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Technovation Solutions showcases a broad range of technology solutions from 23 partners...

The purpose for marking the cards is to give the cheaters card information that other players at the table do not possess. This information is then used to make betting decisions, additional betting or folding decisions, and possible hand playing strategies. The following list describes several...

The sixth year of Casino Enterprise Management’s Hospitality Operations Technology (HOT) Awards presents a new group of this year’s hottest, most innovative products for hospitality settings. The awards drew a number of companies to submit their best products, with some new names earning...

For Indian gaming, hospitality trends include highlighting our Native culture and history, which is a unique aspect that only tribal communities can offer to the world. Today’s gaming consumers are looking for memorable experiences that set their visit to one property apart from another. Although there...

“If we could raise our hold by one tenth of 1 percent, we would make an extra million dollars!” Anyone who has worked in slot operations has heard this statement from the chief financial officer—and often from the chief executive officer, general manager, vice president of marketing, director of food...

The EILERS-FANTINI survey is designed to track slot machine and related technology purchasing trends on a quarterly basis and is the gaming industry’s largest slot survey in terms of total casinos and slot machines surveyed. This quarter’s report represents the 22nd proprietary slot survey and includes...

Spin Games President Kent Young has seen the future of gaming, and it has HTML5 written all over it. Young, who spent the lion’s share of his gaming career with Aristocrat Technologies in the world of slot and video gaming machines, formed his Reno-headquartered Spin Games three years ago with...

2015 will be arguably the best year in the history of the hospitality industry. To be able to optimize revenues and net income, hoteliers and casino operators alike must take advantage of the strong market, in part by understanding the latest trends that are shaping our industry. Millennials have become...

Spectrum Gaming Group has had the privilege of being involved as policy advisors to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since the earliest days of legal casino gambling. We were honored to again be invited to comment on this important legislation, House Bill 649, which would legalize online wagering...

Sports fans today are exposed to more advertising for a greater variety of fantasy sports betting opportunities than ever before. Many of these fantasy sports promotions offer the thrill of sports betting with the promise of being legal. For a casino or gaming operator, this looks like a marketing and...