I don’t think casinos shave due to conference time.
I think there could be issues here.
1) the drop of ppc’s are just now starting to show in profits.
2) strong summer months and now a bit of a slow down
3) the hurricanes lately could also be effecting players not purchasing as much ” at least in the eastern states”
With Microgaming I have noticed when progressives are low the players seem to not play as much.. When Major Millions hits high numbers the players are more active. ( just something I have noticed ) If you remember May, June and July Major Millions was huge. Right now Major Millions is not that big.. These are trends I notice.
This is just my opinion.