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January 2014
2014 Gaming Industry Forecast: Part 2

Read 2014 Gaming Industry Forecast essays from the following categories: Casino-Resort Management, Compliance Development and Profitability Software; Finance, Accounting and Market Analysis; I-Gaming; Operators; and Peripherals, Accessories and Equipment.

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January 2014
2014 Gaming Industry Forecast: Part 3

Read 2014 Gaming Industry Forecast essays from the following categories: Regulation and Testing; Slot and Class II Manufacturers, Slot, Class II and Table Games Operators; and Table Games and Equipment.

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January 2014
2014 Gaming Industry Forecast: Introduction

2013 proved to be an important one for the gaming industry as a new frontier of legal Internet gaming opened in the United States, following the Department of Justice’s more liberal interpretation of the Wire Act. Three U.S. states—Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey—crossed the threshold in 2013 to offer various forms of online wagering within their borders. Many believe 2014 may be a breakout year for online gaming...

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January 2014
2014 Gaming Industry Forecast: Part 1

Read 2014 Gaming Industry Forecast essays from the following categories: Architecture, Construction & Design; Associations, Attorneys & Law Firms; Cash Handling, Equipment and Access.

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January 2014
What's Shakin', January 2014

This month in What's Shakin', Aristocrat forms partnership with Wave Crest to provide casino card eWallet, Bally announces systems and interactive agreements with SLS Hotel and Casino, IGT signs with Delaware State Lottery to bring fan-favorite VLT games to Delaware and releases world's first social casino index, NEWave installs TINCheck software at 18 Station Casinos' Nevada Destinations and Check Prove software at Palms Casino Resort and more.

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January 2014
Table Games Management for the Small Casino, Part 4

Basic business management education teaches the student that there are two strategic avenues for achieving a competitive advantage in your industry or market segment. Strategy No. 1 relates to providing a “cheaper” but relatively equal product or service than your competition. In the food service industry, McDonald’s is a perfect example. It provides the consumer with a rather inexpensive meal selection...

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January 2014
Gambling and the Law®: As If They Were Doing Us A Favor

Casino operators and analysts are examining and criticizing Massachusetts regulators’ every act as the Bay State officials try to decide who will be awarded licenses to open casinos. This says something about how far legal gaming has come. Until a few years ago, it was the casino applicants who were subjected to strict scrutiny. And none of them would have dreamed of publicly saying anything negative about state officials...

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January 2014
“Best Kept Secret” Good News for Tribal Financing

There is a constant struggle in gaming sector debt financing between the borrower’s expectations of reasonable cost of capital and the lender’s return requirements as a factor of perceived risk assessment. This disparity in expectation versus perception, and ultimately reality, is perhaps most greatly evident in greenfield (new construction) finance. Many investors and lenders have internal criteria set by their boards...

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January 2014
New Year Brings Challenges, Opportunities

As 2013 fades in the rear-view mirror, a new year is upon us, bringing with it hopes for more solid economic footing and a chance to see the gaming industry fire on all cylinders. As one of our prognosticators (Frank Fantini) pointed out in the 2014 Gaming Industry Forecast, gaming stocks far outperformed the overall market last year as investors looked forward to promises of a brighter future, despite weak financial performances.

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January 2014
Chasing Technology

Are you operating your property with the best technology available, or are you still using products that were introduced in the 1980s? Many facilities across the country are still using decades-old technologies as the cornerstone of their communications and casino infrastructure. If you lived through the 1980s, then you likely remember it as an amazing time for technology. Throughout the decade we were immersed...

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