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WEEKLY FEATURE: A Call To Arms
Fri, May 22, 2009
The East Coast Gaming Congress focuses on Atlantic City, and the challenges the city faces in the near term to meet increasing competition, while offering cautious optimism on the industry at large.
Vol. 10 • No. 19 • May 14, 2012 - Print This Issue
Frank Legato
Frank Legato is editor of Global Gaming Business magazines. He has been writing on gaming topics since 1984, when he launched and served as editor of Casino Gaming magazine. Legato, a nationally recognized expert on slot machines, has served as editor and reporter for a variety of gaming publications, including Public Gaming, IGWB, Casino Journal, Casino Player, Strictly Slots and Atlantic City Insider. He has an B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in communications from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of the humor book How To Win Millions Playing Slot Machines... Or Lose Trying, and a coffee table book on Atlantic City, Atlantic City: In Living Color.
G4 Organic Line at New Mallorca Club
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Slovenian producer Interblock has teamed with Spanish arcade operator and distributor Dosniha to create a new, upscale experience—and a showcase for its Organic line of gaming devices.
Consistency Key to E.U. Court Opinions
Fri, Mar 05, 2010
E.U. nations that have elected to maintain gaming monopolies have been fairly well supported by recent opinions from E.U. Court of Justice attorney generals. That support is expected to continue for now, but only if the governments involved treat all competitors the same.
WEEKLY FEATURE: Eastern Attitude
Fri, May 28, 2010
The East Coast Gaming Congress calls for private-sector cooperation and public-sector marketing to bring industry out of recession. Speakers focus on Atlantic City, Pennsylvania, Ohio and New England, as well as the overall health of the industry.
WEEKLY FEATURE: PAGCOR Going Private?
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
Philippine businessman offers $10 billion for the PAGCOR casinos, as the nation’s new president, Benigno Aquino III, ponders the sins of the previous administration and the privatization of the federally owned corporation. PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Cristino L. Naguiat, Jr. (l.) is currently investigating licenses and contracts entered into in the past 10 years.
Australia’s Tabcorp Shifts Focus to Casinos
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
Australian gaming concern Tabcorp and CEO Elmer Funke Kupper (l.) seem intent on making the best of a bad situation. Facing the loss of non-casino slot revenue after 2012, the multi-sector operator is focusing on its casino business.
WEEKLY FEATURE: Illinois Video Poker Delayed
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
Illinois regulators scrap a contract awarded to Scientific Games for a statewide system to monitor video poker in bars after a challenge from a rival bidder.
WEEKLY FEATURE: Mall Melee
Fri, Oct 15, 2010
Representatives from both sides of the issue clash in a debate over a slot casino adjacent to a mall in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Cordish project (l.) would also bring in some of the top restaurateurs in the country.
WEEKLY FEATURE: Solid ICE
Sun, Jan 30, 2011
Thousands of visitors toured the exhibits of the ICE Totally Gaming trade show in London, Europe’s largest casino industry trade event, with new conference content and expanded i-gaming exhibitors. Casino Technology pulled off the coup of the show, announcing a partnership with Penthouse magazine. CT Chairman Milos Borrisov (l.) is joined by Penthouse executive Jeff Stoller and some of the Penthouse Pets.
WEEKLY FEATURE: State of the East
Sun, May 29, 2011
The 15th annual East Coast Gaming Congress examines an industry poised to begin recovery after years of recessionary woes. Issues discussed impact jurisdictions from Massachusetts to Florida and New Jersey to Ohio. (View video of ECGC at end of article).
GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Tim Wilmott, President and COO, Penn National Gaming
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast wraps up a two-part series with an interview with Tim Wilmott, the president and COO of Penn National Gaming on how he brought his Harrah’s experience to bear on the company to direct its impressive growth.