Casino Player Development Science by Nick Ippolito

In my continued mission to help casino hosts and management to focus on exactly what casino player development means and where the focus should be in this area, I created a fool proof casino player development science. There are, as we all know, many segments to casino player development and casino marketing. Often times I […]
Casino Player Development vs Casino Hosting by Nick Ippolito

Your Time on the Phone and Your Time on the Floor My time in Morocco was an amazing experience for many reasons. First and foremost, to travel is always “The Dream”, to visit exotic places and to meet people from all walks of life and cultures is life changing. And for me, to visit casinos […]
Hollywood Hosts

When I saw Roberts petition about having a female writing for Qasiknow I felt a bit challenged. I can’t leave his expectations unattended! So let’s start this torture! When I started my career in 2005, I realized that it takes more than just a few years’ experience or work for a good company to succeed… […]
VICTORS: Dominate Your Competition Through Superior Customer Experience

A vast majority of businesses today compete primarily on Customer Experience (CX). However, the reality is that for gaming companies and clubs, efforts to achieve improvement in customer experience have consistently been bottlenecked, if not outright thwarted, resulting in inconsistencies and misalignment in CX delivery. Ambiguity and inactivity represent two of the most notable culprits […]
Physics, Psychology and the Casino Industry

The other day my wife called me and asked me what I was doing. I gave her the standard one word answer – working. She then asked me what I was thinking. I gave her the standard one word answer – nothing. We often joke back and forth like this but basically she was curious […]
The 5Es of Great Customer Experience in Gaming

Several casino companies are now making considerable investments in trying to understand and orchestrate the experience they provide to guests. Based on early feedback, the results have been varied across properties. Specifically, those casino operators who understand their customers and make active inflections along the customer journey based on customer feedback are far more likely […]