{"id":945,"date":"2016-10-07T09:26:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.150.1.23\/secure\/?post_type=product&#038;p=945"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:36:31","slug":"essentials-of-casino-game-design","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/products\/essentials-of-casino-game-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Essentials of Casino Game Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Essentials-Casino-Game-Design-Cocktail\/dp\/1935396722\/ref=sr_1_51?dchild=1&amp;m=A3H1NUNUBF0EOR&amp;marketplaceID=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;qid=1598033574&amp;s=merchant-items&amp;sr=1-51&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=huntingtonpre-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;linkId=06c94413a0128b4997f2645bbfed7bf4&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Amazon_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id1171251713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/iBooks_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<th><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-essentials-of-casino-game-design-dan-lubin\/1125054963?ean=2940156846405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-609763 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nook_button1.png?resize=100%2C30&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"100\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>The Essentials of Casino Game Design<\/i> is the only handbook in existence in which the real-world techniques of creating casino games are revealed and explained in detail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Author Dan Lubin cracked the game-developer code with EZ Pai Gow, which garnered hundreds of installs in U.S. casinos. He then worked as a designer and manager for the world&#8217;s largest independent distributor of table games, where he evaluated, acquired, and helped develop some of today&#8217;s most popular pit games and side bets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Aside from an in-depth and comprehensive discussion on discovering the must-have &#8220;humdinger,&#8221;\u00a0<i>The Essentials of Casino Game Design<\/i> covers all the hot-button areas of this process:<br \/>\n\u2022 how much you can make and what it will cost<br \/>\n\u2022 patent protection<br \/>\n\u2022 strategy determination and the &#8220;Poker-Eye Effect&#8221;<br \/>\n\u2022 game protection<br \/>\n\u2022 developing a successful side bet<br \/>\n\u2022 technical writing and the regulatory-approval process<br \/>\n\u2022 the independent mathematician and Gaming-approval math labs<br \/>\n\u2022 distributor negotiation and contract considerations<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Plus, the extensive section on marketing a new game provides &#8220;rack-card&#8221; examples with abbreviated basic strategies for more than 20 of the new breed of table games, including Blackjack Switch, Freebet Blackjack, and Ultimate Texas Hold &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The journey from the cocktail napkin to the casino floor is fraught with pitfalls and potholes. It&#8217;s a long-odds endeavor that requires acumen, persistence, and capital, but also yields the possibility of a monster payoff. <i>The Essentials of Casino Game Design<\/i> maps out the path that will save you time and money in the pursuit of this elusive, but attainable, pot of gold.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Click to read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/EssentialsSample.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>The Essentials of Casino Game Design<\/u><\/strong><\/a> Table of Contents and read an excerpt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<table class=\"bios\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>DAN LUBIN <\/strong>was a programmer and designer of mainframe-computer systems for 20 years, before making an abrupt career change and relocating to Las Vegas to become a table-games dealer. He parlayed his experience as a programmer and dealer to review submissions of new table games for DEQ Systems, a global provider of gaming technology.<br \/>\nFrom there, he became the in-house designer of table games for Galaxy Gaming, developing Three Card Prime, Heads Up Hold &#8217;em, Three Card Double Play, Four Card Frenzy, and Cajun Stud, among others. His most successful table game has been the highly popular EZ Pai Gow. He lives in Las Vegas.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only manual in existence for designing, developing, marketing, and safeguarding a new casino table game, so that you can hit the jackpot by getting it installed on the floors of casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_cat":[8,52,1918,378],"product_tag":[154,149,199,240,241,152,195,554],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}