Writer: Buddy Frank
Frank Floor Talk: Book Review — Advantage Players
Advantage Players Author: Michael Kaplan 329 Pages – Huntington Press, 2025 Cop Out Teachers, and even college professors, today bemoan the... more
Frank Floor Talk: IGT’s Slot Accounting System (SAS) — A tale of timing, technology, and transformation
Ask any slot tech, slot manager or even some of the casino’s marketing and finance folks: “What version of SAS are you using?” A lot of... more
Frank Floor Talk: Konami on a roll with SYNKROS
In the “slot system” world, the pace of change seems to be as rapid as the geological movement of tectonic plates. The four main players... more
Frank Floor Talk: A few short topics
It’s time to upgrade – RIP Windows 10 When Microsoft’s Windows 11 was released in October 2021, the reception was hardly warm. Early... more
Frank Floor Talk: Is ChatGPT now a better slot director?
Just about two years ago (Sept 2023), I wrote a piece called “ChatGPT as Slot Director”. I had asked my computer a simple operational... more
Frank Floor Talk: Book Review — Something For Your Money: A History of Las Vegas Casinos
Something For Your Money Author: David G. Schwartz 3430pp., Winchester Books, 2025 Perhaps the last thing anyone needed in 2025 was another... more
Frank Floor Talk: IGA shorts
This year was one of the best IGA (Indian Gaming Association) Convention & Tradeshows ever. The mix of seminars, training and vendor... more
Frank Floor Talk: Book Review — The Biggest Bluff
The Biggest Bluff – How I Learned To Pay Attention, Master Myself, and Win Author: Maria Konnikova 354ppgs, Penguin Books, 2021 2023 I... more
Frank Floor Talk: R&D spending pays off for Aristocrat
Some credit 19th century British artist and poet John Ruskin with coining the common business phrase “you get what you paid for”. Of... more
IGA: Promotions that have stood the test of time
The annual Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention held this past week in San Diego featured the latest in flashy, high-tech, video slot... more
