Times are tough, and gaming companies worldwide are tightening their belts. Their legal departments are no exception. They are feeling the pinch along with everyone else. Like other operational and administrative departments, in-house legal has taken a big hit to its bottom line—its budget.
Wondering about new Class III games? Check here to get details on: Bally's Ultimate Tower of Power™; WMS' I•Play; Ainsworth's Roaming Reels; SPIELO's Rickety Cricket;, Multimedia Games' Dragon’s Wild™; IGT’s Wheel of Fortune® 100 Video Slots, Super Star Poker™ and Bonus Bells™ Slots; Konami's Money Blast™; Cadillac Jack's Flying Aces™; BetStone's Space Race; AC Coin & Slot's Slotto Super Times Pay®; Aruze's Showgirl™; and ID's Lost on Moneyland.
When Professor Johann F. Graf founded Novomatic in Austria almost 30 years ago, he could not have known that his business would one day grow to become one of the world’s largest integrated gaming groups, operating in excess of 105,000 gaming machines globally.
Read all the latest news and happenings here, featuring AGEM's three new members, Bally's agreement with SJM Macau and Greektown, management changes at Pinnacle, Radical Blue Gaming's tools for students, Aristocrat's Kentucky Derby-themed slot, GameLogic's integration with Facebook, Pechanga's IT Award and much more.
Read all about the latest Class II slot titles from major manufacturers here. This month features Secrets of Arabia™ from Multimedia Games, Game of Dragons II™ from WMS, Pegasus II™ Bingo from IGT, Fist of Flying Dollars™ from Cadillac Jack and Cashin’ In™from VGT.
Looking for new community slot games? WMS brings you Goldfish® Race for the Gold, a four-level, mystery-triggered local area progressive which builds on the success of the original with the a fish dropping from the top screen of this BLUEBIRD®2 exclusive. And ristocrat is letting loose a new JAWS™ game, Night Hunter. JAWS Night Hunter is a fun new 50-line, one-credit-buys-two-lines game that ompletely submerges the player in a total experience.
Over-the-top booths, endless handshakes and hoards of people wearing sensible shoes and pulling wheeled suitcases. Some things never change at the Global Gaming Expo, and this year’s event, held Nov. 17-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, was no different. And in our G2E Hit List, industry executives and experts weigh in on the most innovative and exciting products they saw on the show floor this year.
It doesn’t take an Einstein to recognize that these are strange times in gaming. And it doesn’t take an Einstein to realize why: increased competition, overleveraged properties, tight consumer spending and, um, the Great Recession. With declining revenues for the first time ever and even stagnant business considered a blessing, the casino industry in the United States is facing, if not a crisis, at least a wake-up call.
In November 2009, the Internal Revenue Services launched its latest National Research Program (NRP). This NRP is focused on conducting detailed examinations of employment taxes. Approximately 5,000 or more employers will be randomly selected for audit. In addition to potential “assessments,” these audits will provide the IRS with a statistical sample of overall employment tax compliance.
Among the beiges, browns and ochres, the sloping mountains, endless dirt and spindly brush of the Desert Southwest, the cool blues of running water are a rare and welcome sight. Likewise, among the sprawling suburbs and endless highways southeast of Phoenix, the glowing lights and long planes of the new Wild Horse Pass Hotel and Casino rise from the desert as a refreshing and inviting respite.
