The governors of Nevada and Delaware broke new ground in the online gaming frontier in late February, signing an agreement to allow for the first-ever authorized interstate Internet gambling. The move, which joins those two states for online poker only, is considered a landmark agreement because...
Welcome to the January 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 calculated. The prior index was equity market capitalization weighted, whereas the constituents...
Not unlike the broader equities’ markets, the AGEM index reported a substantial decline in the first month of 2014 when compared with December 2013. In January, the composite index was 183.85, which was down 10.09 points (-5.2 percent) when compared with the prior month. The latest period represents the first substantial month-to-month decline since June 2013; however, compared to a year ago, the index...
The debate over Internet gaming will continue through the 133th Congress, and the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) will remain vigilant on the issue to ensure that Indian country has a voice in the discussion. When Indian country stands united, our voice cannot be ignored. During the last...
Last month we talked about the different ways casinos communicate and interact with their players. While we’re not knocking those tried and true methods, we must ask ourselves: Are they really the best tools available? Getting a new customer to visit your establishment is expensive. Your facility spends a large portion...
Plans to build a EuroVegas in Spain have finally been abandoned by casino and resort operator Las Vegas Sands. Rumors had been circulating that the project had run into difficulty and that Spain might lose out on the €18 billion EuroVegas project after growing speculation that the project would be better located outside of Spain. This came after financial information services Fitch Ratings advised...
Radical new games and slot cabinets, a remote gaming product, innovative system technologies, and a unique and fresh customer service tool emerged victorious in Casino Enterprise Management’s eighth annual Slot Floor Technology Awards. Nominations for the 2014 edition of the awards covered a range of products from cool new games, slot cabinets and platforms, bonusing systems, analysis tools...
ICE Totally Gaming 2014 smashed all records. The first day figures for the London show revealed a whopping 17,000 visitors—with a total of nearly 24, 000 unique visitors over the span of the show—despite a tube strike. There were 503 exhibitors from 57 nations, compared with last year’s figures of 481 exhibitors...
