Writer: Buddy Frank
Frank Floor Talk: Pandemic Slot Lessons, Volume Two
A few months back, we discussed what may be the only casino upside to this pandemic: the ability to test floor optimization theories in... more
Frank Floor Talk Book Review: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Revised Edition
Stephen R. Covey, with additional material by Sean Covey 340 pp., Simon & Schuster, 2020, $18.99 These are strange times indeed.... more
Frank Floor Talk: Book Review: At The SANDS: The Casino that Shaped Classic Las Vegas, Brought the Rat Pack Together, and Went Out With a Bang
by David G. Schwartz 227 pp., Winchester Books, 2020 $19.95 There are several good authors currently working the casino/gaming genre, but... more
Focus on Aristocrat: Talking Slots with Aristocrat’s Jon Hanlin
It’s an understatement that 2020 has been a strange year in the casino world. Another one is that Aristocrat’s games are doing pretty well.... more
Focus on Everi: Everi on top with high-denom reels
Producing a hit slot machine of any type is never easy. There are dozens of competitors, constantly changing demographics, new technologies... more
Focus on Everi: EVP and Games Business Leader Dean Ehrlich talks about 2020
When Dickens wrote Tale of Two Cities in the Spring of 1859 and penned the classic line “it was the best of times, it was the worst of... more
Frank Floor Talk Book Review: FORMULAIC – How to Make a Brand Truly Great
by Gary Green 62 pp. Penny Arcade Press, 2019, $29.95 Last month, the New York Times reported that in the past four years, there have been... more
Frank Floor Talk: A commentary: “Why don’t Indians pay taxes?”
When the New York Times recently revealed that President Trump had paid little or no tax in the last 20 years, the response was... more
Gaming Analytics.AI is finding new ways to improve casino profitability
Few industries generate as much data as casino gaming. Theoretically, an operator today has the information needed to determine which... more
Frank Floor Talk: Are there slot lessons to be learned from the pandemic?
While watching a recent television story about the permanent closing of retail giant Lord & Taylor due to COVID-19, one commentator... more
