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Check out the new community and progressive style slots from November 2008! Featured are the POWERBALL Power Seat from WMS, Firestrike from Ainsworth, Wild Native Spirit from AC Coin & Slot, eBay Motors Video Slots and eBay Electronics Video Slots from IGT, and Star Wars Mulit-Level Progressives from IGT.

Check out these new products from November 2008! Featured are the new Cleaning Card system from KICTeam and TransAct Technologies, Waffletechnology from KICTeam and Canon U.S.A., the Dual Zone Back Bar from Perlick, Motorized Tilt Trucks and an Executive Service Cart from Rubbermaid, and the i-Pro Network Video Recorder from Panasonic.

Recession fears greatly intensified after the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001. I watched the attack live on TV from my Las Vegas home. In a very real way, our sub-prime mortgage crisis, fuel volatility, financial markets melt down and credit availability debacle are yielding an economic climate very similar to that ugly time in our past.

Check out the new table games and gear for November 2008! Featured are the i-Table, a combination of a variety of patented products that create an exciting new table experience, from Shuffle Master; offering innovative bonusing solutions, Table iD with Lucky Draw from IGT; and PokerPro, one of the first automated poker tables, from Poker Tek.

Check out the latest gaming industry news and announcements! Featuring a partnership between FutureLogic and Cannery Casino Resorts, a new tribal gaming commissioner for the Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Indians, the launch of a new WMS gaming machine, an acquisition by the Suzo-Happ Group, and a big shipment for Gary Platt Manufacturing and more!

In the spring of 2006, the single most popular course ever taught to undergraduates at Harvard University was Psychology 1504: Positive Psychology. The professor was a 36-year-old gentleman named Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar, a Ph.D. (Harvard) who had been featured on national media because of the huge enrollment of his classes. It was a historical moment.

People are curious about what the future looks like, and businesses want to predict it. Technology today has advanced so much that the products and services that were once considered magic are now in every adult and child’s hands. We have come to expect this phenomenal growth in technological developments to continue and businesses to come up with dazzling products and services.

Check out these new Class II slot titles from major manufacturers! Featuring Angel 8s by Diamond Games, 100 Wolves™ Bingo by IGT, Sakura Sun by Cadillac Jack, and 1,000,000 Degrees™ by Bally.

Check out these new Class III slot titles from major manufacturers! Featuring Magic Beans™ by Spielo, Monkeys in the Middle™ by A.C. Coin & Slot, Arctic Dreaming™ by Aristocrat, Dragon Lines™ by Ainsworth, 3-Reel Mechanical Multi-Game™ by WMS, Mythic Knights by Cadillac Jack, Shen Long by Aruze Gaming, Wild Lion™ by Konami, Chinese Kitchen™ by Bally, and Witches Riches™ and Night Sky™ by IGT.

When given the task of analyzing new table game ideas, it is easy, and almost commonplace, to become complacent and callous. The fact remains that of all the new games you will be exposed to, of all the endless demos and procedure reviews, and of all the smiling salesmen pitching the World’s Greatest New Table Game, you might accept one of them for further scrutiny.