Read news from Native America from April 2008 including why some Arizona casinos will be allowed to add more slot machines, a development plan for a casino in Mississippi and about a nationwide 12-year-old land trust lawsuit.
See new products for the casino industry from April 2008 here: Gary Platt's Aluminum Hi-Lo Pedestal, Elo TouchSystems touchcomputer, Cummins-Allison Money Machine and Card Scanning Solutions Snapshell FDA Camera Scanner.
See new Class III titles from major slot manufacturers in April 2008: Spielo's Professor Dollars, IGT's All-Star Poker, WMS' Happy Days, Atronic's Deal or No Deal Passion Slots, Aristocrat's Double Happiness, AC Coin & Slot's When in Rome, Bally's Millionaire Sevens and Konami's Inca Legend.
The world of accounting standards has become increasingly difficult in the past several years, and the gaming industry is not immune to the current challenges. The landscape for accounting standards in the United States has changed dramatically. Combine that with the rapid pace of change in our industry, and some serious issues have arisen for financial statement preparers and auditors.
The shipping clerk at the local Biloxi Office Depot was taken aback by the address to which I was forwarding a box chock full of G2E presentation material, a few spare pairs of boxers, and enough pocket-sized bottles of Purell® to make the germaphobic Howard R. Hughes (if he wasn’t dead) at ease enough to bump elbows with Howie Mandel.
When March 13 rolled around this year, what were you doing? Were you preparing to wear green and toast the Irish? Or were you visiting each game on your floor to make sure the new $5 bill was accepted by each and every bill validator? For many, the introduction and inchworm rollout of server-based games creates mammoth tasks like this one.
Indian Gaming just isn’t the same as commercial gaming. It wasn’t started for the same reasons, it doesn’t exist for the same reasons, and it operates with a uniquely different mission statement than the 460 commercial casinos found in this country. Most importantly, Indian Gaming delivers different results. Indian Gaming means many things to many people; however, in Indian Country I would have to say it is tied closely to empowering tribal tradition.
The decision to begin a gaming investigation is an important one. In fact, it may be critical to keeping a gaming company’s most valuable asset: its gaming license. Efforts to discover potential compliance violations and the timing and diligence of subsequent investigations can show regulators and others that the gaming licensee can effectively identify and respond to allegations of wrongdoing.
Twenty years after the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Indian Gaming is stronger than anyone ever expected — but there’s still a long way to go. NIGA Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. and Executive Director Mark Van Norman discuss the latest from Indian Country in this candid Q&A.
