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Reflections on a Remarkable Year

VizExplorer's CEO, David Patent, reflects on the remarkable year that was 2021.

December 23, 2021 Las Vegas, NV - 2021 is almost over and it has been an extraordinary twelve months. We began the year still in the throes of COVID with record case levels, but there was hope on the horizon as vaccines were released to the public just a couple of weeks before we rang in the new year. We end the year with COVID headlining the news again, but with life having returned almost to normal for many of us.

 

Gaming revenues surged. Gaming stocks surged then retreated. Cashless solutions and iGaming continue to gain traction. Sports betting continued to grab headlines and is now legal in 26 states plus Washington, DC. We got back to in-person conferences with NIGA in July and continued through G2E in October and SBC in December.

 

For VizExplorer, 2021 was perhaps our best year, and we have our customers and extraordinary team members to thank. We were able to add several new casino customers to the VizExplorer family, released three game-changing new products (with more to come), and several new features and upgrades. As a result, we have never been stronger. We can trace the positive changes at VizExplorer to the mission we set out in 2019 – to be the leading harmonizer of data for the Gaming industry. Our mission is by no means complete but we made great progress because we stuck to these three principles:

  1. Deliver products that drive incredible value to our customers
  2. Make easy-to-use tools for our customers
  3. Support and train our customers like no one else in the industry

One great example is our new VizOnDemand Slot Reporting.

 

VizOnDemand Slot Reporting Graphic- December 2021

 

Now our customers can have virtually any metric at their fingertips with an intuitive interface, drilldowns, trends, and both manufacturer and customer views. Customers can have it on premise or in the Cloud. VizOnDemand Slot Reporting is available on its own or with our revolutionary VizOnDemand Slot Recommendation Engine. Schedule a demo. [Live link].

 

All of our VizOnDemand products install in just a few hours and require virtually no back-end support or troubleshooting. We have come a long way! And there is much more , with another 10-12 products on our roadmap that will cover every major aspect of casino operations as well as Sports Betting and iGaming.

 

We have seen that the industry still needs the fulsome workhorse Enterprise products that we have offered for nearly 10 years now, and we are proud of the advancements we have made with campaignViz, hostViz, and floorViz over the past year and a half.
I look forward to 2022 as another transformational year for the industry and for VizExplorer. We have much to do and are excited to have so many partners on this journey with us.

 

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all!

 

David Patent
CEO
702-285-4000
david.patent@vizexplorer.com

David Patent, CEO

David most recently was the founder and CEO of Patent Enterprises LLC, where he provided analytic insights to gaming operators and slot manufacturers, led a major management turnaround at Jamul Casino in San Diego, and worked on casino development and redevelopment opportunities. Throughout his career in the Gaming industry, David has been an innovator bringing relentless focus on creating great experiences for customers and employees to enhance value creation. An honors graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, David joined the Gaming industry in 2001 after practicing law, serving as a senior consultant for McKinsey & Co., and founding an innovative online startup. David began his Gaming career with Harrah’s Entertainment as Vice President of Slot Revenue Management and later Vice President of Enterprise Gaming, leveraging sophisticated enterprise-wide analytics to improve the Company’s product selection, placement, and pricing, driving over $2B of incremental revenue. David spent several years as a senior operations leader in the Midwest and Las Vegas, guiding the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the Flamingo Casino and Hotel to record revenue and EBITDA during his tenure. David then became a co-founder and President/COO of Rush Street Gaming in 2009, the fastest organically growing domestic gaming company at the time -- opening four new casinos in three years and securing a license for Rivers Casino Schenectady, which opened in 2017. During his tenure, RSG’s properties reached over $1.1B in Net Revenues, enjoyed significant market share premiums, and won hundreds of “Best of Awards”.

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