GGB News - February 26, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 8 • February 26, 2018
COVER STORY:
Japan IR Measures May Scare Investors
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 8 • February 26, 2018
COVER STORY:
Japan IR Measures May Scare Investors
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Sands Sevens Out in Pennsylvania
- Full Speed Ahead, Says New Wynn CEO
- Vote on Brazil Gaming This Week?
- IPI Rejects Bloomberg Claims
- Southern Gaming Summit Announces Keynote Speakers
- No Online Poker Bill Likely in California
- ‘Integrity Fee’ Becoming an Issue in Sports Betting Legalization
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Come Together
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Willy Allison, Owner, World Game Protection Conference
GGB News - February 19, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 7 • February 19, 2018
COVER STORY:
MGM Cotai Opens at Last
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 7 • February 19, 2018
COVER STORY:
MGM Cotai Opens at Last
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Complaints Mount Against Wynn
- Bye-Bye Fontainebleau, Hello Drew
- Myanmar Gives Nod to Casino Gaming
- MLB Supports Legal Sports Betting—With Conditions
- Texas Tribe Must Close Bingo Parlor
- New Jersey Considers Changing Keno-style Lottery Game
- Duetto Closes $80 Million Series D Financing
- Report: Blackstone, Cerberus Among Bidders for Cirsa
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Rating REITs; Northern Exposure
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Vincent Lentini, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President, Affinity Gaming
GGB News - February 12, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 6 • February 12, 2018
COVER STORY:
Wynn Quits His Company
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 6 • February 12, 2018
COVER STORY:
Wynn Quits His Company
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Chinese Gambling Threat to Macau?
- Aristocrat Cleared in Slot Lawsuit
- MGM Cotai to Open this Week
- Scientific Games Launches SG Digital
- IPO for Caesars REIT Outperforms
- Game On in the Catskills
- Las Vegas Sands Advises Brazil
- Connecticut Tribes Say BIA Illegally Blocked Casino
- Hard Rock Announces Online, Social Gaming Partners
- GGB PODCAST: Sally Gainsbury, Deputy Director at Gambling Treatment & Research Clinic, University of Sydney
GGB News - February 5, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 5 • February 5, 2018
COVER STORY:
Florida: Gambling’s Last Gasp
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 5 • February 5, 2018
COVER STORY:
Florida: Gambling’s Last Gasp
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Wynn Resorts in Damage Control
- New Atlantic City Casinos Plan to Join New Jersey Online Gambling Market
- Will MGM Cotai Stall Again?
- Bridgeport Casino Debate Ready to Begin
- ICE to Draw 30,000
- Louisiana Task Force Recommends Riverboat Changes
- Eilers-Fantini: Aristocrat Increased Floor Presence; AGS, Sci Games Up
- Foreshadowing Wynn?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Sean McBurney, General Manager, Caesars Palace
GGB News - January 29, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 4 • January 29, 2018
COVER STORY:
Wynn Implicated as Wynn West Planned
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 4 • January 29, 2018
COVER STORY:
Wynn Implicated as Wynn West Planned
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Angel To Devil For Sports Betting
- Report: UK to Set £2 Betting Limit on FOBTs
- Caesars Eyes Casino at Former Greek Airport
- Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Set to Become a Virgin Hotel
- Yet Another Delay for MGM Cotai
- Gaming Law Education Comes To Central Pennsylvania
- A Mesmerizing MGM Cotai
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: What If?
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Kevin Sheehan, President & CEO, Scientific Games
GGB News - January 22, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 3 • January 22, 2018
COVER STORY:
Four Winds South Bend Opens
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 3 • January 22, 2018
COVER STORY:
Four Winds South Bend Opens
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Caesars REIT Rejects Acquisition Bid by MGM REIT
- Gambling Issue Will Be On Florida Ballot
- AGS Begins Initial Public Offering
- Catskills Megaresort Debuts February 8
- MGM Cotai Could Open with 150 Tables
- A Nice Start
- Czech Company to Seek Control of Casinos Austria
- Caesars Announces Dream Team for Japan
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: The American Dream
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Tracey S. Chernay, Senior Vice President, Global Casino, Gaming and Lottery, TransAct
GGB News - January 15, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 2 • January 15, 2018
COVER STORY:
It’s Only Just Begun: Atlantic City Revel Casino Finally Sold
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 2 • January 15, 2018
COVER STORY:
It’s Only Just Begun: Atlantic City Revel Casino Finally Sold
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Will States Squander Legal Sports Betting?
- Penn Sues Against Mini-Casinos, Then Wins One
- Stan Fulton Passes
- MGM Cotai to Open January 29
- Nevada Board Gives Thumbs-Up to AGS IPO
- Cyprus Projects Big Casino Returns
- Supreme Court Lets Massachusetts Tribal Casino Go Forward
- First Female Chair Named in Nevada
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Bulls Are Slowing?
- GGB PODCAST: Anika Howard, Sr. Director for Product Marketing for Mobile, PlaySpot, and North American Sportsbetting, IGT
GGB News - January 8, 2018
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 1 • January 8, 2018
COVER STORY:
Struggling Lucky Dragon Closes Casino
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 16 • No. 1 • January 8, 2018
COVER STORY:
Struggling Lucky Dragon Closes Casino
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Macau Ends Losing Streak
- NYX Deal Done
- Caesars REIT To Go Public
- Nepal Tiger Casino Opens
- Massachusetts Tribe Closes Casino Office
- GGB Magazine Launches the UNLV Gaming & Hospitality Education Series
- Baha Mar Founder Sues Chinese Contractor
- New Jersey’s Brendan Byrne Dies
- Russia Backs Off Casino Tax
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Todd Cravens, Chief Executive Officer, Galaxy Gaming
GGB News - December 25, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 101 • December 25, 2017
COVER STORY:
Three Way Deal Links Penn, Pinnacle and Boyd
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 101 • December 25, 2017
COVER STORY:
Three Way Deal Links Penn, Pinnacle and Boyd
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Fun in Florida?
- GVC Completes Deal for Ladbrokes Coral
- China Reinstates Korea Gambling Ban; Locals Casino Stressed
- Oz Gambling Losses Raise Concerns
- New Jersey’s Pallone Introduces PASPA Repeal
- Ho Dumps Summit Ascent Stake
- Great Canadian to Operate Greater Toronto ‘Bundle’
- The Skill Dilemma
- GGB Magazine Announces 25 People to Watch for 2018
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Regional Roundup
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Geoff Freeman, President & CEO, American Gaming Association
GGB News - December 18, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 100 • December 18, 2017
COVER STORY:
Japan Addiction Bill Pushed to 2018
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 100 • December 18, 2017
COVER STORY:
Japan Addiction Bill Pushed to 2018
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Tribes OK to Compete for Bridgeport
- Brazilian Gaming Law Vote Scheduled
- Resorts Race to Open in ’18
- New Owner Could Reopen Revel Atlantic City Casino in May
- Control Board’s Burnett Calls It Quits
- Michigan Reviewing Online Gambling, Sports Betting
- Greece May Add Three Casinos
- Sarah Harrison to Leave UK Gambling Commission
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Northern Lights
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Blake Sartini II, Senior Vice President of Distributed Gaming, Golden Entertainment Inc.
GGB News - December 11, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 99 • December 11, 2017
COVER STORY:
Hope for Sports Betting at SCOTUS
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 99 • December 11, 2017
COVER STORY:
Hope for Sports Betting at SCOTUS
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Talks Heat Up in GVC/Ladbrokes Coral Deal
- Bermuda Enters Third World of Gaming Regulations
- Scientific Games, William Hill End Dispute
- Brazil Bump
- Macau GGR Hits $2.9 Billion in November
- Penn National-Pinnacle Merger Could Result in Sales
- New Jersey Racetracks Ready to Cash In on iGaming
- Graham, Feinstein Make New RAWA Push
- Hopis The Last to Sign
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Andrew Tottenham, Founder, Tottenham & Co.
GGB News - December 4, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 98 • December 4, 2017
COVER STORY:
Aristocrat Hooks Big Fish
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 98 • December 4, 2017
COVER STORY:
Aristocrat Hooks Big Fish
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Bill Would Make PAGCOR ‘Purely Regulatory’
- Melco Introduces Japanese Concept
- Penn, Pinnacle Talk Deal
- Sports Betting Battle Begins
- Novomatic-Ainsworth Sale Nears Completion
- Support Grows for Third Connecticut Casino
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Something Fishy
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jeff Hartmann, CEO, The Hartmann Group
GGB News - November 27, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 97 • November 27, 2017
COVER STORY:
Scientific Games Tries End Run For NYX Shares
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 97 • November 27, 2017
COVER STORY:
Scientific Games Tries End Run For NYX Shares
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: ‘Loot Boxes’ Become Problem For Vid Games
- List of Japan IR Hopefuls Grows
- Laguna Misses Eldorado/Isle Deadline
- Hope Remains For Skill-based Gaming Machines
- Caixa Seeks Regulatory Role
- Mississippi Lottery May Finally Be Approved
- Mohegans Delay Korean Casino Groundbreaking
- Adelson Misses Party in Macau
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Diversification Dreams
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Ramesh Srinivasan, President & CEO, Agilysys
GGB News - November 20, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 96 • November 20, 2017
COVER STORY:
Caesars Buying Two Indiana Racinos
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 96 • November 20, 2017
COVER STORY:
Caesars Buying Two Indiana Racinos
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Stakeholders Align Ahead of Sports Betting Case
- Regulator Steps Down In Bermuda to Retain Integrity of Commission
- Another Squeeze for Macau VIPs?
- FinCEN Slams California Card Club With Huge Fine
- N.Y. Eyes Sports Betting; Questions Slumping Results for New Casinos
- Brazil Has ‘Necessary Votes’ to Pass Casino Gaming Law
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Lou DeGregorio, Founder and President, Shark Trap Gaming & Security Systems
GGB News - November 13, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 95 • November 13, 2017
COVER STORY:
Vietnam Locals Trial to Launch December 1
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 95 • November 13, 2017
COVER STORY:
Vietnam Locals Trial to Launch December 1
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Pennsylvania Assesses New Law
- Wilmott Named Chairman of AGA
- Maine Casino Measure Buried; Atlantic City Gets New Mayor
- Primorye Casino Zone Could Double Taxes
- Baha Mar Gets Into Gear
- Singapore VIP Up in 2017
- Solicitor General Asks for Time at SCOTUS Sports-Betting Case
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Gushing Again
- GGB PODCAST: Jon Hanlin, Vice President of Commercial Strategy – Gaming Operations, Aristocrat Technologies
GGB News - November 6, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 94 • November 6, 2017
COVER STORY:
Kinmen Votes Down Casinos
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 94 • November 6, 2017
COVER STORY:
Kinmen Votes Down Casinos
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Pennsylvania Gaming Expansion Signed Into Law
- MGM to Invest $9 Billion in Osaka IR
- Wynn Ready to Build Paradise Park
- Sands Plans $1 Billion Remodel on Cotai
- The Scourge of Golf Betting
- Bermuda Lawmaker Queried on Gaming Chairman
- UK Announces Changes to FOBT Rules are Coming, but Calls for Public Comment
- Blast from the Past
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Seth Young, Director of Online Gaming, Foxwoods Resort Casino
GGB News - October 30, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 93 • October 30, 2017
COVER STORY:
Pennsylvania Passes Huge Gaming Expansion
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 93 • October 30, 2017
COVER STORY:
Pennsylvania Passes Huge Gaming Expansion
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Abe Win Spurs Casino Hopes
- Brazil Casino Vote in November, Says Key Lawmaker
- Big Plans for a Rebuilt Caesars
- Kinmen Island to Vote on Casinos
- Bermuda Tourism Minister Seeks to Oust Gaming Commission Chairman
- Trump Administration Not Pushing Rule Tribes Support
- Tech Billionaire Buys Cal Neva
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: All Grown Up
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Eric Persson, President & COO, Aruze Gaming
GGB News - October 23, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 92 • October 23, 2017
COVER STORY:
Share & Share Alike
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 92 • October 23, 2017
COVER STORY:
Share & Share Alike
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: A New Day for Caesars
- First Alaska Native Nominated to Head BIA
- Leagues File Brief in Sports Betting Case; NJ Prepares for Success
- Vegas Searches for Normalcy
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken?
- Study Touts Tribal Gaming’s Economic Impact
- Explosive Charges against Crown
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Let The Quarter Begin
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Kathy George, CEO, Firekeepers Hotel & Casino
GGB News - October 15, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 91 • October 15, 2017
COVER STORY:
Golden Week Tarnished
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 91 • October 15, 2017
COVER STORY:
Golden Week Tarnished
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Aftermath in Vegas
- Penn National, Pinnacle Talk Merger
- Genting, Melco All in for Japan
- G2E 2017: Evaluating the Skill-Based Games
- GVC-Ladbrokes Coral Merger Close to Complete
- Supreme Court Sets December Hearing on New Jersey Sports Betting Case
- Trump Administration Discouraging Off-Reservation Casinos
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: The Beat Goes On
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Martin Storm, President & CEO, BMM Testlabs
GGB News - October 8, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 90 • October 8, 2017
COVER STORY:
Death in Vegas
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 90 • October 8, 2017
COVER STORY:
Death in Vegas
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Caesars Back in the Game
- G2E: Gravitas and Innovation
- Colorado-based Company Named as Potential Revel Atlantic City Buyer
- Sands, Melco Actively Court Japan
- Vancouver’s New Parq Casino Gets Big Welcome
- Genting to Sell Maxims in London
- Gros, Meitzler Win AGEM Awards
- Oklahoma Tribes File Lawsuit Over PokerTribes.com
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: IGT CEO North America Gaming & Interactive Renato Ascoli
GGB News - October 2, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 89 • October 2, 2017
COVER STORY:
Parq Vancouver Opens
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 89 • October 2, 2017
COVER STORY:
Parq Vancouver Opens
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Sports Betting Goes Live on Capitol Hill
- UK Bookie Backs Curbs on FOBT Bets
- Big and Bigger in Brazil
- Magic Johnson to Speak at G2E
- Prof: Japan Never Planned to Pass IR Bill in ‘17
- Pamunkey Tribe Receives Federal Recognition
- Kentucky Legislators Float Casino Bill
- Hato Damage Pushes Back MGM Cotai Opening
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Your Show of Shows
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: David Schwartz, Director, Center for Gaming Research, University of Nevada Las Vegas
GGB News - September 25, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 88 • September 25, 2017
COVER STORY:
MGM Doubles Down in Connecticut
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 88 • September 25, 2017
COVER STORY:
MGM Doubles Down in Connecticut
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Scientific Games Buys NYX Gaming
- The Lion’s New Roar
- AGA Announces Gaming Hall of Fame Class of 2017
- NRT, Sightline to Merge
- Oh, Snap! Japan Casino Legislation Deferred Until 2018
- GGB Magazine Releases Its 2018 Class of ‘40 Under 40’
- Tabcorp-Tatts Merger Stalls Again
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: On With The Show
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Bill Boasberg, General Manager, MGM National Harbor
GGB News - September 18, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 87 • September 18, 2017
COVER STORY:
MGM Seeks Japanese Partners
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 87 • September 18, 2017
COVER STORY:
MGM Seeks Japanese Partners
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Irma Blasts Casinos
- Australian Lawsuit Claims Slot Design Deceptive
- PAGCOR To Sell Off 17 Casinos
- Deal for Revel?
- Michigan Lawmaker Proposes Online Gambling
- Nooksack Tribe Agrees to Special Election
- New York: Senecas Violate Compacts
- Gateway Weighing IPO Or Sale
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian
GGB News - September 4, 2017
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 85 • September 4, 2017
COVER STORY:
Fontainebleau Bought for $600 Million
FEATURES:
Issue: Vol. 15 • No. 85 • September 4, 2017
COVER STORY:
Fontainebleau Bought for $600 Million
FEATURES:
- WEEKLY FEATURE: Storms Rattle Industry
- Where, Oh Where Will Japan IRs Go?
- Shelter From The Storm
- For the New Caesars, Only Two States to Go
- Four Winds Will Be A Game-Changer
- FANTINI’S FINANCE: Calm After the Storm
- GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Kevin Ortzman, Regional President, Atlantic City, Caesars Entertainment