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NEWS
STATESIDE Sharon Harris brings the US news
NICK HAWKINS He’s back! Nick raises an eyebrow at
UK gaming…
LATINO AMERICA Ricki brings us the latest happenings
MACAU BUSINESS Asia’s finest publication shares its
hottest stories with CI
CMS Barnaby Page looks at Casino
Management Systems
ACCESS ALL AREAS TCSJOHNHUXLEY’s Vegas customer
event went down a storm – again!
G2E 2011 REVIEW Sharon Harris and Jon Bruford round
up the mega gaming show
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Editor’s letter G
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2E is almost a distant memory, and will no doubt be remembered as a suc- cess. Despite some reser-
vations about the venue (bouncing floor, anyone?), it worked – and for most exhibitors, it worked far better then the old venue. As a visitor, I liked it far more, it felt more like ICE, like a buzzing marketplace. The smaller, newer vendors were not trapped behind IGT with no traffic. The only criti- cism I have was, as I was wearing an exhibitor badge that day, not being allowed into the F&B section. It’s an exhbition, people – exhibitors want to look around too! That’s a small criticism, but worth noting because as
a result we don’t have any coverage of the F&B exh- bitors in our show review, which I think is a real shame! Jon Bruford, Managing Editor
jonbruford@yahoo.co.uk
VISIMETRICS
Playerbook might be about the change player ID forever. Read on…
AGE REVIEW
A look at the Australian gaming indus- try and the region’s main gaming show
ONLINE Matt Broughton brings the news and
features from the ever-changing world of online gaming
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