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Kambi

Posted on May 20, 2021 by -

With a range of partners including Four Winds Casinos, Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, Penn National Gaming, Rush Street Interactive and Seneca Gaming Corp., Kambi is the trusted sportsbook partner to the regulated U.S. betting and gaming industry.

Kambi has an unrivaled track record of expertise in online and on-property delivery in the U.S. Services encompass a broad offering, from odds-compiling and compliance provision to customer intelligence and risk management, built on and delivered through a sophisticated, in-house developed software platform.

Now live and generating revenue in 14 states, the success of Kambi’s delivery is underpinned by an assured approach to compliance and regulation. Combined with unmatched deployment speed, Kambi has delivered a number of market firsts in the U.S., taking the first legal wagers in states including New York, Illinois and Michigan. Furthermore, all three of Four Winds Casinos’ Michigan properties were live with sports betting just two weeks after they signed a partnership with Kambi in July 2020.

For tribal gaming operators who want to harness the strength of their brand, partnering with a B2B provider to launch online and on-property sports betting under that brand can be the first step toward sports betting success—rather than handing over control of the sportsbook to a B2C operator.

Sports betting can act as a conduit for driving revenues not just from the sportsbook but across the entire casino floor, while also attracting new customer demographics with provably higher long-term value.

As the Kambi network grows, so too does the value it offers to partners. The success Kambi delivers is anchored in the company’s ability to leverage network data from a global player base, creating network advantages that increase as each new partner is added and existing partners grow.

Every player interaction or bet benefits each of Kambi’s partners, whether they took the informative bet themselves or not. For example, a greater volume of data will lead to a more accurate understanding of player behavioral habits, aiding Kambi in providing a more frictionless user experience. When tribal partners launch sports betting with Kambi, they do not do so from a standing start. They are not competing alone, but with the benefit of Kambi’s 20 years of trading experience and actionable analytics from its deep global network data behind them. A partnership with Kambi offers a platform on which they can thrive.

For more information, visit kambi.com.

J CARCAMO & ASSOCIATES

Posted on May 20, 2021 by -

JCarcamo & Associates is a marketing consulting firm comprised of experienced marketing and branding professionals offering decades of executive-level operational experience at some of the world’s top casino companies plus extensive consulting experience as the practice leaders of key firms supporting the casino industry for more than 40 years. The firm provides complete project management with both strategic and tactical support, partnering with clients to build and position their brand, helping them reach potential customers.

Creative services need to scale for clients’ needs—not for J Carcamo & Associates. The company understands that there are times when an extra set of strategic or creative minds or a fresh point of view may be needed. That’s what makes the company a casino marketer’s best friend as specialists in projects offering remarkable creative and quick turnaround, all on budget.

Casino Marketing Boot Camp was a natural evolution of the firm’s desire to help casino marketers become key members of any operations team. J Carcamo & Associates provides the kind of specific training needed in the field of casino marketing. Virtual or in-person, groups are kept small to provide as close to one-on-one focus as possible. Custom-tailored for a client’s market demands, Casino Marketing Boot Camp helps clients create some of the most vital marketers around.

The company believes marketing is the heart that beats energy throughout the organization. Developing this lifeblood requires thinking beyond the logo to each limb, nerve and sense. Brands are more than colors and strokes of a pen that create a logo. The company works with a client’s team to understand its vision and customers (or targets) to develop the tools—creative or team development—needed to bring a brand to life.

J Carcamo & Associates knows there may come a time when even the most successful brand may need a jump-start. It may need minor cosmetic surgery, a bit of physical therapy or major surgery. The firm can help rebuild and rejuvenate brands to be the life of the party once again.

To change a view of marketing, build an identity that resonates with consumers and a team that produces a tangible ROI, J Carcamo & Associates is prepared for the challenge.

For more information, visit

JCarcamo & Associates is a marketing consulting firm comprised of experienced marketing and branding professionals offering decades of executive-level operational experience at some of the world’s top casino companies plus extensive consulting experience as the practice leaders of key firms supporting the casino industry for more than 40 years. The firm provides complete project management with both strategic and tactical support, partnering with clients to build and position their brand, helping them reach potential customers.

Creative services need to scale for clients’ needs—not for J Carcamo & Associates. The company understands that there are times when an extra set of strategic or creative minds or a fresh point of view may be needed. That’s what makes the company a casino marketer’s best friend as specialists in projects offering remarkable creative and quick turnaround, all on budget.

Casino Marketing Boot Camp was a natural evolution of the firm’s desire to help casino marketers become key members of any operations team. J Carcamo & Associates provides the kind of specific training needed in the field of casino marketing. Virtual or in-person, groups are kept small to provide as close to one-on-one focus as possible. Custom-tailored for a client’s market demands, Casino Marketing Boot Camp helps clients create some of the most vital marketers around.

The company believes marketing is the heart that beats energy throughout the organization. Developing this lifeblood requires thinking beyond the logo to each limb, nerve and sense. Brands are more than colors and strokes of a pen that create a logo. The company works with a client’s team to understand its vision and customers (or targets) to develop the tools—creative or team development—needed to bring a brand to life.

J Carcamo & Associates knows there may come a time when even the most successful brand may need a jump-start. It may need minor cosmetic surgery, a bit of physical therapy or major surgery. The firm can help rebuild and rejuvenate brands to be the life of the party once again.

To change a view of marketing, build an identity that resonates with consumers and a team that produces a tangible ROI, J Carcamo & Associates is prepared for the challenge.

For more information, visit jcarcamoassociates.com.

The Innovation Group

Posted on May 20, 2021 by -

The Innovation Group (TIG) is the premier provider of consulting and management services for the gaming, hospitality, leisure and entertainment industries.

For decades, TIG has worked with private and public clients in operations, development and finance, including more than 100 Native American Indian and First Nations tribes from states and provinces across North America.

TIG’s core services include feasibility studies, market assessments and economic impact studies, as well as operational assessments, sports betting advisory, digital marketing, customer surveys and data analytics. TIG’s inventive team is known to its partner-tribes and throughout the industry for the accuracy of its market forecasts and timely response to client needs, as well as its longstanding relationships with tribal nations.

The Innovation Group also organizes the Emerging Leaders of Gaming program (ELG), the go-to network for young professionals assuming the next generation of leadership in gaming, entertainment, hospitality, food and beverage, tourism and leisure. It supports the growth and development of these rising stars on their path to success and future senior-level and C-suite positions. ELG and its partner, Global Gaming Business magazine, will accept nominations for their annual “40 Under 40” list through August 13.

The Innovation Group is proud to be an associate member of the National Indian Gaming Association.

For more information, visit theinnovationgroup.com.

HBG Design

Posted on May 20, 2021 by -

Top 5 U.S. hospitality and entertainment design firm HBG Design has been creating memorable and transformative guest experiences for more than 41 years. With deep roots in tribal gaming, the firm has proudly worked with more than 40 sovereign nations across the United States, as well as commercial clients such as Caesars Entertainment, Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, Hyatt and Hilton, helping bring their clients’ strategic visions to life through the design of acclaimed casino resorts and flagged hotels.

HBG Design recently announced the opening of a third office location in Dallas, Texas, joining its Memphis, Tennessee-based headquarters and West Coast office in San Diego, California.

HBG’s Dallas-based team brings a portfolio of world-class gaming and hospitality projects, including the interior design of Seminole Hard Rock Casino Hotel in Hollywood, Florida, Sands Macao and Atlantis, the Palm, Dubai. This experience adds to an already deep bench of industry talent at HBG Design, representing 100 architects, planners and interior designers specializing in gaming and entertainment design, hotel design and resort destinations.

HBG Design’s dynamic creative team brings a holistic approach to design, integrating interior design and architecture to strategically deliver cohesive experiences that delight and engage guests. Recent examples of completed casino resort projects include the luxurious new $180 million, 459-room, four-diamond hotel expansion at Cache Creek Casino Resort in Brooks, California, for the Yoche Dehe Wintun Nation. The property’s design is brimming with contextual influences inspired by the region’s agrarian landscape.

Project highlights include five unique food and beverage venues, a 12,000-square-foot full-service spa and a sophisticated two-story Presidential Suite featuring hand-painted custom wall coverings.

Early 2020 marked the opening of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s $400 million Desert Diamond West Valley Casino Resort in Glendale, Arizona, a project uniquely inspired by the dynamic Sonoran Desert landscape. HBG’s design of the casino weaves together bold lighting concepts, dramatic shapes, and colors that highlight the juxtaposition of forms inspired by the surrounding geography.

The firm also recently celebrated the opening of the $100 million Oaklawn Racing and Gaming Hotel and Casino expansion in Hot Springs, Arkansas. With the expansion of the casino, more square footage and natural light were added along with non-gaming amenities that include high-end food and beverage venues, an event center, a luxury fitness center and spa and a new 198-room hotel.

For more information, visit hbg.design.com.

Gaming Arts

Posted on May 20, 2021 by -

Gaming Arts LLC is a privately owned end-to-end gaming technology provider of electronic gaming machines, bingo, keno and interactive casino promotional systems.

Long known as the world leader in bingo and keno games and technologies, Gaming Arts has expanded its focus to reinventing the casino floor with an extensive library of groundbreaking video reels. Its tireless commitment to innovation and performance and its “Fun for the Gambler” attitude is the driving force behind Gaming Arts’ unrivaled creativity, resulting in the fastest and largest-scale slot launch by a newcomer in the history of gaming.

In the EGM space, Gaming Arts continues to build a powerful portfolio of slot games that are far from ordinary. Its inaugural collection of video reels, including the Pop’N Pays and Da Fa Ba series, the patented Dice Seeker series and the Casino Wizard suite of video table games, are being enjoyed by players across the country.

The company also successfully launched Inferno Wheel and Hamster Libre, the first patent-pending persistent wheel games featuring the HaloTop Wheel Topper. Gaming Arts’ new vertical cabinet, the VertX Grand, will launch in summer 2021. This exciting and sleek new cabinet with a beautiful 49-inch crystal-clear portrait display will have an amazing library all its own.

Gaming Arts’ investment in the game development and design space is a testament to its commitment to providing an exceptional library of innovative slots for tribal and commercial customers that players love and that help increase an operator’s bottom line.

On the bingo and keno side, the company boasts an incredible portfolio of games with fully customizable pay tables designed to support life-changing jackpots by assuming all of the risks and responsibilities associated with jackpot payouts.

For bingo operations, Gaming Arts has developed an enormous suite of bingo

SuperGames including Bingo Millions. These games, coupled with technological advances such as the proprietary Super Win Bingo computerized game system, are changing the future of bingo.

For keno operations, the company is the leader in the design and production of keno games and technology, including the industry-leading Optima Keno System, installed across the U.S. and Asia, and KenoCloud.com, which gives players online, on-the-go access to view keno game results at their leisure.

Gaming Arts holds gaming licenses in nearly 130 jurisdictions, including North America, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and South Africa.

For more information, visit GamingArts.com or call (702) 818-8943.

GAN

Posted on May 19, 2021 by -

GAN leverages its experience and expertise developed online with leading global and U.S. internet gambling operators. GAN’s universal platform and patented process deliver a competitive advantage, resulting in higher conversion rates, better payment processing success rates, flexible choice of integrated sports betting modules, mature and fully featured internet casino (simulated or real money) and the proven ability to deliver truly integrated convergence to leverage casino operators’ on-property rewards programs.

GAN is the leading platform with major clients of real-money internet gambling, including FanDuel, Ocean Casino & Resort, JACK Entertainment, Wynn and Churchill Downs Inc. GAN also offers a U.S. market-leading B2B social casino solution branded as Simulated Gaming, which leverages existing casino reward programs to offer casino patrons a social casino experience, designed to generate incremental online revenue and drive visits to on-property venues. Native American operator clients of Simulated Gaming include San Manuel, Chickasaw Nation, Agua Caliente, Snoqualmie, Oneida Nation and most recently Seneca Gaming Corp.

GAN’s proprietary compliance program and continuous global monitoring system ensure an operator can move online with a trusted and proven technology platform, U.S.-patented framework and reputable specialist teams.

Additionally, GAN provides first-class managed services for marketing (customer acquisition and retention) and customer service. Operators seeking a fully managed online gambling solution or looking to augment existing customer service and marketing programs can rely on GAN’s dedicated operational services teams, which have the local and global experience to support those needs. GAN has a best-in-breed platform with a demonstrable track record of operating across multiple states, designed to ensure success of casino operator partners.

With live operations in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada, California, Michigan, Tennessee and coming soon to Ohio, Colorado and Virginia, GAN is poised to bring many of America’s casinos online utilizing the enterprise technology system deployed in 2002.

To support the company mission, GAN publicly listed its shares on the NASDAQ stock exchange in May 2020 (NASDAQ: GAN), raising more than $60 million in expansion capital to cement GAN’s market position as a leading player in the fast-growing U.S. internet gambling market. More recently, GAN acquired Vincent Group PLC (Coolbet), a European B2C gambling provider, on January 4, 2021. GAN also is bringing Coolbet’s sports engine technology to the U.S. to complement GAN’s B2B platform suite of services.

For more information, visit gan.com.

EVERI

Posted on May 19, 2021 by -

Everi’s mission is to be the industry leader by reimagining the gaming experience.

Focused on player engagement and assisting casino customers to operate more efficiently, the company develops entertaining game content and gaming machines, gaming systems and services for land-based and iGaming operators.

Everi also is the preeminent provider of trusted financial technology solutions that power the casino floor while improving operational efficiencies and fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements. This includes products and services that facilitate convenient and secure cash and cashless financial transactions, self-service player loyalty tools and applications, and regulatory and intelligence software.

For more information, visit everi.com, which is updated regularly with financial and other information about the company.

Bluberi

Posted on May 19, 2021 by -

Backed by more than 25 years of industry experience, Bluberi is an inventive company dedicated to developing and delivering the highest- quality casino gaming experience to players and operators.

The Bluberi team is comprised of seasoned, multi-talented innovators who are focused on bringing gaming to life with entertaining games and high-performing cabinets. Bluberi products are designed to add vitality to gambling and transport players to an energetic world of winning. Bluberi represents the risk-taking spirit of gambling, adding imagination and innovation to everything the company creates.

New ideas are the lifeblood of Bluberi. The company produces, designs, creates and executes gaming experiences that are electric and efficient. Bluberi’s research and development acumen is born from decades of experience within the casino industry and in-depth knowledge of multiple gaming environments. The Bluberi team strives to create procedures and processes that will make everything easier for customers, while consistently elevating the level of technology and vibrancy in games and cabinets.

In 2021, Bluberi will introduce a number of new cabinets to house its growing library of high-performing games. The experienced team is building upon the success of recent titles such as Waves of Fortune and Mammoth Legend. In addition, Bluberi has partnered with the team at bZillions to create something truly unique and establish a new niche on the casino floor.

In addition to new slot products, Bluberi is focused on pursuing licenses and partnering with tribes in new jurisdictions across the country. The company is committed to creating unique titles for both Class II and Class III casinos, ensuring operators in both markets will have a complete library of Bluberi titles, designed specifically for their players.

For more information, visit bluberi.com.

AGS

Posted on May 19, 2021 by -

AGS is focused on creating a diverse mix of entertaining gaming experiences for every player. Powered by high-performing Class II and Class III slot products, an expansive table products portfolio, real-money gaming platforms and content, highly rated social casino solutions and best-in-class service, AGS offers an unmatched value proposition for its casino partners.

In 2021, AGS continues to propel its new hardware form factors—the Orion Curve slot cabinet and the Starwall x Orion immersive video canvas, and launches the Orion Curve Premium platform.

The award-winning Starwall x Orion video merchandising masterpiece is a large-format freestanding video display for AGS’ premium Orion Portrait games. The Starwall combines hundreds of LED tiles to create a seamless video display that is synchronized with game play to attract players from across the casino floor and immerse players in the game. AGS launched Starwall x Orion with enhanced versions of its classic and high-performing games Jade Wins and Golden Wins—Jade Wins Deluxe and Golden Wins Deluxe—and then rolled out Grand Ox Wins and Piggy Wins, with Tiki Shores and Tiki Jungle slated to come next.

The Orion Curve cabinet, with its 49-inch curved portrait monitor, offers an array of content to delight players, with three new families slated for launch in 2021—Bubble Mania, Wild Catch and More Wilds Extra Cash.

Also launching during the year is AGS’ new Orion Curve Premium platform, a stunning 10-foot-tall showcase designed to add attraction across the casino floor. Featuring an eye-catching 360-degree video display and theme-specific illuminated wedge spacers, the Orion Curve Premium is available in a four-pod or five-pod configuration, providing social distancing and an intimate, theater-like gaming experience. This deluxe package is launching with the Rakin’ Bacon! Deluxe game library, an elevation of an AGS hit title featuring a cherubic golden pig who delivers free-spin bonuses, expanding reels, multipliers and a boosted pick bonus that increase progressive values.

In its table products portfolio, AGS launches its Pax S single-deck packet shuffler in 2021 for specialty games. Featuring sophisticated and secure card-recognition technology, the Pax S fits into existing table cutouts for ease of installation, and offers casino operators a new choice for dealing all the most popular proprietary games available today.

AGS also introduces Bonus Spin Xtreme, its anticipated follow-on to the popular Bonus Spin progressive side-bet system, featuring three concentric wheels, the ability to link all table games within a casino and a single shared progressive jackpot.

For more information, visit playags.com.

AGEM

Posted on May 19, 2021 by -

The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers in Las Vegas is a nonprofit international technology trade association representing manufacturers and suppliers of electronic gaming devices, lotteries, systems, iGaming, game content, table games, online technology, sports betting, key components and support products and services for the gaming industry.

With 190 member companies from 22 countries, AGEM works to further the interests of gaming equipment suppliers throughout the world. Through political action, regulatory influence, trade show partnerships, educational alliances, information dissemination and good corporate citizenship, the members of AGEM work together to create benefits for every company within the organization.

Together, AGEM has assisted regulatory agencies and participated in the legislative process to solve problems and create a business environment where AGEM members can prosper, while providing a strong level of support to education and responsible gaming initiatives.

For more information, visit AGEM.org.