Novomatic Americas

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IGT

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Incredible Technologies

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If the health of your guests truly is paramount, now is the time to ban smoking

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Is the company a regulator or an operator? Some experts believe it’s time to make a choice

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Tomfoolery on the casino floor, featuring Dealer Malcolm and Gambler Osgood

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As the industry’s suppliers seek to make up lost revenues after the months-long industry shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they face an uphill battle, because there will be fewer slot machines and table spaces as reopening casinos seek to guard the safety of customers and employees, according to an investor note from Union Gaming… Read more »

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Casino seating supplier Gary Platt Manufacturing has donated hundreds of masks to the organization Seeding Sovereignty’s mask drive to help multiple Native American communities in New Mexico. The Navajo Nation has been disproportionately affected by Covid-19, reporting 2,304 cases per 100,000 people. By way of comparison, the state of New York reported 1,806 cases per… Read more »

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Printing solutions supplier TransAct Technologies Inc. has launched Epicentral Clean2Play, a printer accessory that provides real-time printed proof that a slot machine has been cleaned, sanitized and is ready for play. Epicentral Clean2Play builds on Acres 4.0’s Clean Machine product, which detects when each gaming machine’s play session ends and instantly dispatches a staff member… Read more »

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Slot supplier Incredible Technologies (IT) recently announced the launch of the Universal Jumbo Edge (UJE). The latest addition to its hardware lineup is designed to assist casino operators as gaming floors across the nation are reconfigured with new social distancing measures in mind. The UJE features a combination of two award-winning slot merchandising and signage… Read more »

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Australian slot supplier Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. reported net profit of AUD1.31 billion (US$856.6 million), up 27.2 percent from the prior-year period, the result of a deferred tax asset. The profit was boosted by an income tax benefit of AUD925.2 million. Aristocrat said that, group-wide on a normalized basis, its profit after tax was AUD305.9 million,… Read more »

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In May, President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling for the reform of regulations that could hamper the nation’s economic recovery. The American Gaming Association saw an opening to right a decades-old wrong. The AGA and other gaming industry representatives had called repeatedly for a modification of the IRS reporting threshold on slot-machine jackpots.… Read more »

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After a career in architecture spanning more than 50 years, Linda J. Roe has announced that she will retire from her position as vice president of client development at TBE Architects. According to a statement from TBE, “Our dear friend and colleague decided that she is ready to move on to the next phase of… Read more »

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Shock waves reverberated in Louisiana last month when state Senator Karen Carter Peterson, chairwoman of the Louisiana Democratic Party, forced the resignations of Louisiana Gambling Board Chairman Ronnie Jones and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Board President Walt Leger III, a former state representative. Both men had been appointees of Governor John Bel Edwards, who… Read more »

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Willard “Bucky” Howard, a respected gaming executive who helped launch Atlantic City casinos, died May 16. Howard inspired a generation of casino executives who today are leaders in the industry. His contemporaries in Atlantic City included Jim Allen, Phil Satre, Steve Hyde, Mark Etess, Peter Boynton, Marc Schorr, Arte Nathan, Rudy Preito, Roger Wagner, Dennis… Read more »

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Stanley Ho Hung Sun, the Hong Kong billionaire who was instrumental in building Macau’s gaming industry into the largest in the world, died May 26 at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. He was 98. Over the last 20 years, Ho’s casino empire contributed as much as half of the Macau government’s tax receipts. His far-flung… Read more »

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Founder, Slane Advisory

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Partner, TBE Architects

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This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Matt Sodl, the founding partner and managing director of Innovation Capital, on how casinos can borrow money to get through these tough times.

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This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Scott Fisher and Suzanne Leckert, partners in the Convergence Strategies consulting group, on how they helped Danville, Virginia through an RFP process which resulted in the city choosing Caesars Entertainment as the exclusive developer of a casino in the town.

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