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INTERNET GAMBLING?

MANAGING INNOVATION?

CEO of BetConstruct speaks to Infinity

No Problem. Professor Nelson Rose superb article

John Edmunds feature article

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policy or position of The Infinity Gaming Magazine Any content

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ion, and are not intended to malign any religion, ethic group,

club, organization, company, individual or anyone or anything.

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WOMEN IN GAMING AWARDS

GLASS CEILING

The 6th Annual awards we look at last years

winners

Christina Thakor-Rankin looks at the mythi-

cal ceiling and does it exist?20

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4 EDITOR NOTESLana welcomes you to the June edition of

Infinity Gaming Magazine.

6 OUR WRITERSMeet our feature writers, the superb

writers on our rosta.

18 ONLINE GAMBLINGNot to blame for problem gambling

23 LOCK SCREENSCould see adverts on your smartphone

24 INTERNET GAMBLINGProfessor Nelson Rose with another superb

article on gaming law.

31 POKERSTARSWill be in NJ before end of year

35 PENNSYLVANIAPenn National says the state needs online

gambling

41 HOOTERS SOLDLV Casino & Hotel sold

43 CNDY CRUSHTough times ahead

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As we hurtle towards the summer it

must be time for the 6th Annual Women

in Gaming Awards and cannot wait to

meet all those super innovative ladies

on the 5th June. It is going to be a great

evening and of course lots of fun too.

If you got your ticket then congratula-

tions as I am told we are sold out again

this year for the second year in a row!

I want to wish all our finalists the best

of luck.

Inside the magazine we have our great

rosta of writers again bringing you the

very latest in the gaming industry both

online and land based and next month

we welcome a new writer covering the

A note from the editor

Welcome to the June edition of the Infinity Gaming Magazine and we nearly all set for the 6th WIG!

Get ready it’s nearly

time for the 6th

Annual Women in

Gaming Awards.

Gaming App world. More on that in the

next edition.

As always we have the very latest news

from around the world in the magazine

and next month also will be all the win-

ners and photos from the 6th WIG.

Enjoy the magazine.

So, “To Infinity and Beyond!”

Regards,

Lana

the Editor

Lana Thompson - Editor

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Christina Thakor-RankinMartin R. BairdJohn Edmunds

Andrew Tottenham

JJ Woods

Professor Nelson Rose

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Martin R. Baird

John Edmunds

Martin R. Baird is chief executive of-ficer of Robinson & Associates, Inc., a Boise, Idaho-based consulting firm to the global gaming industry that is dedicated to helping casinos improve their guest service so they can compete and generate future growth and profit-ability. Robinson & Associates is the world leader in casino guest experi-ence measurement, management and

improvement. For more information, visit the company’s Web sites at http://casinocustomerservice.com and www.advocatedevelopmentsystem.com or contact the company at 208-991-2037. Robinson & Associates is a member of the Casino Management Association and an associate member of the National Indian Gaming Association.

With over 16 years’ industry experience building high-performance teams and successful businesses around the world, John Edmunds is passionate about ena-bling people and technology deliver su-perior business results. As Chief Market-ing Officer at FutureLogic, John was at the heart of FutureLogic’s digital trans-formation from hardware supplier to software solutions provider and subse-quent acquisition by JCM Global. As an experienced thought-leader, strategist and writer, John is a regular contributor

to numerous gaming publications and has been guest speaker on technology discussion panels and industry forums in Buenos Aires, Las Vegas, London and Toronto. John works with technology companies in the US and UK helping deliver su-perior business results and connecting start-ups and lower middle-market firms with private equity development and growth capital. John can be reached on +1.818.398.8028 or johnedmunds1975@gmail.com.

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in the setting up, design, management, and opening of Casinos Worldwide.

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Christina Thakor-Rankin

Professor I. Nelson Rose

Christina is Principal Consultant at 1710 Gaming Ltd, a specialist betting and gaming consultancy, delivering a range of services including licensing and com-pliance (incl. regulation, money launder-ing and social responsibility), business start-up, training and strategic re-engi-neering, project management, research, business analysis and development, to start-ups and established multi-national

operators and providers, gambling regu-lators, law enforcement and government agencies, media, and specialist interest groups and associations within the sec-tor, in both established and emerging markets across the world.

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Prof. Rose is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on gambling law, and is a consultant and expert witness for governments, industry and players. His latest books, INTERNET GAMING LAW (1st and 2nd editions), BLACKJACK AND THE LAW, GAMING LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS and GAMING LAW IN A NUT-SHELL are available through his website, www.GAMBLINGANDTHELAW.com.

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Can Innovation Be Managed?John Edmunds June article asks the question can you actually manage innovation within the business and indeed at what cost?

My previous article ‘Is Commoditiza-

tion a Threat to Your Business?’ outlined

how aggressive competitor activity and

the introduction of low-cost alternative

products can rapidly commoditize tech-

nology providers’ core products, putting

businesses under considerable threat. It

gave business leaders a very simple and

stark choice: to become commoditized

and fight for survival or avoid it through

some form of strategic response. Re-

search I conducted with high-tech

businesses such as Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM,

Microsoft, Verizon and Vodafone, dem-

onstrated that amongst all the business

strategies adopted by these businesses,

innovation and creativity were most

commonly seen as the antidote to com-

moditization. This article looks at how

business leaders can develop a culture

of innovation and creativity and in do-

ing so differentiate their business value

proposition from competitor offerings.

Palmisano (former IBM CEO) was clear

about the need for innovation to avoid

commoditization, but it was the Aus-

trian economist, Schumpeter who, in

the 1930s, first identified innovation

as a significant factor in economic

growth. Schumpeter’s book ‘Capitalism,

Socialism and Democracy’, first fully

developed the concept of creative de-

struction, where something new brings

about the demise of whatever existed

before it. When facing the challenge

of unleashing innovation and creative

destruction within their organisation,

many leaders fail. Some attempt to help

their teams flourish by granting almost

unlimited freedoms, only to discover

that they have created chaos, not high

performance. Others try to force their

employees’ creativity through pre-

scribed programs and activities, which

usually yields mediocre results at best.

In its study on leading innovation, Har-

vard Business Review described the

Either you innovate or you’re in commodity

hell. If you do what everyone does, you have a low-margin

business. That’s not where you want to be”.

JOHN EDMUNDS

Industry veteran and gaming consult-ant John Edmunds offers some tips on success

About John Edmunds

With over 16 years’ industry experience building high-performance teams and successful businesses around

the world, John Edmunds is passionate about enabling people and technology deliver superior business re-

sults. As Chief Marketing Officer at FutureLogic, John was at the heart of FutureLogic’s digital transformation

from hardware supplier to software solutions provider and subsequent acquisition by JCM Global. As an expe-

rienced thought-leader, strategist and writer, John is a regular contributor to numerous gaming publications

and has been guest speaker on technology discussion panels and industry forums in Buenos Aires, Las Vegas,

London and Toronto.

John works with technology companies in the US and UK helping deliver superior business results and con-

necting start-ups and lower middle-market firms with private equity development and growth capital. John

can be reached on +1.818.398.8028 or johnedmunds1975@gmail.com.

Dr Rugg-Gunn found that in the five broad domains of human personality, (Openness to Experience, Con-

scientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism), creative people tended to score more highly

than most for (i) Openness to Experience (defined as having a good imagination, experiencing and valuing

feelings and experimenting with new ideas) and (ii) Neuroticism (defined as the intensity and feelings of

negative emotions arising from negative beliefs about life in general). They scored much less well for Con-

scientiousness where the focus is on goals without distraction, order and control. Conversely, these are ex-

actly the skills required of the good innovator whose role it is to project plan and take great ideas to market.

Dr. Rugg-Gunn surmised that creative people are more likely to think in a divergent way, generat-

ing a large quantity of ideas with unusual combinations that don’t always lead to a solution. In con-

trast, innovative people use convergent thought processes to discriminate between the best idea

and the also-rans and are therefore more concerned about implementation and commercialization.

To be of value, applied creativity must always lead to innovation – linking a great idea with an actual customer

need (or, better yet, the needs of a whole market) through a process of design thinking. It is too easy to spend

considerable development resources without really understanding actual customer needs.

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challenge of leading innovation as a

fundamental tension, or paradox, inher-

ent in the leader’s role: ‘leaders need

to unleash individuals’ talents, yet

also harness all those diverse talents

to yield a useful and cohesive result.’

So how can we manage this paradox and

build a culture of innovation and crea-

tivity to stay ahead of the competition?

‘Creative types’ may argue that creativ-

ity and innovation cannot be measured,

but business performance and the man-

agement of development capital de-

mands clarity of objectives and rigorous

measurement to identify what success

looks like. A fundamental requirement

for being able to manage innovation

therefore is to be able to measure and

assess the various aspects of the pro-

cess of innovation and its outcome. In

their review of literature on innovation

management Edison, Ali and Torkar

found 232 metrics to measure, catego-

rized along five dimensions (Inputs to

the innovation process; Outputs from

the innovation process; Impact of the in-

novation output; Measures to assess the

activities in an innovation process; and

Availability of factors that facilitate such

a process). Drew Marshall however, sim-

plified it down to one key measurable

difference – focus. Innovation is solely

concerned with the work required to

make an idea viable, introducing change

into relatively stable systems, and is

therefore completely measureable.

Creativity however as HBR described

it, is about ‘unleashing the potential’

of the mind to conceive new ideas and

is therefore unfocused and subjective,

making it harder to measure. Leaders of-

ten chase creativity but what they really

need to pursue is innovation or as The-

odore Levitt put it ‘What is often lack-

ing is not creativity in the idea-creating

sense but innovation in the action-pro-

ducing sense, i.e. putting ideas to work.’

Unfortunately, business leaders fre-

quently interchange creativity and in-

novation, without understanding what

separates the two. Shawn Hunter, au-

thor of ‘Out Think: How Innovative

Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes’,

defines creativity as the capability or

act of conceiving something original

or unusual, while innovation is the im-

plementation or creation of something

new that has realized value to others.

‘Innovation isn’t a mysterious black

box, by focusing on the process [of in-

novation], and not the heroically crea-

tive individual, we can build innovation

at scale. Sometimes the best way to

spark innovation is by allowing activ-

ity within the organisation that devi-

ates from the norm but that may lead

to positive outcomes.’ The innovation

process therefore can be scalable, a

creative individual is not. Once lead-

ers understand the difference between

creativity and innovation, they can work

on inspiring both in their organisations.

So how can we create a culture which is

inclusive of the different thinking styles

and behaviours required to implement

both innovation and creativity?

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This distinction can be seen in a number

of high profile corporate failures. Nokia

once led the world in creative solutions

for mobile phones but was overtaken by

the Apple iPhone and Google Android.

Similarly RIM’s domination of business

mobile email with Blackberry was short

lived. However, Kodak’s failure in capi-

talising on the move to digital photog-

raphy was less about a lack of creativity

and much more about slow innovation.

Kodak invented the digital camera but

failed to invest in its own creative out-

put, fearing that it would cannibalise

their traditional business.

It is also very easy to think of innova-

tion as just a new product, but as Peter

Drucker asserted ‘Every organisation

must prepare for the abandonment of

everything it does’, so leaders should

consider innovation with a new process,

method, business mode, partnership,

route to market or marketing method.

Paying attention to companies that

are consistently innovative in their in-

dustries is always good practice. Some

of the most powerful innovations you

can make are in business methods and

customer services as exploited by Dell,

eBay and Amazon. Square for example,

noticed the economy was becoming

mobile-based and paperless, helping

millions of mobile vendors and small

business owners move away from cash

payments and expensive credit card

machines.

Organisations need to foster both crea-

tivity and innovation. How to develop

and foster a culture of innovation and

creativity is therefore a strategic im-

perative. Driving business results by

running ideas through an innovation

process puts creative ideas to work – for

companies and their customers. As Mar-

shall concludes, ‘Creativity is the price

of admission, but it’s innovation that

pays the bills’.

Can Innovation Be Managed?John Edmunds June article

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PokerStars is still expected to

make its debut in New Jersey

by the third quarter of 2015

said CEO of Amaya Gaming and

owner of PokerStars David Baazov.

During the companies Q1 results the

boss of Amaya Gaming said Poker-

Stars is “still on track” to be up and

running in the third quarter of this

year.

“I think we’re still on track from what

I said on the last call in terms of New

Jersey; I think that we’re seeing more

markets take the trend toward regula-

tion here and outside of the Europe

Union as well, which I think is going

to be important to see, and we would

expect to see more colour on that

this calendar year,” David Baazov said

the analysts on the call.

In regard to the companies at-

tempts to be a part of online poker

in California once regulated Baazov

said the company is “very pleased

with the efforts and what we see” in

the Golden State, we are “very, very

excited about” the “momentum.”

There was no dates mentioned for

California on when the state would

ever regulate online gambling but

for sure Amaya Gaming like so many

other operators want to be involved

from the start in what will be the

biggest business by state so far for

online gambling.

GAMING NEWS

Ladbrokes Chairman to leave company

Peter Erskine the Chairman of

Ladbrokes for six years is to

step down from the strug-

gling bookmaker. In a statement Mr

Erskine said he would step down be-

fore the end of the year, this follows

just one month from the departure

of former CEO Richard Glynn and

the appointment of Jim Mullen.

He has been Chairman since 2009

and oversaw the struggling book-

makers efoorts to compete with

their main rival William Hill espe-

cially in the digital space where

their competitor has done so well.

Peter Erskine said: “Since becoming

chairman six years ago, Ladbrokes

has undertaken the necessary and

difficult journey to modernise much

of our business operations to enable

us to compete more effectively in a

rapidly changing digital market and

a challenging retail and political en-

vironment. In that time real progress

has been made.

“In recent months I, and the board,

have overseen the transition from

Richard Glynn to a new CEO, Jim

Mullen. I feel that now, with stron-

ger foundations in place and with

our new CEO looking to build on the

changes made, it is the right time

for there to be a change in chairman

to one who will be able to see out

the entirety of the next stage of the

journey.”

Non-Executive director John Kelly

and founder and former CEO of Gala

Coral, will be responsible to find a

successor to Mr Erskine.

on track to be in NJ by Q3 says boss

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Industry Pride of the Year

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Affiliate Manager of the Year

Melanie Hainzer

Leo Vegas

Affiliate Team of the Year

Carly Sawers

PokerStars

Excellence in Customer Service

Melissa Zalbeigi

Betsson

Hidden Talent of the Year

Elizabeth Dutton

Playtech

Industry Achiever of the Year

Joanne Jones

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Emma Loveday

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Inspiration of the Year

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Leader of the Year(land based)

Dubravka Burda

GTECH

Star of the Future

Bea Stevens

Aspers

Marketing Excellence Award

Nora Felin

Mr Green

Team of the Year (iGaming)

Linda Arbman

Mr Green

Team of the Year (Land Based)

Fiona Regan & the HR Team

Grosvenor Casinos

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H ooters Casino Hotel has been sold for $53.8 million by Trinity Hotel Investments based in New York.

The Las Vegas Hooters is located next to the Tropicana which was also recently purchase by Penn National Gaming for $360 million and many observers believe that the two casino resorts will money spent on them to be more competitive in Nevada. Trinity Hotel Investments purchase is the first development they will have in Las Ve-gas and is understood will change the name from Hooters which five years ago filed for bankruptcy having $63 million in assets but $178 million in debts. However it is under-stood the name of the hotel and casino will change the restaurant based inside will remain as it is the most suc-cessful Hooters restaurant in the US for the company. It was in 2006 that the Hooters Casino and Hotel opened to a large fan fair of celebrities but shortly after the resort fell into financial difficulties.

GAMING NEWS

LV Hooters Casino & Hotel sold

The Riviera great saleThe great bargain sale is on at the shuttered Riviera Casino & Hotel, the 60 year old resort that closed down on May 4th is now offering memorabilia from the casino and hotel along with roulette tables and mini-bars to anyone who wants to buy them.

Even the letter “R” which adorned the entrance doors are up for sale at $350 a go. More items avail-able are pool loungers, double beds, baby grand pianos and even flat screen televisions are just a few of the 1 million items up for sale.

Entrance is now open for $10 per person to buy any-thing in the Riviera and if it is not sold it will be de-molished along with the resort that famous names such as Frank Sinatra and Liberace performed at.

The sale continues through mid-June or until every-thing is sold.

Demolition of the resort is scheduled for later this year and will be replaced by an extended conven-tion centre.

Adelson group says Penn-sylvania opposed to online The Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling run by casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson conducted a telephone survey in Pennsylvania and published the results in an attempt to sway public opinion there as the state conducts public hearings in to the pos-sibility of legalising internet gambling.

With the group publishing their results showing that 73% of the 513 respondents saying they op-pose online gambling in the state, with just 27% in favour, however observers say the poll is tainted because of the way the questions were worded and also the amount of those surveyed is not a fair reflection of state voters.

In another attempt to put pressure on state legisla-tors the telephone poll asked if voters would re-elect their state legislators should online gambling be voted down in the state 54% said they would vote to support their legislator again IF online gam-bling is still illegal in Pennsylvania.

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GREAT PLACE TO PLAYGREAT PLACE TO WORK

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NO AGENCIES – DIRECT APPLICATIONS ONLYFor full details of our vacancies and details on how to apply, please visit www.rationalgroup.com/about-us/careers

If you have a passion for excellence, there could well be a place for you on The Rational Group team. The Rational Group employs industry-leading practices in customer service, product development, payment security, game integrity and player fund protection, and also holds more online poker licenses than any other e-gaming company. We apply the same high standards to looking after our people: The Rational Group is currently ranked the 14th best large company to work at in the UK by the Great Place to Work Institute.

The Rational Group operates gaming and related businesses and brands including PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the European Poker Tour. These brands collectively form the largest poker business in the world comprising online poker games and tournaments, live poker competitions and poker programming created for television and online audiences.

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GREAT PLACE TO PLAYGREAT PLACE TO WORK

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NO AGENCIES – DIRECT APPLICATIONS ONLYFor full details of our vacancies and details on how to apply, please visit www.rationalgroup.com/about-us/careers

If you have a passion for excellence, there could well be a place for you on The Rational Group team. The Rational Group employs industry-leading practices in customer service, product development, payment security, game integrity and player fund protection, and also holds more online poker licenses than any other e-gaming company. We apply the same high standards to looking after our people: The Rational Group is currently ranked the 14th best large company to work at in the UK by the Great Place to Work Institute.

The Rational Group operates gaming and related businesses and brands including PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and the European Poker Tour. These brands collectively form the largest poker business in the world comprising online poker games and tournaments, live poker competitions and poker programming created for television and online audiences.

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T he company that produces Candy Crush Saga, King Digital Entertainment has said its revenues for the second quarter are not as good as expect-

ed because of the strength of the US Dollar compared to other foreign currencies which will impact on revenues. King said that its gross bookings forecast for Q2 which is the indicator used for revenues stood at $490 million to $520 million and warned that the following quarters could be softer but still expected growth in the last part of the year. The dollar has surged about 9% against a whole host of major currencies in the first three months of the year. News of the revenues warning for Q2 was no surprise for analyst’s but is a disappointment following good Q1 results of $164.1 million compared to $127.2 million on the previous year, however revenues were down in Q1 to $569.5 million but still surpassed analyst predictions of $563.4 million. King went public in March 2014 and its rival competitor Zynga reported increased revenues for its Q1 on the back of the popularity of game “Words With Friends” which was featured on popular TV comedy Big Bang Theory.

GAMING APP NEWS

Candy Crush maker King report “softer” times ahead

Sportnco launches first sports betting app for Windows

Sportnco who is connected to the French Pari has announced the launch of it first ever sports betting app for Windows phones. The company has already launched two smartphone apps for IOs and Android is now completing the hat trick with the Windows application.

The company has a history of delivering sports bet-ting apps for customers such as ZEturf, Eurotiercé, JOA, NetBet, Feelingbet and Genybet

Blizzard hits 30 millionBlizzard has announced they have over 30 million users now for their collectible card battle game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. In a message from their Twitter account Blizzard said that the mile-stone had been reached ahead of time.

The game was launched in beta form over two years ago in 2013, with the full launch in March 2014. With the game enjoying a huge surge in popularity since then with its own Hearthstone World Champi-onship featuring a total prize fund of $250k.

With an Android tablet version of the game launched back in December 2014, and the iPhone and Android smartphone versions finally arriving last month, all looks up and up for Blizzard and their hit game.

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