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Interview with Buddy Frank, VP, Slot Ops, Pechanga Casino Resort

By Sun, Dec 2, 2007

This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Buddy Frank, the vice president of slot operations for Pechanga Casino on a large purchase of a Bally slot system. Bally Technologies has developed the iVIEW interactive player-communication displays and announced a big deal with the Pechanga Casino Resort at last month's G2E. Frank explains what the system will do for his casino and how it will serve the customers. He also discusses the Class II vs. Class III distinctions in his casino. Frank spoke with Global Gaming Business Publisher Roger Gros at G2E 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Interview with Buddy Frank, VP, Slot Ops, Pechanga Casino Resort

Roger Gros is publisher of Global Gaming Business, the industry's leading gaming trade publication, and all its related publications. Prior to joining Global Gaming Business, Gros was president of Inlet Communications, an independent consulting firm. He was vice president of Casino Journal Publishing Group from 1984-2000, and held virtually every editorial title during his tenure. Gros was editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary and the Atlantic City Insider, and was the founding editor of Casino Player magazine. He was a co-founder of the American Gaming Summit and the Southern Gaming Summit conferences and trade shows. He is the author of the best-selling book, How to Win at Casino Gambling (Carlton Books, 1995), now in its fourth edition. Gros was named "Businessman of the Year" for 1998 by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Gaming Association in 2012.

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