“We certainly think that it is important that Deadwood maintain itself as a competitive gaming destination. We need to have those same game types that other destinations have.”
—Mike Rodman, executive director of the Deadwood Gaming Association, on the need to pass a constitutional amendment allowing sports book in the South Dakota casino town
“The tribes, for the most part, rely on their corporate attorneys and lobbyists, who, for the most part, oblige them by treating them like ATM machines, selling unneeded, unnecessary, and most importantly, unwinnable conflict.”
—Columnist Vincent Oliver, commenting on the politics of gaming in California
“The tribal casinos are warning state government against pursuing competition but the slot-machine tribute they pay actually gives them little leverage. For state government could cut off their traffic any time by surrounding them with casinos in, say, Bridgeport, Hartford, Torrington, Putnam, and New London.”
—Columnist Chris Powell arguing for ending or at least negotiating the exclusivity of tribal gaming in Connecticut
“Welcome to the old Macau at its worst, where operating behind closed doors in the least transparent way possible is the default preference—even when logic dictates otherwise—where seating arrangements and cryptic quotes from second-rank officials at third-rank functions become critical policy rubrics. Macau’s government can, and should, do much better.”
—Muhammad Cohen, Forbes, on dissembling by the Macau government about concession renewals
“The last thing we want is addicts or threatening behavior towards staff. We monitor how much people spend, we have to make everything transparent and aboveboard.”
—Craig Ballantyne, president, City of Dreams Mediterranean, on why there are 400 surveillance cameras at C2 Limassol and 100 at C2 Nicosia
“Although ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations and an unsettled global geopolitical picture could work against the shares in the near term, we see nothing out there at this point capable of tempering our long-term enthusiasm on the name.”
—Steve Wieczynski, Stifel gaming analyst, hailing what he sees as the long-term strength of Sands China
“In the end, there may not be three local governments in Japan that are ultimately able to make an IR bid in the coming year.”
—Asia Gaming Brief, which says only Osaka is suited up and ready to play as an integrated resort contender in Japan
“If you have two casinos in Sydney, it likely makes Melbourne a little less attractive.”
—Donald Carducci, gaming analyst, JP Morgan, who says Crown Barangaroo may cannibalize the company’s interests in Melbourne
