NOW ILLUMINATING - July 15, 2021
Inventor and entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell is GLI CEO James Maida’s guest in the latest episode of Illuminating Conversations. Named one of “50 People Who Changed America” by Newsweek, Nolan has started more than 20 companies, and his inventions read like a technology and pop culture encyclopedia – Atari, Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater, in-car navigation systems, and dozens more.
Listen in as James and Nolan discuss what’s next on the gaming technology landscape including Esports, blockchain, skill-based gaming, and the convergence of land-based and iGaming technologies. When you want to know what’s next in technology, you listen to Nolan Bushnell.
Tune in now for this Illuminating Conversation!
Get inspired and get the insider’s perspective in Illuminating Conversations, GLI’s new web-based interview series. Hosted by GLI President/CEO James Maida, this series features one-on-one, in-depth conversations with some of the gaming industry’s most recognized and most accomplished thought leaders who offer unique perspectives on their work, their vision, and themselves.
Tune in and gain a greater awareness of the challenges, opportunities, and emerging innovations impacting the gaming industry. You will also hear perspectives on leadership, what inspires these leaders, and their hopes for the future.
Gaming superstar and green energy entrepreneur Bobby Soper is GLI CEO James Maida’s guest in the latest episode of Illuminating Conversations. In Bobby’s latest role as International President at Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, he is developing major projects in Korea and Japan for the tribe, while also operating Sun Gaming & Hospitality, and leading several green energy efforts.
In his now-legendary tenure at Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment, he led efforts to grow the organization from a single property company to a multi-property international enterprise. In this conversation, Bobby and James explore the significance of a company’s culture, the importance of diversification, land-to-trust issues, the new Mohegan Sun Casino at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, the relationship between tribal gaming and Las Vegas, Mohegan’s expansion into the Far East, the future of iGaming, and his passion for green solutions. Mark your calendar for August 12, 2021 and enjoy this fascinating discussion.
What good could come from a pandemic? Plenty, speaking in terms of how the pandemic has accelerated the creation and authorization of a rapidly growing array of gaming technology.
In this premiere episode of GLI’s new web-based interview series Illuminating Conversations, GLI President/CEO James Maida sits down with Eilers & Krejcik Gaming Principal Todd Eilers in a discussion about the future of gaming in a post-pandemic world.
What new tools consumers are using to game during their time in isolation? How are regulators managing, monitoring, and controlling that behavior? Will funding shortages for states and tribes result in the opening of many more delivery channels for gaming products?
Listen to this Illuminating Conversation.
In the second episode of Illuminating Conversations, GLI President/CEO James Maida talks with Vitus Evans, Executive Director of the Jamaica Betting, Gaming Lottery Commission (BGLC). In this fascinating discussion, James and Vitus put a spotlight on the Caribbean, lotteries, consumer behavior, and what impact advances in technology may have on the region and the industry.
Stay tuned to stream this episode and illuminate your day!
Travel from New Jersey to Melbourne in Episode 3 of Illuminating Conversations when gaming legend Neil Spencer sits down with James Maida. Perhaps best described as “a consultant’s consultant,” Neil brings nearly 40 years of casino floor cred to this conversation that puts a sharp focus on changing consumer behavior.
How has the pandemic shifted consumer behavior and the casino floor landscape, and are those changes permanent? What about new technologies like cashless, online gaming, and sports betting? And how do AML and KYC initiatives fit into it all?
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NIGA Chairman Ernest Stevens, Jr. is GLI President/CEO James Maida’s guest for this episode. The Chairman sets a surprisingly personal tone with thought-provoking stories about his journey to becoming Chairman, his family’s long relationship with Washington D.C. and advocacy for Native issues, how his boxing career shapes his approach to strategy, and the lasting influence of his college professors. The Chairman also shares his insights about Indian gaming’s approach to the pandemic, where we go from here, what’s next for new gaming technology, and his hopes for the new Interior Secretary.
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“A true sign of a leader is someone who propels others to be leaders.”
Gaming icon and Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Wynn Resorts, Limited Ellen Whittemore sits down with GLI CEO James Maida in the latest episode of Illuminating Conversations. Ellen is a giant on the gaming industry’s legal scene, and she talks with James about gaming’s legal history, present, and future.
Hear about her landmark work that changed how the global industry considered RNGs and the fairness of gaming devices, her current work at Wynn Resorts, and her take on the future of gaming’s legal landscape. Also hear Ellen talk about her work and larger goals in the areas of leadership, mentoring, diversity, charitable activities, and how her personal north star guides her daily. She is also Chair of the Nevada Resorts Association, member of the Executive Committee of the American Gaming Association, an officer of the International Association of Gaming Advisors, and a member of the Board of Directors of Global Gaming Women.
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Inventor and entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell is GLI CEO James Maida’s guest in the latest episode of Illuminating Conversations. Named one of “50 People Who Changed America” by Newsweek, Nolan has started more than 20 companies, and his inventions read like a technology and pop culture encyclopedia – Atari, Chuck E. Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater, in-car navigation systems, and dozens more.
Listen in as James and Nolan discuss what’s next on the gaming technology landscape including Esports, blockchain, skill-based gaming, and the convergence of land-based and iGaming technologies. When you want to know what’s next in technology, you listen to Nolan Bushnell.
Tune in now for this Illuminating Conversation!
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