During the week of July 20 to 27, a group of volunteers, including several National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) members and associate members, traveled to Cass Lake, Minn., to assist tribal enrollees with housing repairs/construction and the community at large with elders’ and children’s projects. The people served comprise mostly White Earth and Leech Lake tribal members...
While huge advancements have been made in almost every jurisdiction, and lawmakers have enacted sweeping gaming laws to create a more regulated gaming landscape, the Latin American gaming industry remains plagued by illegal gaming, slot machines, casinos and street lotteries. So just how widespread is illegal gaming in Latin America and what are governments doing to address the issue?
In my professional practice, I have had the chance to advise many online and land-based casino operators, and I must confess that I love the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and its social effects. Mexico is right now involved in an ICT revolution, and President Enrique Peña Nieto has been convinced to reduce the digital divide under his current administration (2012-2018); this is extremely significant under the social media scope.
The anemic economy has gained some traction during the course of the past 12 months. Growth has returned to the gaming industry, particularly fueled by the rapidly expanding Asian gaming market. Both casino operators and gaming-equipment manufacturers have experienced positive operating results during this period. As earnings return to the gaming industry...
New releases for community style and progressives gaming products for September 2013 include Ainsworth— King Spin: Wild Edition and WMS—Jackpot Party Progressive Deluxe.
This month's new Class III games are from American Gaming Systems, Ainsworth, Aristocrat, Bally Technologies, Cadillac Jack, Incredible Technologies, Konami Gaming, Inc., Multimedia Games, Nova Technologies, and WMS.
The Federal Reserve has announced that a redesigned $100 bill will make its official debut Oct. 8, 2013. This is the fourth time the $100 bill has been redesigned. The new look was originally scheduled for 2010, but various printing problems delayed production and ultimately its planned release. The originally planned design did, however, also trigger new looks for...
The UGA Index for the period ending July 31, 2013, was up 9.5 percent sequentially to 241.8 from 220.8 on June 30. As an illustrative example, if an investor bought $100,000 of the index on June 30, the investment would hypothetically be worth $109,504 on July 30. Note, however, that the UGA Index has been compiled for illustrative purposes only and is not being offered as an investment vehicle by Union Gaming Analytics or any affiliated entities.
