Naga Details Russia Resort Plan

Vladivostok is a long way from Phnom Penh, but Cambodia’s NagaCorp Chairman Tim McNally (l.) is ready for the challenge. The company said it will start next year building...

Published February 24, 2014

Labor, Government Clash Over Macau Table Cap

The growth of Macau’s casino industry is outstripping the city’s supply of dealers, and the situation will only get worse as Cotai expands. Importing labor would be one solution,...

Published February 24, 2014

GGB PODCAST: Joe Pappano, Senior Vice President, Director of Merchant Sales and Managing Director, Vantiv Gaming Solutions

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Joe Pappano, the senior vice president, director of merchant sales and managing director for Vantiv Gaming Solutions on the role...

Published February 17, 2014

Hacked!

Last week computer hackers gained control of Las Vegas Sands websites in Vegas, Pennsylvania, Macau and Singapore. The hackers threatened CEO Sheldon Adelson over remarks he made about Iran...

Published February 17, 2014

Sweden’s Revenues on the Skids

Officials in Sweden are looking to new consumer technologies to reverse three years of revenue declines in the country’s betting and gaming markets. Problems are, the population is gambling...

Published February 17, 2014

UK Councils Unite To Battle Betting Shops

Hundreds of municipal councils in England and Wales, organized as the Local Government Association, are pressing for more powers to curb the proliferation of betting shops in their jurisdictions....

Published February 17, 2014

Putin: ‘Nyet’ to Casinos in Sochi

Investors are taking a bath on the more than $50 billion spent to prepare the Black Sea resort town of Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Some see casinos...

Published February 17, 2014

Codere Rejects Debt Deal

Spanish gaming and betting giant Codere has balked at a plan by creditors to take control of the company in exchange for reducing the company’s hefty debt load. The...

Published February 17, 2014

SJM Breaks Ground on Cotai

Macau casino giant SJM held a ceremonial groundbreaking last week (l.) for its megaresort on Cotai. The company, still the city’s market-share leader, is targeting a 2017 opening and...

Published February 17, 2014

Bloomberry Raises $254M. to Expand Solaire

Despite a challenging first year, Manila’s Solaire Resort & Casino will be expanding to the tune of 300 new hotel suites, a shopping mall, a showroom and a nightclub....

Published February 17, 2014

Macau Forecast To Hit $80 Billion

Still vastly underserved in terms of Chinese visitation, Macau will continue to boom as a supply driven casino market, according to an especially upbeat new report from Nomura Securities....

Published February 17, 2014

Casino Returning to Macau Racetrack

Slumping revenues have prompted the Macau Jockey Club to speed up plans to reopen a casino that closed 10 years ago at the thoroughbred track. Management is also looking...

Published February 17, 2014

Macau’s Productivity Boom Fading

The good news is that Macau’s casino workers are more experienced and efficient than ever. The bad news: casinos are no longer seeing the gains in productivity they’re used...

Published February 17, 2014

PAGCOR Faces Tough Year Ahead

As the Philippines becomes a more compelling commercial resort market the country’s state-owned casino operator is finding it more difficult to compete. PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Cristino Naguiat Jr....

Published February 17, 2014

Hengqin a Big Hit

Hengqin Island’s first tourist attraction—a theme park with a supporting resort hotel—is less than a month old and already it’s proving a massive success. What does this mean for...

Published February 17, 2014

Islanders Oppose Philippine Gambling Plan

A card room is being proposed for the Philippine resort island of Boracay, but community groups and the Catholic Church are against it. The local government is waiting for...

Published February 17, 2014

Wynn Or Lose?

Even as Wynn Interactive has been approved for a transactional waiver to begin online gambling in New Jersey, Steve Wynn has shocked the gambling world by saying he has...

Published February 10, 2014

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Joe Valandra, Chairman and CEO, Great Luck

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Joe Valandra, the chairman and CEO of Great Luck, a technology company that will enable tribes to offer Class II...

Published February 10, 2014

UK Betting Shops Under Fire

Local councils are renewing their push in the UK for powers to limit the proliferation of betting shops in town centers. The government appears to be getting behind the...

Published February 10, 2014

Smaller Is Better in Madrid

Madrid may no longer have EuroVegas, but it does have a couple of new gaming options. They’re tiny by EuroVegas standards, but they’re now the largest casinos in the...

Published February 10, 2014