WEEKLY FEATURE: Morpheus Takes a Bow

Melco Resorts’ $1.1 billion Morpheus hotel opened June 15 in Macau. The 42-story structure designed by the late Zaha Hadid has a striking exoskeletal design and numerous amenities for...

Published June 25, 2018

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jerry Epstein, CEO, Engaged Nation

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Jerry Epstein, the CEO of Engaged Nation, a marketing company that specializes in gamification for companies in the gaming industry...

Published June 18, 2018

Gaming Arts Expands Las Vegas Headquarters

Gaming Arts, LLC has expanded its Las Vegas campus into a 36,000-square-foot facility equipped to handle a growing demand for its bingo and keno products. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval...

Published June 18, 2018

The Supreme Court Changes Everything

The legal issues surrounding the Supreme Court decision on sports betting were much more broad than simply allowing the wager to happen, there was a real constitutional basis for...

Published June 18, 2018

Stanley Ho Bows Out at 96

Macau gaming legend Stanley Ho (l. with his wife and successor Angela Leong), the driving force behind Asia’s biggest casino empire, officially retired last week at the age of...

Published June 18, 2018

Michigan House Approves Online Gambling Bill

The Lawful Internet Gaming Act, which would let casinos offer online gambling including poker and sports betting, recently passed the Michigan House in a 68-40 vote. Sponsor state Rep....

Published June 18, 2018

Sports Betting Coming To Mississippi Choctaw Casinos

Following unanimous approval from its tribal council, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians soon will offer sports betting on professional and college sports at its three Mississippi casinos, including...

Published June 18, 2018

Cambodia Prime for Global Investment

With low labor costs, a growing local economy, big Chinese investment and other factors, Cambodia could be an attractive investment for a global gaming operators, says Andrew Klebanow (l.),...

Published June 18, 2018

Melco to Break Ground in Cyprus

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has announced that it will break ground this month on its City of Dreams Mediterranean resort in Cyprus and also open a temporary casino in...

Published June 18, 2018

Encore Boston Harbor ‘60%’ Done

With a June 2019 opening scheduled, officials at Encore Boston Harbor (l.) say the project is 60 percent finished. But with a challenge from the Mohegan Gaming Authority, questions...

Published June 18, 2018

WEEKLY FEATURE: New Jersey Begins Sports Betting

After years of legal battles, Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport New Jersey took the state’s first sports wager June 14, placed by Governor Phil Murphy. The Borgata casino in...

Published June 18, 2018

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Geoff Freeman, President & CEO, American Gaming Association

This week, the GGB Podcast repeats an interview from last October with Geoff Freeman, the president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, on the occasion of his departure...

Published June 11, 2018

G2E Registration Now Open

The world’s leading gaming trade show and conference, Global Gaming Expo (G2E), opened registration last week. The conference this year will feature first-ever sports betting symposium within dynamic education...

Published June 11, 2018

Caesars Expanding into Non-Gaming Markets

A new strategy crafted by the Las Vegas-based gaming giant is aimed at placing four of its best-known names—Caesars Palace, Flamingo, Cromwell and The Linq—on non-gaming resort hotels worldwide....

Published June 11, 2018

Report: Kindred Group Eying DraftKings

According to the website Legal Sports Report, European-based online gaming company Kindred Group is considering a possible acquisition of U.S. daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings. The move comes after...

Published June 11, 2018

Feds Approve 3rd Connecticut Casino

The Department of the Interior has finally published a notice in the Federal Register acknowledging the amendments to the tribal state gaming compact of Connecticut’s Mohegan tribe. When a...

Published June 11, 2018

Delaware Takes First Sports Bets

Delaware was the first state to begin sports betting after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal ban and beating New Jersey, which had actually made the challenge...

Published June 11, 2018

Mohegans Want to Overturn Wynn License

The Mohegan Tribe, which has challenged the decision by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to give a casino license to Wynn Resorts instead of it, has amended its complaint. Now...

Published June 11, 2018

Sheldon Adelson: ‘One or More’ IRs for Brazil

Billionaire gaming mogul Sheldon Adelson (l.) visited Brazil again recently to reiterate his interest in building an integrated casino resort in the world’s fifth-largest country. Brazil’s population vastly exceeds...

Published June 11, 2018

Another Crackdown for Macau?

Could the world’s No. 1 gaming hub be facing a new government crackdown? Casino shares declined last week on news that Beijing would restrict ATM cash withdrawals through the...

Published June 11, 2018