Showing posts with label automation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label automation. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2015
Spectrum's 2012 Projections
Worth re-visiting!
These were projections from Spectrum in 2012:
The Trends: Constant Expansion, Automation, Fewer Low Wage Jobs
Monday, December 17, 2012
The Trends: Constant Expansion, Automation, Fewer Low Wage Jobs
Spectrum Gaming Group Identifies Top 21 Casino Industry Trends for 2013
Press Release: Spectrum Gaming Group – Mon, Dec 10, 2012
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ--(Marketwire - Dec 10, 2012) - Spectrum Gaming Group, an independent research and professional services firm serving public- and private-sector clients worldwide, has listed 21 of the most important trends that the global casino industry needs to monitor in 2013.
For the ninth year, Spectrum has compiled this list that addresses ongoing changes in technology, demographics, politics and regulation to determine the most significant trends. New Jersey-based Spectrum (www.spectrumgaming.com), with experts around the world, tracks these and other trends on a regular basis.For the complete nine-year list, visit www.spectrumgaming.com/trends.
Spectrum Gaming Group Top 21 Trends for 2013(Listed alphabetically)
1. Domestic expansion: States that already have casino gambling will seek expansion, either through more properties or new games.
2. Financial: As gaming facilities multiply and become more commoditized, more facilities will be financed with real estate oriented structures like REITs and CMBS.
3. International: Development plans for the Primorye Gaming Zone in Russia, near the eastern port of Vladivostok, will continue to come into focus, revealing its potential to become a prominent Asian gaming center.
4. International: Major US gaming operators will continue to scout Asia and other, underserved international markets to develop major gaming resorts.
5. Internet: Age-verification and geolocation software will become critically important as more lottery and gaming jurisdictions enter the online space. Providers that can best demonstrate reliability, accuracy and ability to inhibit spoofing and errors will be in particularly high demand.
6. Internet: Social networking and electronic gaming will make further, behind-the-scenes steps toward a convergence that could, at some point, be the "next big thing" in gaming.
7. Law enforcement: States will move faster to either eliminate or regulate Internet/sweepstakes cafes, recognizing them either as financially harmful or a revenue source.
8. Lottery: More lotteries will face pressure to privatize or bring in private management, as they simultaneously move toward a greater online presence.
9. Lottery: The convergence of traditional gaming and state lotteries will accelerate, in large part due to the prospect of Internet gaming.
10. Markets: Gaming operators will exert pressure to lower tax rates in high-tax markets to better compete against neighboring states.
11. Markets: Legalization efforts will continue in longtime casino-reluctant states such as Kentucky, New Hampshire and Texas, as those states seek additional revenue streams while trying to stem the flight of gambling dollars across state lines.
12. Markets: More states will explore augmenting their current gambling offerings with retail gaming -- i.e., slots in bars or taverns.
13. Native American: Expect the argument about opening up the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act for Internet gaming purposes to get louder. Native American casinos, meanwhile, will dip their toes into Internet gaming with free-play poker sites.
14. Native American and online: States will feel pressure from tribal operators to rescind or renegotiate exclusivity provisions in compacts as states pursue online gambling through state lotteries.
15. Online: Online gambling companies will seek bricks-and-mortar properties in certain states to gain a licensing foothold for Internet operations.
16. Online: Social gaming and online gambling will converge, creating new competitors in gaming and putting pressure on regulators to oversee the marketing and implementation of social gaming.
17. Online: Tribal operators, large and small, will seek a visible presence in online gambling.
18. Regulation: The convergence of casinos and lotteries, coupled with new suppliers from Europe seeking to enter the US market, will prompt more lotteries to require background investigations and licensure of suppliers.
19. Regulation: Regulators will increase their scrutiny of licensees operating in international jurisdictions where money-laundering and currency law violations are common.
20. Regulation: The expansion of gaming worldwide will continue, but companies will be subject to continuing scrutiny by US and international law enforcement related to their conduct and practices internationally.
21. Technology: The US economy will continue to struggle and unemployment levels will remain high through at least the next year, forcing US casino operators to continue to implement automated technologies and find operating efficiencies. This will lead to further reductions and restructuring of employment and payroll levels for casino operators.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Robo Dealers
Predatory Gambling is promoted based on whatever the local market of short-sighted politicians and local 'suckers' will believe.
In Massachusetts, they were just as blinded by phony promises as New York.
Wait until you see this one! Automated Gambling will suck discretionary income out of the local economy faster and create Gambling Addicts faster.
When the Gambling Industry speak of the 'technological changes,' this is part of what they mean - eliminating EMPLOYEES!
From: Kim Shea --
Robot dealers in a Queens Casino -- Huh....Didn't I just recently hear about a recent field trip Cedric Cromwell and Mayor Hoye took to a Queens casino - to use as a comparison for the Taunton casino? I wonder if it was this one.....
By
Oct 28, 2011
Oct 28, 2011 8:37 AM Post-9/11, New York State legislators decided an enormous casino, opening today, would help the devastated economy. Unfortunately, some pesky laws prohibiting gaming got in the way. No problem! Just replace all the humans with robots. It's like Vegas on Mars.
Well, not Mars—Queens, actually. But the combination of requisite casino artificial light and robot card-dealing arms might make you feel like you're aboard a space station. Not everyone is happy, the NYT reports—the usual casinos are good for the economy versus casinos are a social ill (not mutually exclusive?) argument persists. But I'm wondering what kind of anti-cheating mechanisms a massive casino without human dealers will have in place. The number of carbon based enforcers peering over your shoulder will explode compared to a normal gaming joint, even with cameras pointed in every which direction. Will lasers be involved? I have a feeling I'll find out for myself soon. [Resorts World Casino New York City via NYT]
Post-9/11, New York State legislators decided an enormous casino, opening today, would help the devastated economy. Unfortunately, some pesky laws prohibiting gaming got in the way. No problem! Just replace all the humans with robots. It's like Vegas on Mars.
Well, not Mars—Queens, actually. But the combination of requisite casino artificial light and robot card-dealing arms might make you feel like you're aboard a space station. Not everyone is happy, the NYT reports—the usual casinos are good for the economy versus casinos are a social ill (not mutually exclusive?) argument persists. But I'm wondering what kind of anti-cheating mechanisms a massive casino without human dealers will have in place. The number of carbon based enforcers peering over your shoulder will explode compared to a normal gaming joint, even with cameras pointed in every which direction. Will lasers be involved? I have a feeling I'll find out for myself soon. [Resorts World Casino New York City via NYT]
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