Gambling With an Edge - guest Buddy Frank and G2E

Bob and I get a return visit from long time slot director Buddy Frank, and this was taped immediately after the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) show, the biggest casino industry trade show of the year. We spend a lot of time talking about the new things we saw. Although there were a few somewhat interesting new video poker games presented, more interesting were the new bar-top boxes put out by IGT, Aristocrat, and Scientific Games. There is one feature of the SG box that will lead many of our listeners to avoid these machines whenever possible.

We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter.

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Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction of slot consultant, Buddy Frank

[00:41]  New IGT bar top machine with a curved screen

[06:37}  New Aristocrat bar top machine with Buffalo

[09:50]  New Scientific Games machine with a camera to track players

[18:00]  Privacy law discussion

[20:32]  Stack 'em High game

[24:13]  Ulimate X Gold

[27:14]  New versions of Wheel Poker, IGT Slant Poker, Class 2 and Class 3 machines

[32:11]  South Point November Casino Promotions - Amazon gift cards

[32:57]  Predictit.org - place bets on political events

[34:00]  VideoPoker.com - Pro membership offers correction on Quick Quads and regular 3 to 5 play Ultimate X

[35:44]  Ernie Moody, founder of Action Gaming and inventor of various video poker variations

[44:44]  Shuffle Master shuffler that rotates cards

[46:39]  Electronic table games

[49:44]  Other thoughts on G2E, facial recognition, trends,and sports betting

[55:03]  Recommended - Mary's Hash House

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Predictit.org/promo/edge

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