Since 2006, the South American Gaming Expo and Congress (SAGSE) has been attracting gaming professionals from the world over. This year, more than 2,500 high-ranking businesspeople and company executives came to Panama, one of the most dynamic gaming markets in the entire region.
In this month’s news from Latin America, Tijuana’s former mayor is facing criminal investigation, a cruise ship clause may change in Chile, Costa Rica’s new tax hike is being met with opposition, and Ecuador’s casinos are looking at a period of transition in the face of closure.
Gaming law in Mexico dates back to the Betting and Raffles Law of 1947, that banned casinos and gaming throughout Mexico. While there have been almost innumerable attempts to replace the act, all attempts have failed thus far. But although slot parlors and bingo halls are ostensibly banned, that doesn’t mean that there are no slot parlors in Mexico.
This month's new Class II feature Bally's Vegas Hits™, Cadillac Jack's Honey Miners™, Bucky Beaver’s Bonus™ from Multimedia Games, London Times™ from Rocket Gaming and John Wayne™ from WMS.
The emerging theme of this series is that horizontal innovation has in the past—and, we predict, will again in the future—be the core driver of enhanced profit in gaming. Furthermore, providers who are focused on horizontal products will lead this industry trend, as this is typically the nature of horizontal innovations.
Blue Lake Casino is taking its unique advertising approach and applying it in a whole new way for a provocative ad campaign. It’s aimed at a younger demographic and has some of the casino’s regular (and older) players telling Marketing Manager Michael Laffey that he’s gone crazy.
“We have tasted success here at Ainsworth, and it’s only the beginning as we see it,” says Ainsworth Game Technology Founder and Executive Chairman Len Ainsworth. He tells us he believes his company’s dedication to customers, long-term support for equipment and interest in the financial welfare of its clients is what will continue to set Ainsworth apart from its competition.
From the labor-intensive, error-prone, manual processes to the cumbersome registration and sign-in procedures, there is nothing sexy about executing a slot tournament in today’s market. But like we discussed in last month’s article on defining the ultimate slot experience, it’s not your fault.
When thinking about the broad landscape of issues that face casino game management, the main problem is getting fact-based, useful information. With the proliferation of casinos and the widespread increase in numbers of those involved in game management, there should be many good sources available to address management questions.
Rustic elegance, free spirit, nature, welcoming, warm, progressive, interconnected and native are just a sampling of the keywords Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Tribe gave to architectural firm Mithun to describe their vision of the resort that was going into its seventh expansion project.
