Since the passage of an amendment to the Florida Constitution allowing limited slot machine licenses to a handful of South Florida pari-mutuel facilities nine years ago, Florida has been a hot market for speculation as to whether it will claim its place in the worldwide gaming market. Not long after the first coin drop at Gulfstream Park, the first entrant into the slot machine market...
FireKeepers Casino, located just off Interstate 84 near Battle Creek, Mich., has just seen the completion of an exciting expansion. Although the property opened in the late summer of 2009, by the spring of the following year the FireKeepers’ Development Authority (FDA)—the business arm of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, owner of the property—decided to expand upon...
Responsible gaming is not an issue the industry is willing to gamble on. Countless people around the world visit casinos and online gaming web sites daily, and for about 1 percent of those people, gaming isn’t fun. “We’re in the entertainment industry, and if you aren’t having fun, there are issues that need to be addressed,” said Judy Patterson...
In this month's hottest headlines, AGEM announces three new members, Bally installs at Apache Casino Hotel in Oklahoma, WMS announces an agreement with The Rank Group and is awarded LEED platinum certification, Incredible Technologies receives an Arizona license, Aristocrat hires Joe Kaminkow and partners with GiGames, and much more!
The growth of bingo, especially online, has been fast and, in many ways, unexpected. Worldwide, the industry has been quick to shed its somewhat old-fashioned image and has been attracting a younger, more tech-savvy crowd that enjoys the social aspect afforded by the game. Land-based bingo is also experiencing a surge in popularity, especially in...
Implementing responsible gaming standards and practices is an often thankless but essential part of all casinos’ core business plan. However, the effort’s actual value is often lost on both patrons and staff who either don’t understand why we perform these measures, or worse, don’t realize what responsible gaming even means. There is true value in getting your staff’s buy-in on responsible gaming and...
Welcome to the third edition of the monthly Union Gaming Analytics (UGA) index of gaming operators. The index is compiled of 24 global gaming operators ranging in market capitalization from $263 million (Isle of Capri) to $37.7 billion (Las Vegas Sands). This month, we added Caesars Entertainment to the index. To take into account company size, we have comprised index weights based on market capitalization.
During mid-February 2013, more than 500 delegates converged on Las Vegas at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino for the third annual iGaming North America conference. Participants hailed from all over the globe, and Native American gaming attendance was at an all-time high. The conference producers/organizers were all i-gaming professionals (BolaVerde Media Group, Lewis and Roca Law...
