California Takes Quarter of Tribal Total NORTH AMERICA
US – DEQ Systems has named Charles Meredith as its new Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective February 8, 2016. Mr. Meredith, known as Chuck, will be based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Joseph Bertolone, President and CEO of DEQ, said: “As our Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Chuck’s casino operations, international markets– and regulatory experience will be a tremendous addition to our global growth efforts. This represents another core addition to the DEQ team.”
“This is a great opportunity and I am very excited about the future of DEQ and working with the DEQ team,” added Mr. Meredith. Before joining DEQ, for the past 11 years Mr. Meredith has worked as an Assistant General Counsel for Sands China Limited, a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, in Macau.
US – GLI will welcome Lt. Colonel Kevin Sweeney on March 3, 2016 as the keynote speaker at the company’s 2016 North American Regulators Roundtable. The 16th annual event takes place March 2-3 at
Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, and Sweeney will inspire attendees with his motivational address, “Pressure Cooker Confidence: How to Lead When the Heat Is On.”
GLI’s President & CEO James Maida said, “We are thrilled to welcome Lt. Colonel Sweeney as the keynote speaker for our 16th annual Regulators Roundtable. The theme of this year’s event is ‘strategically embracing innovation,’ and Lt. Colonel Sweeney is the perfect speaker to motivate attendees with his stirring stories while inspiring the crowd to value the importance of strategy and face new challenges head on.”
Sweeney’s presentation, “Pressure Cooker Confidence,” enables you to say “I can, I will, I expect, and I did it” when faced with intense pressure. The Lt. Colonel’s flagship presentation is built around his dramatic life or death flight during a night combat mission in Desert Storm. Sweeney will position you mentally in the cockpit with him to personally live through his incredible experience and challenge of having the two engines on his left wing detach from his airplane. As he introduces the five principles of performance under pressure, you will discover why the hard work you do beforehand matters more than the work you do when the pressure is on.
Sweeney’s keynote address is just one of the Regulators Roundtable’s exciting presentations. The
agenda also includes the following key topics: Risks associated with replacing core gaming systems
Security breach mitigation Cheating & fraud Millennials and game mechanics Fantasy sports
A complete agenda is available for download at
www.gaminglabs.com/roundtable2016.
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Tribal Gaming in California continues to expand in employment and revenues, with California tribes representing over 25 per cent of the US total
Te California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) discuss the challenges facing tribal gaming in the US
CALIFORNIA TRIBAL GAMING
Steve Stallings, the newly elected chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA), discussed the good news, as well as the challenges facing tribal government gaming in a State of the Industry report at the organization’s 21st Annual Western Indian Gaming Conference, February 9, 2015 at Harrah’s Resort Southern California.
Of the 28.5m generated in 2014, revenues for California’s tribal enterprises grew by 4.9 per cent to 7.3m, over the 6.9m earned in 2013.
Mr. Stallings discussed the historic origins and accomplishments of the organisation, which passed two state ballot measures, Proposition 5, a tribal/state compact, and Proposition 1A in 2000, changing the state constitution to grant Las Vegas, casino-style gaming exclusively to tribal governments on federally recognised tribal lands. Proposition 1A’s passage secured the original tribal state compact negotiated by then Governor Gray Davis, and 63 California tribes, after a 10-year battle with the state to win a compact.
“We can measure CNIGA’s achievements by the success of Indian gaming and the dollars generated. Alternatively, we can measure its contribution, over the past 20 plus years, by the people whose lives have been touched for the better because of Indian gaming. We all have success stories, and for this, we owe CNIGA members, past and present,” stated Mr. Stallings, Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians’ tribal council. “Te state of our industry is best reflected in the growing strength of our governments, the health of our communities, and our ability to better protect our sovereignty.”
Mr. Stallings congratulated the tribes for keeping their promise to voters that revenues from gaming would be used to create jobs and provide government services to reservations so that tribal people would be self-sufficient. He also noted how tribal gaming has generated real economic benefits to all Californians, from jobs for non-Indians to sharing fire and police services with neighbours. In many rural communities and small cities, the tribes are the major philanthropic donors.
Ainsworth Game Technology launches Class II titles
Nevada
Having bought Nova Technologies earlier this year, AinsworthGame Technology is now launching proven and popular games to Class II Gaming Tribes.
Ainsworth President – North America Mike Dreitzer said: “Our first responsibility is to listen closely to Tribal leaders about their needs in the current gaming environment. We see it as our mission to provide new options to help ensure Tribes are empowered for continued success.”
In the coming months, a growing Class II library of Ainsworth and Nova titles will
be available giving casino operators a wide variety of game choices. In terms of hardware, Ainsworth’s 560 Dual Screen cabinet will be offered to deliver these exciting games to players. Nova’s Atlas 100 cabinet will also continue to be supported and available for deployment.
Specifically, the immediate Class II library will include proven and successful Nova titles, including China Gold, Dragon’s Heat and Gorilla Diamonds, among others. In addition, several Ainsworth titles will be available for the Class II market right away, including Twice the Money and Mustang Fortune. Other popular brands like Quad Shot and other high-denomination games will follow.
In addition, Ainsworth Game Technology announced that Russell Witt has joined the Company as Director of Operations & Business Development – Class II, responsible for strategy and planning in all Class II markets.
Nevada
In a landmark legal case, casino operator Affinity Gaming is suing cybersecurity firm Trustwave for over $100,000 for allegedly failing to adequately investigate and remedy a data breach. According to court documents, Affinity hired Trustwave to investigate and remediate a 2013 breach that compromised hundreds of thousands of credit cards. Te online gambling company claimed Trustwave conducted a ‘woefully inadequate’ investigation then submitted a misleading report to Affinity. Te gaming company learned its systems were still compromised despite Trustwave's efforts. A separate investigation was conducted after Trustwave by another data security firm, Mandiant, which reportedly revealed not only that the breach hadn’t been contained, but that Affinity's data was compromised during the time that Trustwave’s investigation and remediation efforts were still ongoing, according to the documents.
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