“We have always been proud of the Ukrainian roots of our company, and in these difficult times we are even more overwhelmed by love for our native country. We strongly condemn the military aggression against Ukraine and try to do everything possible to help Ukraine.”
—Parimatch, a casino company based in Cyprus but founded by a native of Kyiv, on the company’s withdrawal from business with the Russian Federation
“We do not wish to provide any sports data and livescores for competitions organized by countries that just savagely assaulted other nations or helped in this process.”
—Statscore, data provider for betting companies, announcing it will stop compiling and sharing data from Russian and Belarusian sports
“The gaming industry can represent a good template for other companies to follow … Whether it’s greenhouse gases, water pollution or plastic pollution, they should measure those and be very transparent in terms of how they’re controlling it, reducing it and complying with the standards required by relevant regulators.”
—Vincent Mossfield, risk management expert, on how Macau gaming operators can cooperate with the Chinese government to meet environmental goals
“If we’re coming in and telling people we’re so excited about this business and that we think there’s tons of room for growth, everyone should be able to think like owners. It’s an example of good corporate governance.”
—Erin Clark, spokeswoman, Apollo Global Management, announcing an “equity-like” revenue-sharing agreement for Venetian Las Vegas employees
“We’ve seen how certain provinces view Macau as being so close to Hong Kong and therefore the Covid outbreak in Hong Kong somehow would affect Macau… Honestly I don’t have a lot of hope that group tours or e-visas are going to be normalized before the Hong Kong-China corridor—meaning the Hong Kong-Macau corridor—will be open.”
—Lawrence Ho, chairman and CEO, Melco Resorts & Entertainment, on the continuing threat of Covid-19 in Hong Kong and its impact on Macau
“You unfathomable idiots. Your plan to legalize sports betting in Missouri applies to wagers on Missouri pro teams and nothing else? And no prop betting? This is easily the dumbest state in the union, I swear.”
—@bschaeffer12, Twitter user, clearly displeased with limits on sports betting in Missouri
“How good is it for Kalgoorlie, 250 smiling faces. This is just going to change the town. It’s awesome.”
—Kevin Parkes, Kalgoorlie, Australia retailer, who sold a winning $91.3 million Powerball ticket to a Facebook pool called “Goldfields, let’s pay our mortgages”
“All signs suggest that China is not yet at the point where it is ready to live with Covid-19.”
—Bernstein Research analysts on China’s zero-tolerance Covid policy, adding that it’s only “a matter of time” before the mainland faces an Omicron outbreak
“Maybe New York is important enough that (sportsbooks) will lose money there, but then make it up somewhere else in the country.”
—Ulrik Boesen, policy analyst, on why sportsbooks state would accept losing money as a result of high promotion costs
“These aren’t the people going to the Strip trying to relive ‘The Hangover’ movie.”
—Anna Olin, ZLife Development, on the target audience for the new English Hotel in Las Vegas
