| Welcome to Casino Life... I'm writing this en route to Macau for MGS that promises to be bigger, better, brighter, etc., than last year. In 2014, I only managed G2E Asia so it will be good to compare how MGS stacks up. Back in Ukraine we had our hands full with the Game ON conference which proved successful. The event has woken a lot of people up – not least the Government who were reluctant to attend due to imminent elections but have since opened more dialogue into how the International community can play it's part in building a robust gaming legislation from scratch. To formalize this a Ukraine Gaming Association has been formed – more at www.ukraingamingassociation.com. Back to this issue and Ukraine politicians should be inspired to pop into a JOA casino if they want to see how a proper casino works. Laurent Lassiaz, CEO of Groupe JOA, talks through the company's philosophies, talks about their best games and discusses the acquisition of Casino de Besançon with Damien Connelly. David McKee interviews Jim Simms and Seth Schorr who are striving to create the casino of the future at the Downtown Grand. Read it and you too will pick up on the energy of something different being created. Electronic sports competitions? Now that has got legs - and I'm in. Casino Life was the only gaming magazine represented at the opening of Resorts World Birmingham – and it was a very special night. Peter White reports back on the first new resorts casino in the UK for a generation. Interblock get name checks throughout this edition – plus an interview with John Connelly, Chief Executive Officer at Interblock courtesy of Jack Bulavsky. Meanwhile, one of the stars of the G2E show was Alfastreets Royal Derby. Slick and retro-cool I thought it stood out as a great product and David McKee talked to Ana Zlender to find out more. Someone else who was retro cool at G2E were the Cammegh brothers. Andrew Cammegh talks to Rebecca Green about a very successful G2E 2015. Meanwhile, as we wave goodbye to Sabby Gill its timely that Paul Sculpher provides a two-way look at how casino managers need to be prepared to receive senior managers from outside of the industry – and that casino management skills also transfer outside of the industry – food for thought? Finally Victor H Royer doesn't pull any punches and looks at how and why casinos and manufacturers are throwing away money. Which is where I started... | 
