After three years of negotiations, Sonoma County officials have reached agreement with the Dry Creek Rancheria, allowing the tribe to move forward with plans to build a casino (l.) in Geyserville.

Aristocrat took the top award as best overall slot supplier in the fifth EKG Slot Awards, although its former dominance of the individual awards yielded to a more diverse field of winners.

In Macau, unemployment is down and GGR is soaring, thanks to the return of tourism in early January. Many casino workers, while glad to be back on the job, are opting to wear masks to stay virus-free.

Great Britain’s gross gambling yield (GGY) declined 2 percent to £1.2 billion in last year’s third quarter. The figure comes from the U.K. Gambling Commission (UKGC.), which used data from the U.K.’s biggest gaming operators.

The two top gaming real estate investment trusts, GLPI and Vici Properties, are continuing to amass big-name properties, especially in Las Vegas, which has translated into billions of dollars in revenue. Both posted impressive full-year results for 2022.

The New York State Gaming Commission unanimously passed rules targeting advertising and promotional materials that target underage gamblers.

Bally’s spent $250 million on Monkey Knife Fight and Bet.Works. Neither did what they were supposed to do, forcing a promotion to CEO for Robeson Reeves and a promise to turn it all around.

A proposed federal rule could lead to Indian tribes buying land in Miami Beach to build a casino, ignoring local opposition, said Mayor Dan Gelber (l.). But the Bureau of Indian Affairs said the rule simply streamlines the land-into-trust process.

Kentucky state Rep. Michael Meredith (l.) filed a bill allowing horse racing tracks and Kentucky Speedway to offer sports wagering. Legislation to either ban or regulate and tax slot-like gray games also has been filed.

The good times have rolled through Las Vegas for two years now, but many believe that by the end of 2023, the long arm of recession may finally catch hold of the red-hot gambling capital. So, that presents other opportunities—how’s about Golden Entertainment, for starters?

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Christopher Justice, the president of Global Gaming Payments Solutions, on how his company’s services can be utilized by casinos of all sizes.

Cambodia has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force’s “grey list” of jurisdictions at greater risk for money laundering. The Philippines remain on the list.

Hong Kong-based International Entertainment Corp. continues to work with Philippine gaming regulators on the potential development of an integrated resort with gaming in Manila’s Entertainment City (l.).

Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment has announced it could spend an additional $142 million to complete its Mohegan Inspire integrated resort in Incheon, South Korea.

Former Macau junket operator Century Entertainment International has signed a five-year deal to operate eight gaming tables at a new casino in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (l.).

Macau casino concessionaire SJM Resorts has signed a three-year satellite casino deal with Angela Leong’s L’Arc Entertainment. Leong is an executive of SJM Resorts and its parent company, SJM Holdings.

France's l'Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), which regulates gambling in the country, is going to require that licensees reduce their percentage of gross gaming revenues (GGR) from “problematic players.” The goal is one of several whose goal is to prevent “excessive or pathological gambling.”

Gamblers in Scotland who might be motivated to seek help for problem gambling are often discouraged because of the social stigma associated with that condition. So says a report published by Gambling Support Service (GSS).

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (l.) has had to put out a handful of fires since in-person sports betting commenced six weeks ago. Bettors illegally wagered on a banned Boston College game.

Minnesota could be on the fast track to getting sports betting legalized in the state, as one piece of related legislation has moved through two committees.

After a one-vote defeat last year, proponents of sports betting legislation in North Carolina are back and have a renewed enthusiasm that this year it will become law.

The decision by a federal judge that Maverick Gaming can’t sue the Department of the Interior or tribes in Washington that have a monopoly on sports betting. This ruling is the opposite of a ruling in a similar case in Florida, possibly setting things up for an intervention by the Supreme Court.

Minor league player Pete Bayer (l.) has criticized the suspension he received from Major League Baseball for gambling, saying the three-year ban was too harsh.

Loto-Quebec and the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens are working on a plan that would install a mini casino at the Bell Centre (l.) that would feature video gaming machines, sports betting kiosks, and poker tables.

No celebs like Jamie Foxx. No ads except during the event people are betting on. These and more ad rules proposed by Maine have brought a sharp rebuke from the American Gaming Association.

A Chicago developer has put on hold plans for a $30 million esports arena near McCormick Place (l.) due to changing industry conditions. And a project combining esports training and student housing also now seems unlikely to become reality.

In honor of Problem Gambling Awareness Month, PGA TOUR has joined the Leadership Circle of the National Council on Problem Gambling. That, and renewing its platinum membership helps fund programs.

Advocates aiming to ban smoking in Atlantic City casinos are gearing up for a joint hearing of the New Jersey Assembly on bills to eliminate the casino loophole to the state’s indoor smoking ban.

Resorts World Las Vegas (l.) received two bits of good news this week—the Nevada Gaming Control Board dismissed allegations made against President Scott Sibella, and the property posted its best quarter yet at the end of 2022.

By a large majority, the West Virginia Senate passed a bill allowing the state’s four racinos to open satellite casinos within their counties, if county voters approve. State Senator Eric Nelson (l.) said it’s an opportunity to revitalize shopping malls.

Nebraska lawmakers defeated a proposal to extend casino impact studies for four more years. The studies are required by the 2020 Racetrack Gaming Act, which authorized casinos at the state’s six existing horse racing tracks but would delay projects like the recently announced Harrah’s Nebraska (l.)

Eat your heart out, Atlantic City—MGM National Harbor (l.), which is less than 10 years old, was the highest-grossing U.S. commercial casino outside of Nevada last year, per the American Gaming Association.

Travis Boersma (l.), who made his billions by founding the lucrative Dutch Bros coffee company, has abandoned efforts to revive Oregon’s horse racing industry. He has informed Josephine County that he is terminating his 99-year lease of the county fairgrounds racetrack.

Boyd Gaming applied for a license to build and operate a $160 million historic horse racing facility in Park City, Kansas. The venue would offer 1,000 HHR machines, a steakhouse, sports bar and the state’s first Amazon Go store.

A Minnesota appellate court has held that the “open-all” feature on electronic pulltabs, which opens all lines to play at once, is illegal under the state’s gaming law.

Cordish Companies, a losing bidder for the Category 4 license won by Ira Lubert for a casino near the Pennsylvania State University campus, has appealed the license award to the state Supreme Court.

The Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission approved its first distribution of grants totaling more than $1.5 million to nonprofits providing problem gambling services.

As the Oneida Nation’s Turning Stone Resort (l.) in Verona, New York turns 30, officials announced the addition of a new 250-room convention hotel and the return of the World Series of Poker. Last year, the property hired 400 new employees.

Washington’s Spokane Tribe, which operates the Spokane Tribe Casino, has applied to put 155 acres adjacent to the casino and to Airway Heights into federal trust. The tribe says it wants to develop non-gaming uses there, although it won’t specify what.

Former Oglala Sioux Tribe President Julian Bear Runner (l.) faces a litany of charges stemming from $80,000 in misplaced funds—Bear Runner allegedly pocketed the money instead of using it for travel, lodging and food arrangements.

California Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) is accused of negotiating a tribal state gaming compact in bad faith. The Alturas Indian Rancheria has sued in federal court, claiming that the governor acted in bad faith because he didn’t agree to a new compact that was materially identical to the 1999 version.

Industry veteran David Orrick was given the Jimmy Thomas Outstanding Contribution Award at last month’s European Casino Awards, recognizing more than 30 years in the business. Orrick is flanked by Simon Thomas, the son of Jimmy Thomas, and Ian Moore.

Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group has named board member Michael Mecca (l.) as an independent non-executive director, in a change that was effective March 1. Mecca was once president of GEG.

Finance veteran Carolyn Kidd (l.) has accepted the role of chief risk officer for SkyCity Entertainment, which operates across Australia and New Zealand.

Wipfli partner Grant Eve (l.) has been tapped to head tribal gaming initiatives for the firm.

Everi Holdings announced a plan to consolidate its manufacturing and distribution, now conducted in separate Austin, Texas and Las Vegas facilities, in a new facility in Las Vegas.

Dry Line Partners, LLC has agreed to acquire all the assets of VizExp., Inc., the parent company of business intelligence software supplier VizExplorer.

Full House Resorts is expanding Konami Gaming, Inc.’s Synkros casino management system to the sixth gaming destination in its portfolio, American Place near Chicago.

As the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix draws near, Aristocrat has positioned itself as the official slot sponsor of the race.

This year’s edition of the AGEM & AGA Golf Classic is set for May 3 at Cascata Golf Club in Boulder City.

The International Gaming Standards Association has formed a new committee dedicated to the governance and advancement of payment technology in gaming.

Ainsworth Game Technology has teamed up with industry veteran Loren Nelson to establish a new game development studio in Reno, Nevada.