With an economic downswing comes many difficult questions. Are layoffs and downsizing the keys to minimizing overhead costs? For many gaming companies, one thing is clear in the current economy: Expansion is out of the question. Advanced Gaming Associates is not one of those companies. What’s the secret? Ask founder Tony Tomasello.
When it comes to software and IT, this is what your clients really want to know … and how to give it to them, of course. Here's the top 15 lists from both the vendors’ and the operators’ perspective of what they want, and what they don't.
After submitting a casino evaluation report to the targeted operations executive committee, I explained why I advised my client to start hitting soft 17 on all of the blackjack games. With a few simple calculations, drop, win and hold percentage figures are all you need to decide whether a blackjack or roulette rule change would be revenue friendly.
Indian country has endured much adversity over the past 500 years and has proven to be a consummate survivor in the process. The United States was created in the Indian spirit of independence, strength and adaptability. The history books never fully explained the story of the Native Americans and the adversities they have overcome, but that can change with Native American Heritage Day.
By Glenn Light, Karl Rutledge and Quinton Singleton
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Glenn Light, Karl Rutledge and Quinton Singleton
With more and more third-party operators taking over restaurants, lounges and pools at casino properties, it’s up to the licensee to ensure that no one cuts corners when it comes to compliance.
After careers in nuclear engineering and international finance, Harrah’s new Corporate Vice President of Capital Effectiveness Christian Johnson takes on new challenges in the gaming industry. It’s a position he never expected to hold, and it wasn’t until Johnson was hired that the position even existed there.
Now is the time to push the throttle forward and seize on a range of construction opportunities, especially “green” ones. Businesses and the government are offering a range of lucrative deals in the form of sales, rebates and tax incentives to get us to conserve energy and spend money. It is a prime time for retrofitting and refurbishing properties in the green market.
Leaning against the cool dark purple metal railing that encircles the Rio’s Voodoo Lounge, Brett Ewing faces into the wind and squints in the sunlight. From 51 stories up, the Las Vegas Strip ripples along the panoramic skyline, giving way to the burnt Sierras surrounding the city. There is a modest pride in his smile as he begins to talk about his life.
Nearly 400 Oasis 360™ customers traveled to the Las Vegas Palms this September—the highest attendance in the event’s history—for Aristocrat’s Oasis 360 Summit, a product education conference formerly known as the Oasis User’s Group. Attendees were hopeful that the conference would show them how to get the most out of their system, and summit organizers were confident that it would.
CEM Publisher Peter Mead reflects on the economic events of the past year, shares his thoughts on how they will affect this year's G2, and discusses the advantages of AGEM membership.
