GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Justin Tesler, Director of Gaming Operations, The Hartmann Group

This week the GGB Podcast features an interview with Justin Tesler, the director of gaming operations at the Hartmann Group, talking about how his company assists smaller gaming facilities...

Published July 9, 2018

Innovators Will Brave the ‘Sharks’ at 2018 G2E

This year’s Global Gaming Expo is offering start-ups and enterprising students a chance to test their concepts for new products and technologies before a live audience and a pair...

Published July 9, 2018

Sinatra Out at Wynn

Kim Sinatra, the general counsel for Wynn Resorts, has left her position. The departure is a continuation of the company shedding board members and executives who have had anything...

Published July 9, 2018

New Jai Alai, Casino Coming To Miami

West Flagler Associates, owned by the Havenick family, was granted a summer jai alai permit for a jai alai fronton, card room, dining and entertainment facility in north Miami....

Published July 9, 2018

Sun Dreams Buys Argentine Casino Resort

Hospitality firm Sun Dreams has agreed to buy a company that owns and operates the Park Hyatt Mendoza (l.) in Argentina. The hotel casino has 186 rooms, 648 slot...

Published July 9, 2018

Elliniko Tender Coming Next Month

The bidding process for a casino license in the Athenian suburb of Elliniko, Greece, at the site of the former Hellinikon Airport (l.), will be announced by the end...

Published July 9, 2018

In Macau, Fears Rise, Share Prices Fall

June gaming revenue was up 12 percent on a tough comp, but investors were underwhelmed, worried that “channel checks”—weekly revenue estimates—were to blame. They’re concerned the world’s largest casino...

Published July 9, 2018

Abe: IR Bill to Pass in this Diet Session

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (l.) says he, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner, the Komeito, are committed to seeing the country’s Integrated Resorts bill pass...

Published July 9, 2018

WEEKLY FEATURE: Gaming Open for India?

A report from the Law Commission in India to Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (l.) has recommended that sports betting and gambling be legalized in the country. The report...

Published July 9, 2018

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Felix Rappaport, President & CEO, Foxwoods Resort Casino

This week, the GGB Podcast repeats a discussion with Felix Rappaport, the president and CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut first published in September 2016. Rappaport passed away...

Published July 2, 2018

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Atlantic City Options

While sports betting and questions about Macau have consumed the gaming investor, what is he to make of the situation in Atlantic City? With two new casinos, an excitement...

Published July 2, 2018

AGA Names Interim CEO

Stacy Papadopoulos, general counsel for the American Gaming Association, is taking the helm at the Washington, D.C.-based trade group until a successor is found for Geoff Freeman, who is...

Published July 2, 2018

Supreme Court Deal Blows to Tribal Interests

Many tribal leaders consider the U.S. Supreme Court term that just ended as one of the worst for tribal interests in a long time. The high court made several...

Published July 2, 2018

Indian Gaming Revenues up 3.9%

Indian casinos are continuing their winning ways for a seventh year in a row. Last week the National Indian Gaming Commission released figures for the 2016 annual gross profits,...

Published July 2, 2018

New Jersey’s Meadowlands Racetrack to Begin Sports Betting July 15

The Meadowlands Racetrack announced it plans to open a sports book at the track on July 15. The track would be the fourth facility to open a sports book...

Published July 2, 2018

Analyst: Mega-IRs May Shortchange Japan

If Japan ends up licensing three massive integrated resorts, like MGM’s proposed Osaka development (l.), at an investment of about $10 billion each, some gaming analysts say the new...

Published July 2, 2018

WEEKLY FEATURE: Caesars Pays Blood Money

Centaur Gaming threatened litigation and Caesars Entertainment threatened to stop an Indiana casino expansion over a $50 million license transfer fee blocking Caesars' purchase of two Centaur Indiana racinos,...

Published July 2, 2018

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Frank Leone, CEO, Ocean Resort

The GGB Podcast this week features a discussion with Frank Leone, the CEO of Ocean Resorts, about the opening of his casino and Hard Rock in Atlantic City this...

Published June 25, 2018

Bill Would Strip BIA of Tribal Recognition Power

Rob Bishop (l.), chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, has authored a bill that would remove the power to recognize tribes and put land into trust for them from...

Published June 25, 2018

Mississippi Casinos Prepare to Launch Sports Betting

The Mississippi Gaming Commission last week issued rules and regulations for sports betting, and will allow the activity to begin in 30 days. So now Mississippi casinos need employees...

Published June 25, 2018