The District of Columbia’s City Council has approved a sports betting law that permits retail and online sports betting in the capital. Mayor Muriel Bowser (l.) is expected to...
Attorneys for Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts and the Massachusetts Gaming Commission are negotiating over details of a deal to allow the MGC to go forward with its suitability review...
In a bipartisan and rapid manner, the Michigan legislature last week approved online gaming for all gaming operations in the state, commercial and tribal. The bill now heads to...
Poker players in Israel who are generally treated like criminals could see some light at the end of the tunnel. A bill has been introduced in the Knesset that...
Japanese entertainment giant Sega Sammy has set its sights on Tokyo as a possible integrated resort destination. Chairman and CEO Hajime Satomi (l.) said the company hasn’t ruled out...
The Philippine Department of Justice has Kazuo Okada (l.) in its crosshairs. On December 7 the DOJ indicted the Japanese casino boss on charges that he misappropriated millions of...
Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrat Charles Schumer (l.) have introduced in the Senate legislation that would give the federal government the last word on state laws regulating sports betting....
Maurice Wooden, a longtime executive with Wynn Resorts, has stepped down as leader of the company’s two Las Vegas properties. Replacing him is Marilyn Spiegel (l.), who preceded Wooden...
This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Bo Bernhard, the executive director of the International Gaming Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, about the recently...
Gaming investors pay lots of attention to Macau and for good reason. It’s the largest gaming jurisdiction in the world and there are some important decision coming up. And...
The 17th annual edition of GGB’s 25 People to Watch honors individuals from all walks of gaming life. The list will be published in the January edition of GGB,...
Executives of Aristocrat Leisure, limited and Aristocrat Technologies cut the ribbon on a new two-building North American headquarters campus in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin. Cutting the ribbon...
Gavin Isaacs has resigned his position as vice chairman of Scientific Games, and will be leaving his position at the end of the month, although he will remain a...
888 Holdings has completed a $28 million buyout of the All-American Poker Network from investment partner Avenue Capital. The company called the move an important step in achieving long-term...
Legislation passed in 2017 prohibiting casinos over organized crime links recently was reversed in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. As a result, as many as 30 new casinos could...
Although the island nation of Jamaica is planning to allow three casino resorts to be built in the next few years that doesn’t mean that the country is going...
Ichiro Matsui (l.), governor of Osaka Prefecture in Japan, says officials will start “early next year” to assess potential private-sector partners to vie for one of the country’s first...
The city of Oakland is seeking triple monetary damages under U.S. antitrust law, accusing the team and the league of devising a $378 million payment, disguised as a “relocation...
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos says new casino rules in the country will enable the tender for an €8 billion (US$9.1 million) Helliniko casino license to finally move forward....
A news report names Bill Miller, a Washington, D.C. insider with more than two decades of lobbying experience, as the choice as the next CEO of the American Gaming...