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CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2010
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NEWS
Editor’s letter
14 MACAU BUSINESS
A special report from the wonderful
Macau-based magazine
I
t’s a great issue. No, really. Okay,
it’s my job to get you to read the
magazine, but honestly, it’s a
good one. Standouts include
Sharon Harris’s look at one year on
18 OCTAVIAN AT IGE
in US gaming since Obama took
office, and tries to find some good that’s come out of it.
Our man in the know shares what
Elsewhere, Barnaby Page takes a look at what’s hap-
pening in Italy with recent changes there affecting VLTs,
he… Well, what he knows.
and I met Peter DeRaedt of the GSA for an enlightening
interview about what they do and how it’s changed radi-
28 GSA
cally in 2010.
Nanoptix tell us all about their thermal printers, as
CI met up with the Gaming Standards well as their working relationship with Crane Payment
Association to find out a lot more…
Solutions, while Uniforms by John Marks and Octavian
both reveal their plans for IGE on pages 54 and 18,
respectively. Oh, and don’t forget the Installations page
34 WMS
on 56 – there wasn’t room to list it below, with Diary
Dates rounding the issue out on page 60.
Cover story – what are the brilliant
slot innovators up to now?
Jon Bruford, Managing Editor
jonbruford@yahoo.co.uk
38 STATESIDE
Sharon Harris blasts with both barrels!
40 ONE YEAR ON
50 ITALY
What has one year of Obama’s presi-
Barnaby Page reports on big changes
dency meant for gaming?
in the European country
46 NANOPTIX
54 JOHN MARKS
CI chats to the thermal printer special-
A big touch of glamour and style
ists from Canada
comes to IGE…
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