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Vol. 22 • No. 49 • December 20, 2024Print the Current Issue

Author: Frank Legato

Frank Legato is editor of Global Gaming Business magazine. He has been writing on gaming topics since 1984, when he launched and served as editor of Casino Gaming magazine. Legato, a nationally recognized expert on slot machines, has served as editor and reporter for a variety of gaming publications, including Public Gaming, IGWB, Casino Journal, Casino Player, Strictly Slots and Atlantic City Insider. He has an B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in communications from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of the humor book How To Win Millions Playing Slot Machines... Or Lose Trying, and a coffee table book on Atlantic City, Atlantic City: In Living Color.

Road Show Rules

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Published October 19, 2020

PA Lawmakers Hear Testimony on Skill Games, VGTs

A committee of the Pennsylvania state House heard testimony at a public hearing on the legalization of so-called “skill games” (l.) and an expansion of the video gaming terminal...

Published October 19, 2020

In Pursuit of VGTs

Novomatic Americas joins other route suppliers of video gaming terminals in a push to legalize distributed gaming in new states, as state and local governments seek to make up...

Published October 12, 2020

Eilers & Krejcik Invests in AI

Eilers & Krejcik Gaming has made a strategic investment in software provider Gaming Analytics, and in the emerging technology of artificial intelligence.

Published august 24, 2020

Cordish Companies: Betting Big on PA

Cordish Companies’ Stadium Casino subsidiary is forging ahead with projects in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, with both on target despite Covid-19 shutdowns. Joseph Billhimer (l.), senior vice president of Pennsylvania...

Published July 27, 2020

Free Rounds for Jersey

The online sites of New Jersey’s Golden Nugget, Resorts and other operators are offering Free Rounds, a mainstay of traditional casino slot clubs, brought online as part of an...

Published July 27, 2020

Forging Ahead

Despite the pandemic, Twin River Worldwide Holdings continues to grow its footprint by seizing opportunities as they arise. And one of its biggest coups so far has been buying...

Published July 13, 2020

WSOP Makes History With World’s Biggest Online Tourney

With its normal live summer events canceled due to the pandemic, the World Series of Poker is making up for it with the largest event in the history of...

Published July 13, 2020

Ocean View: Atlantic City CEO Details Long-term Survival Plan

Ocean Casino Resort has emerged from the shutdown with optimism for the future in a newly revived North Beach section of Atlantic City. CEO Terry Glebocki explains how her...

Published June 29, 2020

Delaware Park Revival

Delaware Park reopened the First State’s most strategically located racino to brisk business under restrictive conditions, with a plan that took care of employees while avoiding additional debt. Delaware...

Published June 15, 2020

Eyes on the Prize

UNLV’s Lee School of Business is looking to foster innovative products to help casinos reopen safely, and is putting up $1 million for grants to enable quick development of...

Published April 27, 2020

ICE Goes Digital

ICE North America Digital is gathering steam as the industry finds ways to connect, learn and network outside the physical gatherings of a normal trade conference. GGB News spoke...

Published April 20, 2020

Staying Loyal

Operators are letting their best customers know that loyalty runs both ways, freezing player’s club benefits until the industry reopens. “It’s critical that we keep communication open during these...

Published April 20, 2020

High Heat, Free Bets at Hard Rock

Hard Rock Atlantic City is keeping its online sports customers engaged with the “Hard Rock Heat Streak.”

Published April 13, 2020

‘Skill Games’ Still Live, In Defiance of Shutdown

In several states, unregulated “skill games” are still up and running, despite the nationwide coronavirus shutdown.

Published March 30, 2020

Virtual Companion In a Sportless World

With real sports idle and bettors around the world looking for action, Inspired Entertainment’s Virtual Sports is booming.

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Suppliers Face Covid-19 Fallout

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Published March 23, 2020

PA Lockdown

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Maryland Shutdown

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Published March 9, 2020

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