If the proposed regulations currently being debated for Class II are approved, manufacturers and members of the Class II gaming community say the games will be slower, harder to play, unappealing to the customer, and the commercial integrity of the game product (games and technical aides) will be seriously compromised.
Much ink spilled over the impact of this decision, which has been hailed as a resounding vindication of tribal sovereignty, and condemned as a fatal blow to federal oversight of tribal gaming. Aside from the back slapping and hand wringing, what exactly is the practical import of this ruling? Reportedly, the NIGC has cancelled some audits, and some tribes have politely told the NIGC to stay away.
Read the news from gaming regulation in February 2007. Included is news about an in-house gaming law for South Carolina, licence approvals for Pennsylvania businesses, and information about the third annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress & Racing Forum.
How do you rate the health of your surveillance operation? A few years back, I developed a model for surveillance management called the Four Pillars of Surveillance. The model was essentially a guide to help review and measure the state of the operation.
Today, several good computerized systems are available for tracking live game players. Yet, years ago computerized tracking systems were very inaccurate, somewhat inflexible, and operated from truncated entities separate from slot tracking systems and other systems of the resort/casino handling hospitality and point-of-purchase requirements.
Each of us wants to be important and special. Each of us worries about being neither. Our lives are defined by endless cycles of achievement, joy, failure, and sorrow. How much we achieve or possess is irrelevant. I want more than I have and so do you, so does everyone else. I worry about losing what I have and so do you, so does everyone else.
The saying goes “knowledge is power,” so as a marketer, having more information at your fingertips is better than having less. While the practice of data mining and storage has become increasingly popular and affordable, the numbers and figures it unveils and records isn’t worth much if it isn’t cultivated into insightful, operative information.
Following the U.S.’s recent passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, Germany’s federal states are in deliberations over banning Internet gambling within the country. Although the European Gambling Commission is encouraging a European gambling market, German state ministers have opposed new regulations targeted at protecting their extensive monopoly as lottery operators.
One of the highlights of G2E 2006 was live demonstrations of downloadable game technology. In nearly a blink of an eye, one game was replaced by another, even down to the line and denomination information on the button panel. The days of cumbersome, labor intensive change outs are on the cusp of a permanent fade to black, much like the horse and buggy of yore
If you have a product or service to offer, having customers is important. You have competition. It’s not always about the money. Staff reductions and higher hold percentages may seem like lucrative ways to boost the bottom line, but these and other short-term gains are a sure-fire ways to alienate customers and ruin your reputation.
