Eldorado Resorts recently closed on its $327.5 million purchase of the Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois, located 40 miles west of downtown Chicago. MGM Resorts International, as a...
The agreement to bring in Phil Satre, the widely respected gaming executive ends months of hostilities between Wynn Resorts and its largest shareholder, Elaine Wynn (l.), over what kind...
This week, the GGB Podcast features an “exit interview” of sorts with Geoff Freeman, the departed president of the American Gaming Association, on his five years at the helm...
The relationship between esports and the casino industry has been strengthened over the past year. Major esports player Alex Igelman (l.) lists the top 10 business highlights from the...
Getting Congress to pass the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act may be the tribe’s last chance to have a reservation. Chairman Cedric Cromwell (l.) testified before Congress last...
Caesars Entertainment began accepting sports bets at two of its Atlantic City casinos this week. Sports betting began at Bally’s Wild West Casino on Monday and Harrah’s casino on...
Mississippi's first legal sports bets were placed at 12 noon, August 1 at MGM Resorts International's Beau Rivage Resort & Casino (sports book at left) in Biloxi and Gold...
The combined market value of Macau’s Big 6 gaming operators could reach $146 billion by 2020, according to a note from Morgan Stanley analysts. That will coincide with the...
As Japan gears up for its first trio of legal integrated resorts, expected to debut in 2025, gaming operators from around the world are touting their qualifications, making nice...
The controversial 5 percent Bahamas casino patron tax will not be implemented for several weeks as casinos await certification of new accountability systems, said Minister of Tourism Dionisio D’Aguilar...
The latest Eilers & Krejcik survey shows the slot-machine supply sector had its best quarter for game sales in more than five years in the quarter that ended June...
ESPN’s lead anchor, Scott Van Pelt (l.), will join American Gaming Association Senior Vice President Sara Slane on stage at G2E for a keynote discussion on October 10 kicking...
This week the GGB Podcast sits down the Dave Rebuck, the director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for our annual review of the progress of the...
The second quarter results that began to roll in last week were revealing for the bullish regional operators as well as the international gaming giants. The second half of...
With the departure of Kim Sinatra from Wynn Resorts the exodus of Steve Wynn loyalists continues. But the company has chosen well in replacing her, bringing on Ellen Whittemore...
A decade long court case brought against California’s the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians by a former business partner has now ended—in the tribe’s favor. The U.S. Supreme...
Reports of a shortage of cash and a failure to pay some bets plagued the FanDuel Sports Book (l.) at the Meadowlands Racetrack in northern New Jersey last week....
A recent report indicated gaming taxes don't provide states with long-term revenue, but Georgia lawmakers still promote legalizing casinos and horseracing. State Rep. Ron Stephens (l.) has introduced legislation...
Gateway Casinos & Entertainment has signed an operations and services agreement with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation to manage gaming in the Central Gaming Bundle, which includes the massive...
Union Gaming analyst Grant Govertsen says the rebidding process for casino concessions in Macau is likely to go beyond the current timeframe of 2020 through 2022. He offers as...