Global_Gaming_Business,_February_2019

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Vol. 18•No. 2

COLUMNS

Global Gaming Business Magazine february

CONTENTS

Blackjack at

the Crossroads

Side bets and progressives

have made the industry’s most

popular game more profitable

for casinos, but it remains to

be seen whether blackjack will

be embraced by the next

generation of players.

By Nicole Schultz

18 COVER STORY

14 Data and the Sports Book

Instant access to data will be a key to

the growing market for sports books,

and in particular in-play wagering, which

may justify some fees to the leagues.

By Steve Gallaway and Brendan Bussmann

22 Fixed-Odds Blowup

The British betting industry is faced with

a crisis after passage of a law limiting

wagers on fixed-odds betting terminals

that many fear will cripple the industry.

By Steve Donoughue

26 Sports Betting and the Tribes

With physical sports books expected to

be limited to the largest tribal casinos,

small profit margins and uncertainty con-

cerning mobile and online betting will

limit the activity for most tribes.

By Dave Palermo

34 Tracking the Tables

Profitability for

operators of

table games

inceasingly

means the right

technological

tools to track

play and manage

the pit.

By Dave Bontempo

38

Opportunity

in iGaming

The rapid spread of sports wagering in

the U.S. could lead to a corresponding

rapid rise of regulated online gaming

and mobile wagering.

By Roger Gros

AGA

10 Opening the Door

Casey Clark

Fantini’s Finance

12 Close to Home

Frank Fantini

Making My Point

32 Turtle vs. Hare

Roger Snow

4 The Agenda

6 By the Numbers

8 5 Questions

13 AGEM

42 Emerging Leaders

With NIGA’s Gena Caviness, Akerman LLP’s

Tamara Malvin, and Maryland Live!’s Jennifer

Kearns

44 Frankly Speaking

46 New Game

Review

47 Goods & Services

49 People

50 Casino

Communications

With Tony Rodio, Chief

Executive Officer, Affinity

Gaming

FEATURES

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