Five stages of the gaming asset lifecycle — and where the infrastructure gap actually lives. The future of gaming asset lifecycle management I’ve spent the last several posts making arguments. This one is different. This one is about what the industry looks like when those arguments get resolved — not Read more
Four distinct categories the industry treats as one problem, with one blunt solution that consistently hits the wrong target. Ownership rights vs. IP protection: the industry is having the wrong argument Drew Pawlak raised something important in a recent post about the secondary market. His core point — that the Read more
The three questions most trade-in programs never answer before launch. Why OEM trade-in programs are hard Most OEM trade-in programs are designed to close deals. That’s the problem. A sales rep is working an account. The operator wants to move aging inventory before committing to new equipment. The rep offers Read more
Figure 1: The difference between a warehouse full of scrap and a $1.4M recovery is one decision made on day one. The million-dollar warehouse I want to tell you about a warehouse I walked when we were starting SlotCycle. Three hundred and fifty retired slot machines. Rows of them, stacked Read more
Figure 1: What the gaming industry measures — and what it ignores The industry’s blind spot Here’s a question I almost never hear discussed in gaming: How can a casino know exactly what a slot machine earns every single day on the floor — down to the dollar — know Read more
Slots are not software delivery vehicles. They are capital assets. Drew Pawlak wrote something last week that sparked a conversation worth having. He’s right that the secondary market has real problems — software leakage, weak chain of custody, participants who operate with far less accountability than operators, OEMs, and regulators Read more