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Vol. 23 • No. 10 • March 21, 2025Print 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.

California Governor Signs Eight Tribal Gaming Compacts

The governor of the Golden State, Jerry Brown (l.), has signed eight tribal state gaming compacts that promise that Indian gaming will continue to generate plenty of gold for...

Published September 19, 2016

Panel Formed to Settle Baha Mar Claims

Baha Mar employees and contractors now have a place to go to press their claims for compensation over the megaresort’s failure to open back in 2014. A new claims...

Published September 19, 2016

Connecticut Airport Authority Needn’t Share Casino Info

The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission has ruled that the Connecticut Airport Authority acted within its authority when it kept its negotiations about a possible Indian casino at the...

Published September 5, 2016

Quebec Sued Over ISP Blocking

The government of Quebec is being sued by the Canadian Wireless Telecoms Association over its order to block unlicensed gambling sites in the province. The association wants the ISP...

Published August 8, 2016

Former Bwin.party Execs Face Bribery Charges in Austria

Two former executives of bwin.party digital entertainment are facing bribery charges over a failed bid for a Turkish sports betting license. Norbert Teufelberger (l.) and Manfred Bodner are among...

Published March 7, 2016

Chef Terry White Joins SugarHouse

Philadelphia culinary veteran Terry White has joined the city’s SugarHouse Casinos as executive chef of Hugo’s Frog Bar & Chop House.

Published March 7, 2016

Icahn Comes out Against North Jersey Casinos, Holds Back on Taj Mahal Upgrade

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has said he will not invest $100 million into his recently acquired Atlantic City casino the Trump Taj Mahal (l.) as planned if New Jersey...

Published March 7, 2016

Horne Named CEO of SG Gaming

Scientific Games has appointed Phil Horne as the new CEO of SG Gaming Group, the company’s subsidiary serving the U.K. betting market.

Published February 29, 2016

Energy Company Suit Against Revel Atlantic City Continues

A federal judge has ruled against a move by the owners of Atlantic City’s closed Revel casino to dismiss a suit from the site’s former energy supplier, which they...

Published November 16, 2015

Public Hearing Set For Chemehuevi Casino

The public may comment on an Environmental Impact Report for the Chemehuevi Tribe's proposed casino in Havasu Lake, California, on October 30. The 25,000 square foot facility, to be...

Published October 12, 2015

New Member Of Bermuda Gaming Commission

The Bermuda Gaming Commission has added a new general counsel, Arlene Brock, who served as First Ombudsman for Bermuda for eight years.

Published October 5, 2015

Aristocrat Signs Deals with Caesars, Station

Aristocrat Technologies announced two major deals last week. Caesars will lease 200 machines from the company, while Station Casinos has launched the giant new Buffalo Grand (l.), on the...

Published October 5, 2015

PalaCasino Launches App in New Jersey

PalaCasino has launched n app for online gambling in New Jersey. The app can be used on iPhones and Android devices.

Published September 28, 2015

AGA Accepting Hall of Fame Nominations

The American Gaming Association is now accepting nominations for 2015 inductions into the Gaming Hall of Fame, to take place during G2E week.

Published August 3, 2015

Ruffin Purchases Kansas City’s Woodlands

Following the Kansas Senate's passage of a bill allowing the Woodlands racetrack in Kansas City, closed since 2008, to offer horseracing and slots, Wichita native Phil Ruffin (l.), owner...

Published July 27, 2015

Casino Documentary Gets the Hook

A documentary on Macau’s casinos has been axed. Based on investigations by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Lowell Bergman, the film looked at organized crime in China and possible links to...

Published July 20, 2015

NEWS & NOTES

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Published July 20, 2015

Baha Mar CEO Lambasts Government, Contractor

Sarkis Izmirlian (l.), CEO of the still-under-construction Baha Mar mega-resort in Nassau, Bahamas, has criticized the Bahamian government and his Chinese construction contractor. Construction and operation in the Bahamas...

Published April 27, 2015

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