The latest Green Felt Journal is out in Vegas Seven. I take a look at a few vendors at this year’s Global Gaming Expo and then talk about the bigger significance of the show:
Purveyors to the gaming industry have three chances a year to show off their wares: the two Global Gaming Expos and London’s International Casino Exhibition. For those after the American market, the Las Vegas expo is their big shot; if they don’t sell it here, it might remain unsold.
That’s why, from the obvious cash-sorting devices to the whimsical a product billed as “zero gravity fruit”, if a casino could possibly want to buy it, someone was selling it.
via The Sweet Scent of the Global Gaming Expo | Vegas Seven.
I didn’t get to stop by the zero-gravity fruit booth, which is one of my true regrets. Hopefully they’ll be back next year, because this is a concept that I’d like to learn more about.
I thought it would be interested to focus on a few smaller exhibitors–after all, there’s tons written about the big slot manufacturers (I’ve got a Business Press piece coming out on Monday that references some of them), but to me the heart and soul of the show is the one- and two-man booths.
I had a lot of fun at G2E this year–there’s really some neat stuff going on if you know where to look for it. And I learned quite a bit about the major, major role that candy can play in a modern casino gaming operation. Unexpected.