Incredible Technologies, long a successful leader in the coin-op arcade game space with its iconic Golden Tee Golf game and other titles, has come a long way since its founders made a 2005 decision to enter the casino gaming space. It wasn’t always an easy trek, but officials at the Vernon Hills...
For a large number of Americans, Saturdays and Sundays in the fall are spent watching football while hearing commentators and analysts talk about it on television or radio. People who watch “College Gameday” or “Sunday NFL Countdown” are provided detailed information about that weekend’s slate of...
This month's new Class II games are Cadillac Jack—Release the Kraken™, IGT—Diamonds of Athens®, Multimedia Games—Cupcake Crazy™ and WMS—5x4 Reels Jaguar Riches™ and Great Zeus™.
The new community style and progressive games for February 2015 are GTECH—Uncovering Egypt™, IGT—Multi-Chance Jackpots™ and WMS—ELVIS® Shake Rattling Reels™.
In 2014, the evolution of the gaming industry—and of the American Gaming Association—was never more apparent. Through the lows of Atlantic City and the highs of Massachusetts, the AGA served as a passionate champion for the gaming industry. We are growing more inclusive of new players...
Welcome to the December 2014 edition of the Union Gaming Analytics (UGA) Index of Gaming Operators. The UGA Index for the period ending Dec. 31, 2014, was down 7.97 percent sequentially to 91.08 from 98.98 at Nov. 30, 2014. As an illustrative example, if an investor bought $100,000 of the Index...
In the final month of 2014, the AGEM Index reported a composite value of 181.84. The December 2014 index represents a decline of 3.74 points (-2 percent) when compared with November 2014. Compared with a year ago, the AGEM Index declined 12.11 points...
By the time you read this, we’ll already know whether the Seahawks or Patriots won the Super Bowl, if either team deflated a football or caused another trending Twitter topic, and how much the Las Vegas sports books took in for the Big Game. And, if we’ve been paying...
Casinos vibrate with excitement, attracting patrons who enjoy the neon lights, the musical tinkle of slot machines, the entertainment and the prospect of winning big. Open around the clock, there is no “lights-out” for casino operations. But without a proper standby power system in place, lights-out...
The big growth in gaming entertainment today is happening not on the casino floor but on the dance floor. As gaming revenues suffered during the Great Recession, Las Vegas doubled down on the growing trend of high-end nightclubs and rebranded as the global center of nightclub culture. Today...
