Vol. 7 • No. 19 • May 25, 2009 - Print This Issue
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Vol. 7 • No. 19 • May 25, 2009, Featured Articles
WEEKLY FEATURE: A Call To Arms
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.
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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.
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Ukraine Casinos Go Dark
The parliament of Ukraine has voted to ban all gaming except lotteries and ordered the administration to draw up a plan to remove all gaming from the cities to not yet designated gambling zones, including the Casino Chance in Lviv, Ukraine (l.).
Gaming Reform Eyed In Bahamas
Reform chairman and former PM say Bahamas could reap million if it “regularizes” gaming industry and gives all Bahamians access to casinos, including the spectacular Atlantis on Paradise Island.
Senecas, Rotate Black “Ready To Go” On $1.3B Catskills Resort
Despite contradictory reports about available credit, Seneca Chairman Barry Snyder (l.) says the new resort will help revitalize New York’s Catskill Mountains as a tourist mecca.
MGM Mirage Completes Restructuring
Stock sale and private notes raise $2.6 billion, but company might not be in clear yet, as Kirk Kerkorian (l.) yields majority ownership.
FANTINI’S FINANCE: Conventional Wisdom
The grind of the recession has gotten down to the value of gaming companies and how to determine which companies will likely gain value in upcoming months.
Risk Taking Conference Slated For This Week In Lake Tahoe
One of the industry’s most fascinating conferences, held just once every three years, will debut this week in Lake Tahoe, featuring a wide variety of subjects and speakers.