Casino Enterprise Management

Now that we are in the post-G2E time period, we at CEM are hearing various assessments of the health of the gambling business. This happens throughout the year, but it always intensifies after the gaming industry’s largest trade event, G2E. These opinions can and do run the gamut, but the most vociferous groups are polar opposites.

In this article, we’ll analyze the Macau and the Las Vegas markets, but with a twist in time. One of us authors has the privilege of working both in Macau and in Las Vegas. This cross-continent, cross-cultural experience reveals a sharp contrast between the two markets when comparing them in the present day.

Indian country was well-represented at this year’s G2E. It was an honor to host several events for tribal leaders not only at the Sands Convention Center, but also at several other venues in Las Vegas. To see such a large portion of this audience either from tribal nations or affiliated with tribal gaming is an amazing testament to Indian country’s hard work to transform gaming into an economic engine.

With years of successful experience and an attitude to back that success, Kent Young, a gaming industry veteran, announced the formation of his latest venture, Spin Games LLC earlier this year. Having left Aristocrat after successfully building the Australian company’s presence in the United States, Young founded his first start-up—True Blue Gaming—which he later sold to Aruze Gaming America. ...