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

FANTINI’S FINANCE: American Ambitions

The legalization of sports betting in the U.S. is an opportunity for companies with experience in that area, which is largely European based. So which companies should be front...

Published June 25, 2018

AGS Acquires Gameiom Technologies

AGS has acquired Gameiom Technologies Limited, a licensed iGaming aggregator and content provider in real-money online gaming, with the plan to start an iGaming division.

Published June 25, 2018

Foxwoods CEO Rappaport Dead at 65

Foxwoods CEO Felix Rappaport has died at the age of 65 at his Connecticut suite at Foxwoods. Rappaport was the executive of eight casinos during his 40-year career in...

Published June 25, 2018

Genting UK Bets Big for Andorra Casino

The company’s €140 million bid is the largest by far among nine groups vying for a single resort casino license in the tiny mountain principality between Spain and France....

Published June 25, 2018

Chile Awards 5 New Casino Licenses

The Chilean Gaming Board has awarded five new 15-year municipal casino licenses in the country. Enjoy won four licenses and Sun Dreams the fifth in “great news for the...

Published June 25, 2018

Japan Gets More Time to Pass IR Bill

On June 15, Japan’s lower house passed a bill clearing the way for integrated resorts in the country. Now lawmakers in the upper house have an extra month to...

Published June 25, 2018

New Laws Will Impact Louisiana Gambling

Seven new Louisiana laws are about to impact gambling. The new laws will allow riverboat casinos to move ashore. They change the limit on casino floor space to a...

Published June 25, 2018