Casino Enterprise Management

The Social Casino Gaming and Online Gambling Summit U.S.A. 2014, held June 12-13 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, proved outstanding with its strong focus on facts, empirical data and operational nuts and bolts. For nearly a decade, several organizers have offered online or i-Gaming conferences...

National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. recalls his early years growing up in Los Angeles quite clearly. “My parents divorced when I was very young so I was raised by a single mom,” he said. “I was one of four children, and you know we had our challenges. We didn’t really know we...

On Feb. 25, 2014, the governors of the states of Delaware and Nevada signed a historic Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (compact)¹ that, for the first time, committed the two states to opening their borders to interstate, Internet gambling by their states’ respective residents. Specifically, Delaware and...

It’s no secret that Internet gaming is the biggest news in the U.S. casino industry these days. But in the nascent days of this marketplace in states such as New Jersey, companies should be aware of the potential intellectual property issues associated with these efforts. The question for companies...

Welcome to the February 2014 edition of the Union Gaming Analytics (UGA) Index of Gaming Operators. We would like to remind readers that on Jan. 1, 2014, we made several modifications to the Union Gaming Analytics Index of Gaming Operators. The changes include a modification in how the index is...

Longtime downtown Las Vegas casino operator John D. “Jackie” Gaughan Sr. made his reputation, not with wild prop bets and gimmicks, although he is known for a few of those, but by being a regular guy who spent as much time on the gaming floor mingling with patrons as he did in his executive...

After reporting a decline in the first month of the year, the AGEM index rebounded in February 2014. By the close of the second month of the year, the index reported a composite score of 193.14, which was up 9.29 points (+5.1 percent) from January 2014. Compared with a year ago, the AGEM index is up...

Indian Gaming 2014, the annual trade show and convention presented by the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), will be May 11 through 14 at the San Diego Convention Center. The 29th annual trade show is expected to be the largest gathering of tribal leaders and casino industry executives...

In this month's What's Shakin', Suquamish Clearwater Casino Resort selects CDI’s GlobalSuite™, Silver Legacy Resort Casino chooses Rainmaker’s GuestREV®, IGT provides Oregon Video Lottery fans with more ways to play, IGT also earns 50 percent floor share at SLS Las Vegas and much more...