Writer: Buddy Frank
G2E: Konami Gaming features newest games and cabinets
G2E is the annual arena where suppliers fight to win the casino hardware wars with their cabinets, systems, and games. Fittingly, Konami... more
Top 10 suggestions for attending G2E
10. If you can do only one day, make it Thursday. Sadly, most of the top executives will have left their booths early, but the folks who... more
A brief history of casino data visualization
Most credit advertising exec Fred R. Barnard with the line, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” He was writing in a 1921 ad-trade... more
Frank Floor Talk: Book Review — This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends
Nicole Perlroth 491 pp., 2021, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.69 on Amazon Do you like horror novels from the likes of Stephen King or Dean... more
Frank Floor Talk: Gaming a prime target of cyber warfare
There is a 100+ year history of gamblers trying to cheat card games, load dice, rig roulette wheels and manipulate slot machines. Yet in... more
Meet new Gaming Hall of Fame member Gavin Isaacs
If they polled all the members of the American Gaming Association’s Gaming Hall of Fame, newly elected member Gavin Isaacs would most... more
TribalNet: Available slot data needs better presentation
With today’s technology, casino slot and marketing systems generate thousands of data points almost every minute. However, the two... more
TribalNet: Self-identified hacker offers cyber-security advice
In case you haven’t heard it before, CISO in an acronym for “Chief Information Security Officer.” Glenn Wilson holds that... more
TribalNet: Major annual conference and tradeshow underway in Reno
TribalNet is a good idea that commercial casinos should emulate. The main focus is information technology for Native American casino... more
Frank Floor Talk: Non-smoking efforts are growing, but no cigar yet
Some things are nearly certain. Hell is not going to freeze over. U.S. Senators will never agree on anything. And Nevada casinos will not... more
