Frank Legato

Delaware

Editor at Global Gaming Business Magazine

Editor, Global Gaming Business magazine

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Articles

SUPPLIERS IN FOCUS

1 week ago | ggbnews.com | Frank Legato

Light & Wonder Withdraws Jewel of the DragonExecutives of Light & Wonder announced late on April 2 that they were unilaterally pulling all of their Jewel of the Dragon slot machines from casino floors. The news was delivered in an afternoon conference call with Wall Street analysts. The move was promptd by Aristocrat Leisure’s March 14 amendment of ongoing litigation.
Sign Me Up—For the Best Bonuses—At Resorts Online Casino! - iGaming Player

2 weeks ago | igamingplayer.com | Frank Legato

Sign-up bonuses are certainly the most popular way iGaming sites build up their player basis. Most match your first deposit 100 percent with bonus dollars, up to a certain point. These deposit matches generally begin by matching deposits up to $200, with a few going much higher. Some sign-up promotions, though, are more creative than others. Take the newest deal from Resorts online casino. The site is currently running a promotion that adds free spins on specific games to the deposit match.
Springtime in San Diego: Slots at IGA 2025

2 weeks ago | ggbnews.com | Frank Legato

Slot suppliers roll out their “new model year” of games every October at the Global Gaming Expo, but the Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention, presented every spring by the Indian Gaming Association (IGA), provides an early occasion for suppliers to preview many of their newest games for tribal casino operators. Most of the slot manufacturers reserve at least one game launch for the IGA show, and some do several.
IGA panel urges tribes to get proactive about cybersecurity

3 weeks ago | igamingbusiness.com | Frank Legato

Gaming tribes need to get ahead of cyberattacks through due diligence and proactive preparation, according to a panel discussion at this week’s Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention in San Diego. Moderated by Melissa Aarskaug, vice president of business development for Gaming Laboratories International’s (GLI) Bulletproof cybersecurity division, the panel stressed cyberattacks are a fact of life, and the only way to protect gaming operations is to stay ahead of the criminals.
SUPPLIERS IN FOCUS

3 weeks ago | ggbnews.com | Frank Legato

INDIAN GAMING TRADESHOW PREVIEWSAcres to Unveil AI Bonusing at IGAAcres Manufacturing Company, a pioneer in casino technology, will showcase groundbreaking AI-driven bonusing and gamification at the 2025 Indian Gaming Association (IGA) Tradeshow, April 1-3. Fortuna’s Challenge is the industry’s first AI-personalized bonus. A mystical genie named Fortuna addresses players by name and offers bonuses uniquely tailored to each player.
Classic Columns and Modern Underwear

4 weeks ago | ggbmagazine.com | Frank Legato

It’s time for that popular “Frankly Speaking” feature, which I just made up, called “Looking Back.”The idea is to revisit what I wrote about in this space exactly 15 years ago and provide updates, and hopefully, new jokes, on the subject. I wanted to do 20 years back (I’ve been doing the column 23 years), but 15 years was as far back as I could find in the online archive, and I didn’t want to start dusting off my old Bronze Age Macs, which I oddly still have.
Steve Sutherland

4 weeks ago | ggbmagazine.com | Frank Legato

Steve Sutherland has been an executive of slot supplier Konami Gaming, Inc. for more than 24 years, including seven years as president and chief executive officer. Sutherland has worked with one of the longest-tenured management teams in the supply sector to keep Konami among the top five slot manufacturers and consistently near the top of industry surveys in game performance. In October, Sutherland received the AGEM Jens Halle Memorial Award for Excellence in Commercial Gaming Professionalism.
Slots: Buy or Lease?

4 weeks ago | ggbmagazine.com | Frank Legato

Stocking the slot floor once was a relatively simple proposition for operators. Suppliers would demonstrate new games to slot directors, who would buy the slots and place them on the floor to sink or swim. The ones that returned decent daily win would stay, and the losers would either be warehoused or sold to secondary markets. This was the model in the 1980s and much of the ’90s, when most slots were three-reel mechanical games or basic multi-line video.
Top Slots - GGB Magazine

4 weeks ago | ggbmagazine.com | Frank Legato

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Key to Security - GGB Magazine

4 weeks ago | ggbmagazine.com | Frank Legato

Traka provides casino operators with a variety of key and asset management solutions, including its award-winning Touch Pro line of key cabinets. Key management remains a crucial element in ensuring efficient and secure operations within casinos, and Traka’s cabinets safely and securely store a variety of keys that can be assigned to a wide range of users.