| Welcome to Casino Life and the end of a terrific year for the publication. The evolution of the magazine has continued with solid features on world-wide casino operators delivered by well-seasoned, experienced, international journalists in the places that matter. Our big news this month is our daily news wire service... just enter your details on the website and we will send you all the gaming news to your inbox.... rather than read it a month later in some gaming magazines. :-)
The big news this month is the six Atlantic City casinos - Borgata, Bally's, Caesars, Tropicana, Trump Plaza, and Trump Taj Mahal - all began their trial period for Internet gambling. People seem to be split as to whether this will be a money-earner or detract from land-based offerings but as Frank Catania reports this issue the demographics of internet gamblers is somewhat different. We'll report back on how the trial fares in the future. Also in this issue Roger Marris, Chief Executive Officer of Ritz Club Casino London; Tracy Cohen, AGEMs European Director explains her role in helping represent European members internationally; Dr. Griffiths has emerged as Britain's chief gambling authority, with his personal blog recently surpassing one million unique visitors so it was long time that Sam Miranda dropped in on him. We look at how Irelands Gaming legislation is developing and Janice Chaka looks deeper into the "Next big thing in HR": Gamification. Meanwhile, Andrea Flynn of AA Casino examines the potential of casinos suffering from "cyber attack" and how it can be prevented. We round off with some pages from the diary of ICE's Rebecca Harris who literally has her sights set on higher ground - we follow her recent charity assault on Mount Kilimanjaro and were proud to be a sponsor. I am currently moderating the Slot Summit in Paris and if you are not there you have missed out on meeting some great speakers and slot manufacturers first hand. If you are there "Bonne Chance!" and I hope to meet you.
Glyn Thomas Editor in Chief | 
