GGB News - February 11, 2019
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 6 • February 11, 2019
COVER STORY:
For Bettors, Bookies, a Super Sleeper
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 6 • February 11, 2019
COVER STORY:
For Bettors, Bookies, a Super Sleeper
FEATURES:
- For Bettors, Bookies, a Super Sleeper
- WEEKLY FEATURE: States Blast DOJ Wire Act Ruling
- Casino Bill Moves To Virginia House
- Japan Wants Big Hotels
- Report: U.S./China Trade War Hurting LVS Shares
- Ho Meets with Cyprus Officials
- Controversial Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act Revived
- AGA: Half of U.S. States Will Turn to Sports Betting in 2019
- Synergy Blue Releases Skill Gaming Report
- New Nevada Gaming Chairwoman Keynote Speaker at UNLV Gaming & Hospitality Education Series
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Nehme Abouzeid, Founder and President, LaunchVegas
GGB News - February 4, 2019
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 5 • February 4, 2019
COVER STORY:
Wynn Punished in Nevada
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 5 • February 4, 2019
COVER STORY:
Wynn Punished in Nevada
FEATURES:
- Wynn Punished in Nevada
- WEEKLY FEATURE: New York Hedge Fund Takes Over Atlantic City’s Ocean Resort
- AGA Survey: 63 Percent of Americans Favor Sports Betting
- Is Pansy the Winner in SJM Fight?
- N.Y. Regulators Draft Rules for Sports Betting
- MGM Closes on Empire Purchase
- Connecticut Tribes Unveil New Casino Name: Tribal Winds
- Paragon Gaming Sells Ownership Stake In Parq Vancouver
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Thinking Outside the Box
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Travis Lunn, President & COO, Beau Rivage
GGB News - January 28, 2019
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 4 • January 28, 2019
COVER STORY:
Ho Dynasty Extended
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 4 • January 28, 2019
COVER STORY:
Ho Dynasty Extended
FEATURES:
- Ho Dynasty Extended
- WEEKLY FEATURE: DOJ Ruling Wires iGaming
- Hedge Funds Circling MGM
- Tokyo: In or Out of IR Race?
- €8 Billion Resort Plan Gains Ground in Greece
- Company Fined for Allowing Underage Online Bets in New Jersey
- Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Opens to Locals
- Everi Solidifies Executive Leadership Team
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Sands Secrets
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Tony Rodio, Chief Executive Officer, Affinity Gaming
GGB News - January 21, 2019
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 3 • January 21, 2019
COVER STORY:
DOJ Short Circuits Online Gaming
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 3 • January 21, 2019
COVER STORY:
DOJ Short Circuits Online Gaming
FEATURES:
- DOJ Short Circuits Online Gaming
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Casinos on the Table in Virginia
- Japan: IR Plans Keep Coming
- Massachusetts Governor Names New Commission Chairwoman
- Second Sochi Casino Open for Business
- Integrity in Gaming Education
- Cuomo: Sports Betting at New York Casinos Only
- Leong Still Cagey About Macau Concessions
- Former Michigan Senator: Veto A Temporary Setback
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Government Oversight
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jonathan Jossel, CEO, Plaza Hotel Casino, Las Vegas
GGB News - January 14, 2019
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 2 • January 14, 2019
COVER STORY:
Atlantic City’s Ocean Ousts Operating Partner
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 2 • January 14, 2019
COVER STORY:
Atlantic City’s Ocean Ousts Operating Partner
FEATURES:
- Atlantic City’s Ocean Ousts Operating Partner
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Sports Betting Surges in New Year
- A Renaissance in Downtown Las Vegas
- Osaka Gets Serious
- MGM Promises Big Boost to Cash Flow
- In Nevada, a New Chief Regulator
- Icahn Caesars Buy Boosts Stock
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: States Surprises?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Charles Cohen, Vice President, PlayDigital Sports Betting, IGT
GGB News - January 7, 2019
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 1 • January 7, 2019
COVER STORY:
Michigan Governor Shoots Down iGaming Bill
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 17 • No. 1 • January 7, 2019
COVER STORY:
Michigan Governor Shoots Down iGaming Bill
FEATURES:
- Michigan Governor Shoots Down iGaming Bill
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Up, Up and Away In Macau
- China Suspends Philippine Tours
- NFL Signs Sponsorship Deal with Caesars Entertainment
- Frissora Staying Put—For Now
- Berman Forms Esports Company
- Albania Ends Most Gaming With New Year
- Blue Whale to Buy Aquis
- Connecticut Mulls Ending Tribal Gaming Monopoly
- SBTech names Isaacs Non-Executive Chairman
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Elaine Hodgson, President & CEO, Incredible Technologies
GGB News - December 24, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 50 • December 24, 2018
COVER STORY:
Feds Take Aim At iGaming & Sports Betting
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 50 • December 24, 2018
COVER STORY:
Feds Take Aim At iGaming & Sports Betting
FEATURES:
- Feds Take Aim At iGaming & Sports Betting
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Okada Indicted in Philippines
- Michigan Passes iGaming
- Washington D.C. Approves Sports Betting
- AGA Officially Names Miller President and CEO
- Sega Sammy: We’ll Take Tokyo
- Israeli Bill Would Define Poker as Sport
- MGC, Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts Near End Game on Lawsuit
- AGS to Acquire Integrity Gaming
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Coal In The Stockings
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Cheryl Moss, Nevada Gambling Court Judge
GGB News - December 17, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 49 • December 17, 2018
COVER STORY:
Report: Bill Miller to Head AGA
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 49 • December 17, 2018
COVER STORY:
Report: Bill Miller to Head AGA
FEATURES:
- Report: Bill Miller to Head AGA
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Greece Moves on Airport Casino
- Jamaica Plans First Casino for 2020
- Osaka to Jumpstart Casino Process
- Aristocrat Cuts Ribbon for Summerlin Campus
- Leadership Changes at Wynn Las Vegas
- Oakland Sues Raiders, NFL Over Move to Vegas
- 888 Acquires All American Poker Network
- 30 Casinos Could Open In Mexican State
- Isaacs Leaving Scientific Games
- Global Gaming Business Names the ’25 People to Watch” For 2019
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Questions About Macau
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Bo Bernhard, Executive Director, UNLV’s International Gaming Institute
GGB News - December 10, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 48 • December 10, 2018
COVER STORY:
Ruffin Purchases Casino Miami
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 48 • December 10, 2018
COVER STORY:
Ruffin Purchases Casino Miami
FEATURES:
- Ruffin Purchases Casino Miami
- First Federal Sports-Betting Bill Surfaces
- New Wynn Chairman Will Plead Their Case
- U.S.-China Ceasefire Helps Casinos
- Former Disney Official Announces Spanish Resort
- Sports Betting in New York: A ‘Done Deal’?
- Off-Track Betting May Return To Virginia With Colonial Downs Revival
- Quapaw Get Nod to Develop Arkansas Casino
- Patent Case Has Big Implications for Slot-Makers
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Brian Decorah, CEO, Snoqualmie Casino
GGB News - December 3, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 47 • December 3, 2018
COVER STORY:
U.S. Sports Betting Moves Forward
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 47 • December 3, 2018
COVER STORY:
U.S. Sports Betting Moves Forward
FEATURES:
- U.S. Sports Betting Moves Forward
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Concern Grows Over Macau’s Concession Process
- Former Centaur Officials Buy Gary Riverboats
- Osaka Wins World Expo
- Rhode Island Opens First New England Sports Book
- Sagi Sells Playtech Stake
- Eldorado Resorts Signs Online Gambling Deal With Stars Group
- Tesuque Casino Opens Next to Santa Fe Opera House
- Hard Rock names Mark Birtha to Head Northern California Venture
- Angel Buys GPI
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Tim Richards, Senior Vice President, Payment Innovations, Everi
GGB News - November 26, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 46 • November 26, 2018
COVER STORY:
Tribes Come Down On California Cardrooms
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 46 • November 26, 2018
COVER STORY:
Tribes Come Down On California Cardrooms
FEATURES:
- Tribes Come Down On California Cardrooms
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Cordish Buying Greenwood Out in Philly
- Brazil Legislature OKs Sports Betting
- Churchill Downs Wins Bidding for New Kentucky Racetrack
- Puerto Rico Legalizes Slots Outside Casinos
- Galaxy Eyes Seven Locales in Japan
- No Recount Needed
- Bahamas Seeks Huge Gaming Tax Increase
- Trump Honors Miriam Adelson
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Is It Time To Panic?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Don DeMarinis, Senior Vice President, Sales, Agilysys
GGB News - November 19, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 45 • November 19, 2018
COVER STORY:
Penn National, VICI Purchase Detroit’s Greektown
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 45 • November 19, 2018
COVER STORY:
Penn National, VICI Purchase Detroit’s Greektown
FEATURES:
- Penn National, VICI Purchase Detroit’s Greektown
- WEEKLY FEATURE: UK FOBT Change Set For April
- Hollywood Casino Takes First Pennsylvania Sports Bets
- No News is Good News
- Ho-Chunk’s Beloit Casino Advances
- Report: Hard Rock Eyes Deal for The Cosmopolitan
- Scientific Games Mulls Social Gaming IPO
- The Importance of a Bad Example
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Continuing Consolidation
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Justin Flanagan, Vice President of Sales, Americas, Questback
GGB News - November 12, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 44 • November 12, 2018
COVER STORY:
Election 2018: Gaming Wins, Loses, Maybes
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 44 • November 12, 2018
COVER STORY:
Election 2018: Gaming Wins, Loses, Maybes
FEATURES:
- Election 2018: Gaming Wins, Loses, Maybes
- WEEKLY FEATURE: MGM Exploring a Deal for Caesars?
- Wynn Sues Wynn
- More Bidders Line Up for Japan
- UK Appoints New Sports Minister
- Caesars Entertainment and the Notorious RBG
- Delaware North Purchases Australian Property
- AGS Appoints Geoff Freeman To Board
- We Are Post-PASPA, Now What?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Max Bichsel, U.S. Director, Kambi
GGB News - November 5, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 43 • November 5, 2018
COVER STORY:
Sports and Gaming… Suddenly, It’s Love
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 43 • November 5, 2018
COVER STORY:
Sports and Gaming… Suddenly, It’s Love
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Voting Counts
- Frissora to Exit Caesars
- UK Announces Online Gambling Tax Increase for October 2019
- Delta Corp. Plans Goa IR—with Conditions
- Will Bolsonaro Support Gaming?
- William Hill Offers $308 Million for Mr Green
- Sochi Casino OK’d, Azov City Zone to Close
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Is Bear Season Over?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Michael Tobin, CEO, Continent 8 Technologies
GGB News - October 27, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 42 • October 27, 2018
COVER STORY:
Full House Rejects Z Capital Offer
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 42 • October 27, 2018
COVER STORY:
Full House Rejects Z Capital Offer
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai Bridge Opens
- Reports: Caesars-Fertitta Merger a No Go
- Is Osaka Suitable for IR?
- U.S. Operators Eye Elliniko
- Numbers Boom at Global Gaming Expo 2018
- Last Word on Boracay Casinos: No
- 90-Day Wonders
- DC, Maryland, Virginia Legislatures May Legalize Sportsbook
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Crash and Burn?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Brooks Pierce, President and COO, Inspired Entertainment
GGB News - October 22, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 41 • October 22, 2018
COVER STORY:
Fertitta Offers Caesars a Merger
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 41 • October 22, 2018
COVER STORY:
Fertitta Offers Caesars a Merger
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Penn National Completes Pinnacle Deal
- Sega Sammy’s Big Japan Plans
- Chubby Checker Honored at Casino Entertainment Awards
- Illinois Hearing Focuses On Sports Betting
- Casinos, Sports Betting Pushed in Virginia
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Riverboat Triumph
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jay Sevigny, President, VGT; and Matt Wilson, Managing Director for the Americas, Aristocrat
GGB News - October 15, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 40 • October 15, 2018
COVER STORY:
Golden Week: Good, Not Great
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 40 • October 15, 2018
COVER STORY:
Golden Week: Good, Not Great
FEATURES:
- Golden Week: Good, Not Great
- WEEKLY FEATURE: G2E Rises Again
- Ireland Expected to Double Gaming Tax
- Melco Launches Studio City IPO, Mulls Philippine Privatization
- AGA Inducts 2018 Gaming Hall of Fame
- Massachusetts Agency Seeks Input on Region C License
- New Jersey Sports Book Revenues Double With Football
- GVC Holdings’s CEO Urges Ad Restraint
- Bobby Baldwin Leaving MGM
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Rahul Sood, President, Unikrn
GGB News - October 8, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 39 • October 8, 2018
COVER STORY:
Third Connecticut Casino Dealt Critical Blow
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 39 • October 8, 2018
COVER STORY:
Third Connecticut Casino Dealt Critical Blow
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: One Year Later
- Mashpees Consider Legal Avenues While Other Bidders Return
- Winners Announced for 17th Annual GGB Gaming & Technology Awards
- Landing Stock Seesaws, Chairman Still MIA
- FTC, Nevada Approves Penn National-Pinnacle Deal
- Clarion Revises ICE Code of Conduct
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: David Patent, CEO, VizExplorer
GGB News - October 1, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 38 • October 1, 2018
COVER STORY:
Sports Betting Comes to Capitol Hill
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 38 • October 1, 2018
COVER STORY:
Sports Betting Comes to Capitol Hill
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Massachusetts Regulatory Chief Crosby Resigns
- California Card Rooms on Notice About Banked Card Games
- Warming Up in Japan
- D.C. Councilman Proposes Sports Betting
- Ontario Open to Toronto Waterfront Casino
- Second ‘Shark’ Joins G2E Incubator
- Gladstone Stepping Down at Ainsworth — Interview with CEO
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Rushing to REITs?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: John English, Partner, Global Market Advisors
GGB News - September 24, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 37 • September 24, 2018
COVER STORY:
MGM Resorts Buys Hard Rock Operations in Ohio
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 37 • September 24, 2018
COVER STORY:
MGM Resorts Buys Hard Rock Operations in Ohio
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Universal to Bid on Japan
- Sports Betting Goes to Congress
- American Gaming Association Announces 2018 Gaming Hall of Fame Honorees
- FanDuel Pays $82K Sports Betting Payout Despite Odds Glitch
- MGM Springfield Roars out of the Gate
- More Operators Looking at Athens
- Macau Weathers the Storm
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Hedging Your Bets
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Mike Rumbolz, President & CEO, Everi
GGB News - September 17, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 36 • September 17, 2018
COVER STORY:
Okada Fights Back
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 36 • September 17, 2018
COVER STORY:
Okada Fights Back
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: BIA Decision Shocks Indian Country
- Mohegans to Run Two Ontario Casinos
- Gilbert Reportedly Mulls Selling Jack Casinos
- Sports Betting Doubles New Jersey with $95 Million Bet in August
- India: The Final Frontier?
- Mariah Carey Launches Her Aristocrat Slot
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Robert Rippee, Director of the Hospitality Lab and Director of the eSports Lab at the International Gaming Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
