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Sports Town
While professional sports teams only recently still avoided any association with Las Vegas and its main industry , the casinos , the gaming capital has gone from a town shunned by sports over alleged integrity issues to a vibrant sports town hosting four professional teams with more to come . Here ’ s how the relationship between gaming and sports has changed in the era of legal sports betting . By John Reger
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Vol . 22 • No . 8
10 AGA The Countdown to G2E 2023 is On
Maureen Beddis
12 Fantini ’ s Finance Recalibrate and Refocus
Frank Fantini
4 The Agenda 6 By the Numbers august
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14 Casinos and Smoking With many states considering bans of smoking on casino floors , casinos weigh a potential drop in income from banning indoor smoking against the health of their employees .
By Marjorie Preston
18 Coming to America Online casino operators and platform suppliers in Europe and elsewhere are weighing the value of establishing operations in the growing U . S . iGaming market .
By Alan Campbell
26 Beyond Tribal Casinos A growing number of gaming tribes in the U . S . are diversifying their businesses in a variety of non-gaming ventures , as well as operation of commercial casinos .
By Chris Irwin
30 iGaming Crossover The rise of online gaming in the U . S . has expanded the overall gaming market while bringing new players to brick-and-mortar casinos .
By Bill Sokolic
42 Return of GameON The AGS GameON conference returned for its sixth installment at Reno ’ s Grand Sierra , providing networking for AGS customers and examination of critical industry issues .
By Jess Marquez
44 Responsible Tech Efforts to promote responsible gaming and battle problem gambling are given a boost by a variety of new technology created to aid in the effort .
By Dave Bontempo
8 5 Questions 13 AGEM
34 Emerging Leaders
With Bluberi ’ s Steve Kohon , Aristocrat ’ s Christmas Uberuaga , and Yaamava ’ Casino ’ s Heather Jerrytone
36 Company Profile
SlotCycle , LLC
38 Frankly Speaking 40 New Game Review 48 Cutting Edge 50 Goods & Services 53 People
54 Casino Communications
With Mark Birtha , President & CEO , Hard Rock Sacramento
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