Las Vegas, Its Dancers and Opiates

Sometimes a problem can be right before your eyes and you don’t see it. That may have been the case with the opiate epidemic. Gaming veteran Richard Schuetz recounts...

Published May 20, 2019

ICE North America Touts Gaming Sports Partnerships

The inaugural ICE North America was celebrated in Boston, Massachusetts. It was all about the marriage of sports, sports betting, and the technology that will bring them together. Special...

Published May 20, 2019

AGA Establishes Responsible Sports Betting Code

The AGA has released a new “Responsible Marketing Code for Sports Wagering,” marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision removing the federal ban on sports betting....

Published May 20, 2019

Sports Betting Approved In Iowa

After weeks of speculation whether Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (l.) would sign a sports betting bill, she recently put her signature on legislation allowing in-person, online and mobile wagering...

Published May 20, 2019

Wakayama All In for IR

Along with Osaka, there’s now a second serious contender to host a Japan integrated resort. Wakayama Prefecture has announced it has established a committee led by Tokyo Metropolitan University...

Published May 20, 2019

$800 Million Price Tag For Las Vegas Shootings?

MGM Resorts last week said that it is prepared to fork out as much as $800 million in damages to victims of the October 1, 2017 shooting. Insurance will...

Published May 20, 2019

1 Year After PASPA’s Death

The one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down a federal ban on sports betting passed on May 14 and since then the nascent U.S. sports betting industry...

Published May 20, 2019

WEEKLY FEATURE: Seminoles End Revenue Sharing

The Seminole Tribal Council Chairman Marcellus Osceola Jr. (l.) told Florida Governor Ron DeSantis his tribe will end monthly payments of $19.5 million in exchange for card game exclusivity....

Published May 20, 2019

Wynn Preparing Mass Exodus?

Weeks before Wynn Resorts is due to open its $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor resort (l.), reports have surfaced that the company may be exploring a sale of the...

Published May 20, 2019

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Stephen Hill, CEO, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Steve Hill, the CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority on his first few months on the job and...

Published May 13, 2019

Danger, Danger

U.S. sports wagering is understandably the biggest issue that is driving the gaming industry today. But there are many threats still lurking that few discuss. In this important article,...

Published May 13, 2019

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Stockholm Syndrome

For investors familiar with the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and even some of the other major markets, the Swedish stock exchange in Stockholm may be a little exotic....

Published May 13, 2019

Chaudhuri Joins Law Firm, Become Ambassador For Tribe

Jonodev Chaudhuri, departing chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, will head an Indian law and policy group at the national law firm Quarles & Brady LLP. He was...

Published May 13, 2019

GVC Gets Nevada License OK

British gaming giant GVC was approved to obtain a Nevada gaming license last week, but the path was anything but smooth. The Nevada Gaming Control Board voted 2-1 to...

Published May 13, 2019

Montana Legalizes Sports Betting

Montana Governor Steve Bullock (l.) was presented with two bills legalizing sports betting. He chose to sign the bill that put sports book under the state lottery, arguing that...

Published May 13, 2019

Money Laundering Rules Blamed for Decline in Vancouver Casino Revenue

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. reported a decline in money spent on chips at its casino tables in British Columbia as new anti-money laundering rules have gone into effect. Take...

Published May 13, 2019

Casino Entry Fees Worth $1 Billion to Singapore

Steep casino entry fees haven’t kept people from patronizing Singapore’s two casino resorts. Since 2010, the city-state has reaped almost $1 billion from entry fees alone; maybe that’s why...

Published May 13, 2019

Illinois Gaming Expansion Considered—Again

Legal sports betting was only a part of another massive expansion of gaming being considered in Illinois. In addition to sports betting, advocates want to add six more casinos,...

Published May 13, 2019

Wynn Moves On From Massachusetts Decision

After being approved for a license to operation Encore Boston Harbor—albeit with a $35 million fine and other stipulations, Wynn Resorts looks toward a June opening and concentration on...

Published May 13, 2019

Venice in Macau … And Paris … So Why Not London?

Las Vegas Sands will invest well more than $1 billion to remake Sands Cotai Central into a “British”-themed destination called Londoner Macao featuring street shows, virtual reality attractions and...

Published May 13, 2019