Australia: Star’s Turn in the Hot Seat

Australian gaming regulators, focused for much of the year on regulatory breaches at Crown Resorts, have turned their attention to the No. 2 operator, Star Entertainment. Like Crown, Star...

Published October 18, 2021

Encore Boston Harbor: Growing Pains in the Covid Era

Wynn Resorts’ Encore Boston Harbor opened in 2019, but has been operational for eight months due to Covid-19. Recently appointed President Jenny Holaday (l.) talked with GGB News about...

Published October 11, 2021

Online Cybersecurity: Keeping the Hackers at Bay

With gaming increasingly online and mobile, security concerns abound. All digital systems are vulnerable to hacking, and a safe virtual presence starts with the basics. Here’s how.

Published October 11, 2021

Macau’s Golden Week: Going From Bad to Worse

Four new Covid-19 infections dashed hopes for Golden Week in Macau. Three days into the holiday, fewer than 5,000 people had traveled to the Chinese SAR—down 91 percent from...

Published October 11, 2021

Back to Business, Face to Face

The industry’s suppliers return in person to G2E to display a wealth of innovation developed despite the pandemic and industry shutdown. And the customers responded. See exclusive video highlights...

Published October 11, 2021

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Nick Khin, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Domenico Pastia, Senior Vice President of Global Product, International Game Technology

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Nick Khin, the senior vice president and chief operating officer, and Domenico Pastia, senior vice president of global product, for...

Published October 11, 2021

Dutch iGaming Goes Live, A Few Days Late

A glitch in a self-exclusion program caused a delay in online gaming going live in the Netherlands. The Centraal Register Uitsluiting Kansspelen had to wait three days, until October...

Published October 11, 2021

Flutter Appoints Amy Howe as FanDuel Permanent CEO

On October 4, Flutter Entertainment elevated its president to CEO of FanDuel. Amy Howe will succeed Matt King, who left in July and resurfaced at Fanatics.

Published October 11, 2021

Salat, Feldman Receive AGEM Memorial Awards

The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers last week acknowledged Sebastian Salat (l.) and Alan Feldman with memorial awards for excellence in commercial gaming and communications.

Published October 11, 2021

Harrah’s Cherokee Completes $330 Million Expansion in North Carolina

A ribbon-cutting ceremony October 1 opened the $330 million expansion at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina. It includes the venue’s fourth hotel tower and the Cherokee Convention...

Published October 11, 2021

Louisiana Tribal Casino Opens State’s First Sportsbook

Partnering with Betfred, Paragon Casino Resort has opened Louisiana’s first legal sportsbook and the largest gambling expansion since the lottery, casinos and video poker were approved in the early...

Published October 11, 2021

U.K. Public Health Group Releases Review of Gambling Harms

Public Health England has released its review of gambling-related harms. The agency assessed six types of harms. Among the findings: online gambling represented 23.4 percent of at-risk gamblers.

Published October 11, 2021

Osaka IR Plan to Be Complete This Year

Hirofumi Yoshimura (l.), governor of Osaka, Japan says, a full proposal for an integrated resort in the prefecture and city, in development by MGM Resorts and Orix Corp., will...

Published October 11, 2021

LVCVA: Late Summer Tourism Down, But Prospects Good for Fall

Researchers at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority contend that fears about the delta variant of Covid-19 caused a drop in visitation to Las Vegas and all of...

Published October 11, 2021

WEEKLY FEATURE: The Industry Returns, Live & In-Person at G2E

G2E returned to Las Vegas last week, filling the halls of the Venetian with thousands of guests, vendors, speakers and educational sessions. Though masks and vaccines were mandatory, optimism...

Published October 11, 2021

‘Zero-Tolerance’ Ambushes Macau’s Golden Week

Four new Covid-19 infections dashed hopes for Golden Week in Macau. Three days into the holiday, fewer than 5,000 people had traveled to the Chinese territory—down 91 percent from...

Published October 11, 2021

Woke-Ing Las Vegas

Losing is never fun, so maybe Las Vegas casino operators should apologize for beating the pants off most of their players. Would a “woke” Las Vegas be more friendly...

Published October 4, 2021

Philly VC Fund Devoted to Sports Betting

A Philadelphia sports venture capital firm has launched a second fund to invest in sports betting companies. SeventySix Capital expects to raise $50 million and included a bevy of...

Published October 4, 2021

Hourly Hand Decisions in Baccarat: Is There Room to Improve?

Baccarat is becoming an increasingly more popular game on the casino floors of casinos worldwide. Players seem to understand they have a better chance at winning, and it’s a...

Published October 4, 2021

Cordish’s Live Philadelphia Introduces ‘The Final Piece’

The Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia, a Cordish Companies property, has fulfilled its status as a full-service resort with the unveiling last week of the 15,000-square-foot Event Center (l.)....

Published October 4, 2021