Internet wagering is booming. A 2006 article published in Business Week, titled “Britain Bets on Internet Casino Games,” noted that “Americans are by far the biggest online gamblers, betting a massive $145 billion over the Internet in 2005—nearly half the global total.” This puts the global sum wagered over the Internet in 2005 at nearly $300 billion. That was five years ago.
In today’s professional security hospitality environment, the focus and trend is moving from non-traditional roles and responsibilities toward those of customer service and cross training in other departmental areas. Over the past 20 years, the pendulum has swung from security having a predominate function of protecting assets with a minimal focus on customer service and other departmental areas to what it is morphing into today.
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By Andrew Cardno, Dr. A. K. Singh and Dr. Ralph Thomas
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Andrew Cardno, Dr. A. K. Singh and Dr. Ralph Thomas
When looking at gaming floors of the future from an analytical perspective, in many ways the final goal is to optimize the revenue of that floor. In this article the authors discuss single-variable approaches to doing this, as well as some common and costly traps to avoid.
