“The Senate is missing the boat in terms of not considering the time frame to implement this. You can’t pass iGaming and the next day collect $300 million.”
— Ron Watson, Maryland senator who backs iGaming in the state, on inaction on proposed legislation by his colleagues in the Senate
“Even if overseas casinos are legally opened, cross-border gambling by Chinese citizens is suspected of violating the laws of our country.”
— Chinese Embassy , in Singapore, in a “solemn reminder” to its citizens that they may not legally gamble in the city’s two casinos
“If Singapore doesn’t expand, they will plateau. Don’t be surprised if next year we surpass them.”
— Alejandro Tengco, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., who expects his market to soon overtake Singapore as the second largest gaming hub after Macau
“What has to happen here is that we literally get into the ground with pylons.”
— Bill Hornbuckle, president and CEO, MGM Resorts International, on the development timeline for the firm’s planned integrated resort in Osaka, Japan
“When you hear the fearmongering of cannibalization and loss of jobs from internet gaming, I have 12 years of data in New Jersey showing it isn’t true. Online gaming doesn’t cannibalize brick-and-mortar casinos and it doesn’t hurt casino jobs.”
— David Rebuck, outgoing director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, commenting to PlayUSA on misconceptions that online casinos cannibalize revenues of brick-and-mortar properties
