Since 1999, revenue generated by nongaming amenities has exceeded casino revenue in Nevada. Two decades later, panelists at the final education session of the 2019 Global Gaming Expo explored trends and, more importantly, how knowing them can help resorts determine what they should be offering to...
With the same three states offering iGaming as for the past two edition of the iGaming North American conference, and few legitimate prospects, the focus of this year’s conference became the one remaining interactive gaming opportunity left: eSports. Some of the statistics about eSports are...
The Las Vegas Strip could soon be home to an arena for competitive video games if one Chinese company gets its way. The Beijing-based Ourgame International Holdings Ltd, the parent company that owns the World Poker Tour, wants to build an arena for e-sports. They want to...
Seth Schorr is the first to admit it. Of the estimated 93 million Americans who play video games, he has never really been one of them. Truth be told, if it weren't for relenting to his 6-year-old son Dax's persistent requests to sit down and...
The IS-7 thunders over the rubble of a ruined cottage just as a T110E5 comes crashing through the trees. They simultaneously fire on the Spahpanzer Ru 251, which is rocked by explosions but manages to hang on. As the attackers reload, the Ru 251 wheels...
Downtown Grand CEO Jim Simms is gone after less than a year on the job, the casino announced today. Simms was named to the position last June, replacing Seth Schorr, who became the Grand’s chairman. The resort said in a statement today that Simms was leaving...
Amid the slot machines and blackjack tables at Downtown Grand, a group of video gamers represents the property's latest attempt to be on the forefront of a sport you've probably never heard of. In November, the property announced it's hosting the LA Renegades, an Australian eSports...
It's our desire at Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino to become the premiere video game and eSports destination, which is really...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Move aside one-armed bandits. The casino floor is making room for game zones with oversized popping dice, digital spinning Big Six wheels and virtual roulette, with an eye on adding arcade-style video games in the not-so-distant future. As gamblers appear to be...
GameCo, Inc., a pioneering new company poised to unite skill-based video games with real-money casino floor gaming, has created the world's first video game gambling machines (VGM™) in an effort to bring a new generation of gamers to land-based casinos. Similar to electronic poker or blackjack...
