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What Does Your AI Really Know About Your Casino?

AI makes it easy to ask a question. The value comes from everything the system needs to understand before it gives an answer.

Sep 10, 2026

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The Enterprise Value Gap

Nearly everyone is trying AI. Far fewer are seeing material value.

AI adoption has moved faster than enterprise impact.
88%
Regular AI use in at least one business function
39%
Enterprise-level EBIT impact
13%
Significant enterprise-level value

The Work Behind the Answer

A model is only one part of the system.

For casino operators, the surrounding foundation is complex. KPIs vary across slots and tables. Products must be mapped consistently. Player activity spans systems. Historical records change as machines are converted, renamed, and moved.

An internal team may connect a language model to database tables quickly. The larger effort is building and maintaining the casino logic that makes the result complete, consistent, and reviewable.

Where AI implementation effort goes

People & process
20%
10%
70% People & processes
20% Technology & data
10% Algorithms

BCG’s 70-20-10 principle shows why focusing mainly on the model misses most of the implementation challenge. Read the research .

Two Paths From Question to Answer

The data connection is where the paths diverge.

The model can translate a question. The strength of the answer depends on the data, definitions, mappings, and validation behind it.

Typical internal build
Answer may be incomplete
Question
Language model
Available data tables
Answer with gaps
Hard to validate
The query can be technically valid and still miss product relationships, historical mappings, or the correct casino KPI.
Tangam AI Assistant
Operator-ready and reviewable
Question
Language model
Secure Tangam data
Mappings KPI definitions Casino logic
Operator-ready answer
Validate in Tangam
The answer returns with the definitions, filters, and visual context operators need to review the result and continue the analysis.
Governed datasets Queries run against established Tangam data structures.
Minimal context shared Only the information needed to answer the question is sent to the model.
No customer-data training The interaction is stateless, and customer data is not used to train the model.

One Question, Many Dependencies

What it takes to answer a casino question

Tangam AI Assistant gives operators a simpler way to work with the data and analytics already inside Tangam’s platform.

Ask Tangam AI Assistant

Who are my top Dragon Link players who also play tables?

Before the data can produce a reliable answer, the system has to resolve what “Dragon Link,” “top,” and “also play tables” mean inside the property’s data.

Product family Titles, themes, cabinets, and configurations
Historical mapping Conversions, names, moves, and asset records
Player identity The same player across slot and table systems
KPI definitions Coin-in, actual win, theoretical win, visits, or combined value
Casino context Time period, business day, filters, and measures

What does “Dragon Link” mean in the data?

A general-purpose model may recognize Dragon Link as a game family. The property’s systems may store individual themes, cabinet types, manufacturer codes, abbreviations, or internal asset numbers without using the Dragon Link name.

An exact-name search could return only part of the family. The issue grows over time as machines are converted, renamed, moved, or recorded differently.

How does the system know which titles belong?

The game hierarchy has to connect every relevant title and configuration to the right product family, including historical records. If that mapping is incomplete, player activity will be missed and the answer can change depending on the period selected.

The same term can mean something different across the casino.

Table games hold %
Table win ÷ drop
A table games operating measure
Slots hold %
Slot win ÷ coin-in
A slot performance measure
Player value
Defined for the objective
Actual win, theoretical win, visits, or a governed combination

How Tangam brings it together

Tangam’s product hierarchy, historical machine mappings, unified player data, and casino-specific KPI definitions provide the structure behind the answer. Tangam’s established analytics apply the appropriate calculations for slots and tables.

Tangam AI Assistant can identify the complete Dragon Link family, connect each player’s activity across slots and tables, and present the results using definitions the operator already recognizes.

The Operator's View

An answer that can lead to action

The result appears inside Tangam, where the operator can inspect the logic, refine the question, and validate the analysis against the underlying software.

Dragon Link players with table crossover

Ranked using the property’s selected player-value definition and complete product-family mapping.

Complete
slot and table activity in one answer

What the operator receives

A ranked list of crossover players
Dragon Link activity across the complete product family
Preferred table games and frequency of play
Actual and theoretical value across slots and tables
Visible filters and definitions for review
Validate the answer directly in Tangam software
Why was my table games hold % lower last quarter compared with the same period last year?
Which of my highest-value table games players are increasing their slots play?

Twenty Years of Casino Analytics

Built on Tangam’s existing platform

Tangam’s analytics and optimization capabilities long predate generative AI. TYM and SODA use advanced algorithms, property-specific models, and purpose-built recommendation engines to help operators improve table games and slot performance.

Tangam AI Assistant adds natural-language questions, immediate visual answers, custom reporting, and automated distribution. Operators can spend less time compiling and reconciling reports and more time understanding what changed, what drove it, and where to act.

TYM

Table games yield management, including spread planning, game mix, pricing, labor, and live operational decisions.

SODA

Slot optimization and data analytics, including product mix, floor performance, player behavior, and marketing effectiveness.

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What Clients Say About Us

Caesars Entertainment

Melissa Price

SVP of Corporate Gaming

“[Tangam’s] real-time data gives us a deeper insight that allows us to quickly adjust to customer needs, while also establishing new business goals and tracking the success of our strategy.”
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Mohegan Sun

Jeff Hamilton

President and General Manager

“Reporting alone doesn't provide answers. We chose SODA for its highly differentiated offering that provides a clear set of actionable recommendations, which maximize gaming performance and the guest experience.”
View Press Release

Rush Street Gaming

Cliff Ehrlich

Chief Operating Officer

TYM and SODA have demonstrated their value time and again at our properties. By scaling their deployment across our entire portfolio, we are ensuring that all our casinos benefit from the same level of optimization and actionable insights that have already proven successful at Rivers Casino Philadelphia and Rivers Casino Des Plaines.”
View Press Release

Mohegan Sun

Jeff Hamilton

President and General Manager

“Reporting alone doesn't provide answers. We chose SODA for its highly differentiated offering that provides a clear set of actionable recommendations, which maximize gaming performance and the guest experience.”
View Press Release

Mohegan Sun

Jeff Hamilton

President and General Manager

"Extending our partnership with Tangam to our full gaming operation, including tables and slots, was a no-brainer given Tangam's proven track record of business support."
View Press Release

Crown Casino Melbourne

Sean McCreery

Executive General Manager of Table Games

“TYM proved its value to Crown by improving operational efficiency, assisting in delivering both revenue growth and labour efficiencies by helping to ensure the best possible game occupancy and availability for valued patrons.”
View Press Release

Crown Casino Melbourne

Sean McCreery

Executive General Manager of Table Games

“TYM proved its value to Crown by improving operational efficiency, assisting in delivering both revenue growth and labour efficiencies by helping to ensure the best possible game occupancy and availability for valued patrons.”
View Press Release

The Star - Sydney

David Croft

General Manager Product & Strategy

“Due to our ongoing success with Tangam at Sydney, we’re able to deliver the right product at the right time, leading to improvements in efficiency, transparency, decision-making and our bottom line.”
View Press Release
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What Clients Say About Us

Caesars Entertainment

“[Tangam’s] real-time data gives us a deeper insight that allows us to quickly adjust to customer needs, while also establishing new business goals and tracking the success of our strategy.”

Melissa Price

SVP of Corporate Gaming

View Press Release

Mohegan Sun

“Reporting alone doesn't provide answers. We chose SODA for its highly differentiated offering that provides a clear set of actionable recommendations, which maximize gaming performance and the guest experience.”

Jeff Hamilton

President and General Manager

View Press Release

Rush Street Gaming

TYM and SODA have demonstrated their value time and again at our properties. By scaling their deployment across our entire portfolio, we are ensuring that all our casinos benefit from the same level of optimization and actionable insights that have already proven successful at Rivers Casino Philadelphia and Rivers Casino Des Plaines.”

Cliff Ehrlich

Chief Operating Officer

View Press Release

Mohegan Sun

“Reporting alone doesn't provide answers. We chose SODA for its highly differentiated offering that provides a clear set of actionable recommendations, which maximize gaming performance and the guest experience.”

Jeff Hamilton

President and General Manager

View Press Release

Mohegan Sun

"Extending our partnership with Tangam to our full gaming operation, including tables and slots, was a no-brainer given Tangam's proven track record of business support."

Jeff Hamilton

President and General Manager

View Press Release

Crown Casino Melbourne

“TYM proved its value to Crown by improving operational efficiency, assisting in delivering both revenue growth and labour efficiencies by helping to ensure the best possible game occupancy and availability for valued patrons.”

Sean McCreery

Executive General Manager of Table Games

View Press Release

The Star - Sydney

“Due to our ongoing success with Tangam at Sydney, we’re able to deliver the right product at the right time, leading to improvements in efficiency, transparency, decision-making and our bottom line.”

David Croft

General Manager Product & Strategy

View Press Release
Read All Testimonials