Casino Junkets….The good, the bad and the ugly….Part 1
First, we need to understand what a junket is and what it is not. A casino junket is a group of individuals that “supposedly” have a propensity for gaming that are being organized by a tour leader referred to as a junket rep to take them on an organized trip to a casino for gaming […]
Casino Junkets….the good the bad and the ugly….Part 2
First, it is important to understand that Junket Reps serve a legitimate function in many different casinos around the world. They basically act similar to an independent manufacturer’s sales representative who represents the manufacturer’s line of products on a commission basis instead of working on a fixed salary as most casino employees do. There are […]
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
This column was born in South Africa, in the middle of nowhere between Jo’Burg and Sun City in a Dacia revving at 5,000 and barely making it up a hill. I would call it a difficult birth, but I am certain it will have a bright future. Glyn and I agreed that a structured series […]
The curious divide between online and brick and mortar gambling
Some of you might remember the days when on major gaming shows table games and tables related manufacturers still took up quite a bit of floor space. Having started my gaming carrier almost 30 years ago on the tables side of the land-based gaming industry, I always kept a tag on technological advances and change […]
Crisis management in casinos
On my long list of subjects for this column, crisis management has been patiently waiting for its turn to see the light of day in print. It would never be more relevant than right now I guess, in what we could certainly call the biggest crisis of our lifetimes in many countries around the world. […]
Time to update your casino gamingfloor
While casinos in more and more countries are eagerly opening their doors for business again, there is a new normal. Our old ways of welcoming guests to our casinos are either temporarily suspended or as a worst-case scenario will never return. Nobody really knows at this stage, if the happenings of the past six months […]