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Global Gaming Business Magazine
18 COVER STORY
Solid Station
With six new locations planned over the next 10 years , Station Casinos keeps rolling along , adding fully owned properties with great potential while shedding the weaker pieces of the puzzle .
By Roger Gros
FEATURES
14 Online Success As more and more suppliers move toward an omnichannel approach , the best are showing the way to achieving success in creating games for the online gaming world .
By Frank Legato
24 Sporting Vegas The arrival of Formula 1 racing , multiple professional sports teams and major college and professional sporting events is changing the face of Las Vegas .
By Brendan D . Bussmann
CONTENTS
28 Sports Betting Boom In six years , sports betting has gone from a loss-leader element of Nevada casinos to a national pastime that is 39 markets strong and still growing .
By Jess Marquez
34 The AI Conundrum Despite concerns that artificial intelligence is taking the personal touch out of casino operations , smart vendors are showing how the technology can help those relationships as never before .
By Marjorie Preston
46 Monumental Merger In a blockbuster combination , IGT will spin off its gaming and digital divisions and merge with Everi Holdings to create a new powerhouse .
51 Best of the Slots Aristocrat , Light & Wonder and IGT are among those recognized in the sixth annual EKG Slot Awards .
By Frank Legato
COLUMNS
10 AGA Gaming ’ s Record Year
Anton Severin
12 Fantini ’ s Finance Little Giants
Frank Fantini
4 The Agenda 6 By the Numbers 8 5 Questions 13 AGEM
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DEPARTMENTS
32 Emerging Leaders
With Interblock ’ s Qidan ( Kiki ) Guo and Betting Hero ’ s Jai Maw
38 New Game Review
42 Frankly Speaking
44 Cutting Edge
48 Goods & Services
53 People
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54 Casino Communications
With Paul Hobson , President and General Manager , Sahara Las Vegas Hotel Casino
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