The rollout of smart tables by Macau gaming operators over the next six to nine months will put concessionaires on a more even playing field and lead to both operational and marketing capability improvements, brokerage Seaport pointed out.

The adoption of smart table technology is transforming the casino landscape, providing unprecedented benefits in security, fraud prevention, and player tracking, technology suppliers indicated.

By the end of 2025, it is expected that all major properties in Macau, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand will adopt some form of smart table technology, primarily for Baccarat due to its implementation ease compared to other games, gaming analytics expert David Croft told AGB.

Walker Digital Table System's PJM3.0 RFID solutions power gaming chips, table games, and casino cage locations at the Las Vegas Strip’s newest resort, Genting’s Resorts World Las Vegas. 

Walker Digital Table Systems has announced a $35 million strategic investment by Beach Point Capital Management, a multi-billion dollar investment manager with a sizable portfolio in the casino gaming industry.

The casino industry is undergoing a significant transformation due to the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), spearheading innovations in gaming experiences, security measures, and personalized services, according to a tech researcher.

The second day of the 2024 ASEAN Gaming Summit ended with another highly anticipated edition of the Asia Gaming Awards. Among the awards bestowed over the...

Maximizing the revenue generated from every customer trip is more important now than ever with continuing travel restrictions and the possibility of future casino closures. This is a challenge in table games with their traditionally high operating costs and resulting narrow margins. The Perfect Pay Baccarat platform targets the specific challenges of the table games operating environment to enable every table to generate more win and ensure that more of that win becomes bottom-line revenue. 

WDTS’s Perfect Pay Baccarat was presented as a case study in successful innovation in the gaming space by Han Tian, MGM China’s Senior Vice President of Gaming Operations and Strategic Marketing at a seminar hosted by Professor Wang Changbin, Director of the Centre for Gaming and Tourism Studies at the Macau Polytechnic Institute. 

Analysts at Morgan Stanley are upbeat about the future of Macau post covid, saying the gambling hub will come back stronger than before due to lower expenses and a better operating mix. Though that future is a little hard to imagine at this moment, as Macau has just announced a further tightening of restrictions of travellers coming from China by air.