision Frank, Sammy, Dino and other members of the Rat Pack clowning around onstage instead of...
View ArticleSlot Machine Innovation from NIGA 2018
As I write this, I have just returned from a week in Las Vegas to cover the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) show, and I am happy to report that slot innovation, for both Class II and Class...
View ArticleAn Atlantic City casino serenade
Did I ever tell you about my introduction to the wonderful world of casino gaming? Well, it occurred during the early 80s when I was a freshman at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA and...
View ArticleCasino Marketing & Technology Confernece is worth the heat
Weather-wise, July may not the best time of year to be in Las Vegas. I know this may be hard to believe, but it can actually get quite hot in Sin City during the summer. All kidding aside, it’s worth...
View ArticleAn education-oriented plan for G2E 2018
Like any profession, it is easy for slot managers to get lost in the day-to-day minutiae of the job—dealing with staff, chatting with players, meeting with vendors, answering to upper management,...
View ArticleThoughts on a new leader for the AGA
Last month, American Gaming Association President & CEO Geoff Freeman announced that he was leaving the organization. I can’t say I blame him for walking away from gaming; the move appears to be a...
View ArticleDeep dive into casino growth
A question you hear a lot these days is where can the land-based casino industry turn for future growth. One popular solution appears to be re-investing in established gaming properties, adding...
View ArticleWagering marketplace is laboring no longer
As I write this column, the Labor Day weekend is about to commence. For many, this will be the last fling of summer before the serious work of the fall begins—school for kids, the return of full-time...
View ArticleThe shape of things to come in gaming
As an editor of a casino trade magazine, a lot of press releases regarding new slot machine games, products and systems tend to cross my desk this time of year, as industry providers gear up for the...
View ArticleThe really big picture for U.S. gaming
Two months ago, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released State of the States 2018, which reported that consumer spending on commercial casino gaming tallied $40.28 billion in 2017, a 3.4 percent...
View ArticleGlobal Gaming Expo(G2E) Got game
Each year I devote this space to what I consider to be the most interesting slot machine games coming out of Global Gaming Expo (G2E). I don’t see any reason to change this approach now.
View ArticlePole positions: A look at sports betting at G2E 2018
The fact that sports betting is currently only up and operating in five U.S. states did not stop the subject from being this year’s girl with the curl at last month’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E).
View ArticleFollowing the leader in U.S. sports betting
Although we are just a few steps into what promises to be a very long marathon for the development of sports wagering within the U.S., there has already been a clear leader out of the gate—MGM Resorts...
View ArticlePositive Casino Trends for 2019
Coming back to work after the holidays is always a drag. In many places winter has taken hold with no end in sight, it gets dark before you leave the office and a new business year with its myriads of...
View ArticleCasinos seeking Millennials can learn from the cruise industry
There is a lot of lip service paid to making the slot floor, pit area and other aspects of the traditional brick-and-mortar casino more attractive to the Millennial generation. I don’t think I’m being...
View ArticleWire Act may brake iGaming
When the Supreme Court repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act last May, clearing the way for states to enact sports betting, it appeared that the online wagering industry in the...
View ArticleHeard at ICE Sports Betting Conference
Industry events provide much needed insight into the U.S. sports wagering industry. ICE Sports Betting Conference USA, which took place this past November in New York City, was one such gathering....
View ArticleCasinos shouldn't be scared of the New Green Deal
Recently I read with interest a release Bill Miller, the new president and CEO of America Gaming Association (AGA), sent to the trade group’s membership regarding gaming priorities its putting before...
View ArticleDon't Give up on Skill Slot Games
Hard to believe it was just three short years ago that the casino industry was introduced to skill-based/arcade-style slot machine gaming—the game mechanics that some, at first blush, believed would...
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