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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
High Heat, Free Bets at Hard Rock
Hard Rock Atlantic City is keeping its online sports customers engaged with the “Hard Rock Heat Streak.”
‘Skill Games’ Still Live, In Defiance of Shutdown
In several states, unregulated “skill games” are still up and running, despite the nationwide coronavirus shutdown.
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.
Suppliers Face Covid-19 Fallout
As the industry shuts down, leaders of the supply sector, including Marcus Prater (l.) of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, want to ensure lawmakers include them in government...
PA Lockdown
Pennsylvania regulators have order all casinos to close, but most were already in the process of suspending operations voluntarily to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. Valley Forge Casino Resort...
Maryland Shutdown
Governor Larry Hogan (l.) ordered all of the state’s casinos, racetracks and off-track betting parlors to shut down indefinitely in response to the coronavirus crisis.
In Atlantic City, A Sports Betting Snapshot
The first Sports Innovation Meetup (l.), held last week at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, examined the nascent world of legal U.S. sports betting, with an eye to educating...
Best of the Best: 2020 E&K Gaming Slot Awards
Aristocrat again dominated the field in the second Eilers & Krejcik Gaming Slot Awards, held last week at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Aristocrat won the top award of...
‘Enough is Enough:’ Industry Targets Unregulated Machines
The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers has joined forces with the American Gaming Association in a campaign to stamp out unregulated gaming machines posing as “skill games” (l.). The...
‘Next Big Thing:’ Hard Rock AC Debuts ‘Live Slots’
In what’s being plugged as the “next big thing” in online gaming, Hard Rock Atlantic City has launched “Live Slots,” a lineup of physical slot machines that can be...
Rhode Island’s Twin River Continues Explosive Growth
Twin River Worldwide Holdings continues an aggressive expansion mode that soon will see the Rhode Island-based company operate 10 gaming properties in four states. “We’re still in a heavy...
AC Mayor Promises Trump Plaza Will Come Down
Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. said the city is negotiating with Carl Icahn, owner of the shuttered Trump Plaza (l.), to demolish the abandoned property, and that the...
Hard Rock’s Allen Awards AC Employees, Blasts City & State
Hard Rock International Chairman Jim Allen (l.) led an “Employee Town Hall” to show appreciation for the employees of Hard Rock Atlantic City. But he still had harsh words...
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May 7-9, 2024: SBC Summit North America, Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, NJ. Produced by SBC Events. For more information visit sbcevents.com.
May 14-16, 2024: Cage Conference + Connect User Conference, Gila River Resorts & Casinos Learn about new technologies that enhance profitability and network with industry leaders who have proven success in Cage, Revenue and Player Services. For more information visit skiild.com/cage-conference/.
May 21-23, 2024: : CasinoBeats Summit 2024, InterContinental Malta, St. Julian’s, Malta. For more information visit sbcevents.com.
June 3-5, 2024: SiGMA Asia, SMX Convention Center, Manila, Philippines. Produced by SiGMA Group For more information visit sigma.world/.
June 4-6, 2024: G2E Asia 2024, The Venetian Macao, Macau, SAR. Produced by RX and the American Gaming Association. For more information visit g2easia.com/.
June 18-20, 2024: Canadian Gaming Summit, Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada. Produced by SBC Events. For more information visit sbcevents.com.
July 16-19, 2024: iGB L!VE 2024, RAI Amsterdam, Netherlands Produced by Clarion Gaming. For more information visit igblive.com.
July 17-20, 2024: National Council of Legislators from Gaming States Conference, Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh, PA. More than 100 lawmakers and regulators are expected to meet. For more information visit https://www.nclgs.org.
August 12-14, 2024: Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association (OIGA) Conference and Tradeshow, Oklahoma City Convention Center, Oklahoma City, OK. Produced by OIGA. For more information visit oiga.org.
October 7-10: Global Gaming Expo (G2E), The Venetian Expo, Las Vegas, NV. Produced by RX and the American Gaming Association. For more information visit Global Gaming Expo (G2E).
