Last week, the dealers at Caesars and Bally’s in Atlantic City voted to strike the two casinos for failing to reach an agreement with their union, the United Auto Workers (UAW). My first reaction was that they must be incredibly stupid to vote to strike in this economic environment. But then my second thought was […]
The Monte Carlo re-opened in Las Vegas this week, three weeks after a fire on the facade near the roof caused it to be evacuated and then closed. While the fire wasn’t serious, it did cause substantial damage to the upper floors and brought back the terrible memories of the MGM fire (now the Bally’s […]
This week’s GGBW Podcast is something special. One of the reasons we began offering podcasts almost two years ago is that we were always leaving something out of the story. We only have a few thousand words at most to put everything we want into a story and invariably something gets left on the […]
Our editor and resident slots expert Frank Legato usually deals with all things server-based, but today I attended the 7th annual Regulator’s Roundtable sponsored by GLI and was shocked to see how far the different generations are in dealing with these systems.
The program brought together regulators from around the world and some leading manufacturers who […]
Interesting stuff at the International Casino Exhibition in London last week. As usual, the trade show floor was dominated by Novomatic/Austrian Gaming Industries, which showed the latest generation of its “Coolfire” video slots along with a really innovative Novo Touch “Live Blackjack” setup. This is a live deal of cards over optical scanners with the […]