“Blockchain is not something you need today. It’s something you need to think about for tomorrow. If you think you need blockchain today, then convince me you found a technology that is good enough to evolve through time.”
—Earle Hall, CEO of AXESnetwork in the keynote address to open the ASEAN Gaming Summit in Manila
“I come from a state, Minas Gerais, where was installed the first casino in Brazil. So more than anything, I maintain that this activity legitimizes, with strong financial controls to avoid any kind of deviation money laundering, that it be re-implanted in Brazil, but with big investments.”
—Newton Cardoso Jr., Brazilian congressman, on why he thinks the country should move to finally legalize casino gaming
“There are examples of problem gambling right in front of us. I don’t want that for Yokohama. We aren’t a town that needs to act so selfishly.”
—Yukio Fujiki, chairman, Yokohama Port Operations, who opposes an integrated resort in the region
“This is necessary for the economic development of Yokohama. I would love to make an IR bid a reality.”
—Takashi Ueno, president, Yokohama Chamber of Commerce & Industry, who takes the pro-IR view
“Let’s join together to form a city council that says NO to casinos.”
—Japanese Communist Party, making clear its position on integrated resorts
“Betting on sports events is currently illegal in the state, but we all know that many people in New Hampshire, and throughout the country, are engaging in sports betting notwithstanding its illegality. This bill will bring much of this activity to the surface where it will be legal and regulated.”
—Richard Ames, New Hampshire representative, commenting on a bill that would legalize sports betting in the Granite State
“I’m comfortable with it in on the properties now, and I’m going to hear the bill. But it would be difficult to imagine a scenario where I, or certainly a large number of people in Indiana, would think it’s a good idea to put mobile out there right now.”
—Rep. Ben Smaltz, an Indiana lawmaker calling for limits on sports betting technology
“During this year’s tournament sports fans are expected to bet 40 percent more than they did on this year’s Super Bowl. Unlike any other sporting event in the country, March Madness attracts millions who fill out brackets, make casual bets with friends or wager at a legal sportsbook, which Americans can now do more than ever before.”
—Bill Miller, president of the American Gaming Association commenting about a sewer predicting wide spread sports betting on March Madness
“It benefits all stakeholders if there is legal, regulated, mobile sports betting in Massachusetts by the start of the football season.”
—James Chisholm of DraftKings, lobbying the Massachusetts legislature in favor of mobile sports betting
