Eleven people, four Alabama state senators and seven others, were charged by federal agents with being involved in a bribery scheme to pass electronic gaming legislation. And a related case involves a $2 million campaign donation, to one of the senators involved, from a lobbyist. In 2009 and 2010 casino owners and lobbyists tried to [...]
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Here’s a look at the Video King Powerplay demo that was set up on the conference floor. Video King continues to provide high-quality electronic bingo handhelds and accounting systems. Then there was this hand held touch based system by VideoKing called PowerPlay. The demo area below shows a sample setup. It has two kinds of [...]
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While not the greatest picture, we did snap a picture of a Cosmic Bingo Logo from a casino in Minnesota. Cosmic Bingo is a fun and exciting bingo game that is becoming quite popular. Check out our blog posting about cosmic bingo that we did a little while back and see how it is drawing [...]
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This years Bingo World Expo was hosted down in Biloxi, Mississippi by BingoWorld! and the Southern Gaming Summit. We had a great time down there enjoying all the sights and attractions that Biloxi and the Bingo World Expo had to offer. Also the nice weather was welcome relief from the chilly temperature and rain we [...]
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What is Cosmic Bingo? It’s the new rage in bingo that’s spreading across the country!
BingoWorld, the world’s largest bingo expo, has joined forces with the Southern Gaming Summit, the largest regional gaming conference and trade show in the country, for this year’s bingo exhibit. Highlights include a full conference program with a large selection of bingo conference sessions that will provide training for bingo managers, hundreds of exhibitors of [...]
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While no real solid numbers are available, many businesses located near the FireKeepers Casino have seen higher traffic. However, some area businesses located further away may have seen traffic declines. Overall, studies have shown that counties with casinos (and surrounding counties) will experience meaningful economic growth within the first few years of a casino opening. [...]
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One of the biggest reasons that we’ve kept up-to-date on the proposed Ohio casinos is because of the negative impact they’re likely to have on the Detroit casinos, and to a lesser extent, Michigan charitable bingos. Due to be voted on in November, the Ohio proposal would allow for four casinos…one each in Cincinnati, Cleveland, [...]
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FireKeepers will pay the State of Michigan 4 percent of net win revenues earned from slot machines and other electronic games under an amended agreement. An original agreement between FireKeepers and the state had been signed in 1998, but over the last 10 years or so, other tribal casinos located in the state were able [...]
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