Hard Rock Last Bidder for Barcelona Casino License

U.S.-based casino operator Hard Rock International is the sole remaining bidder for a license to build an integrated casino resort in Catalonia, Spain on the former site of the...

Published July 10, 2017

Imperial Pacific Opens on Saipan

After several delays, on July 6 Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd. at last opened its deluxe Saipan resort. The eponymous Imperial Pacific Resort will offer 300 table games, 400...

Published July 10, 2017

Caesars Eyes Gold Coast

Caesars Entertainment is in talks with Chinese-backed consortium ASF to potentially develop its first integrated resort on Australia’s Gold Coast. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczu (l.) isn’t thrilled about another...

Published July 10, 2017

Feds Take Over Primorye Gaming Development

Citing a lack of urgency, the Russian government will take over the development of the Primorye gaming site near Vladivostok, according to Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Trutnev (l.). Only...

Published July 10, 2017

Seminoles Settle Blackjack Dispute With Florida

The Seminole Tribe last week settled a disagreement with the state of Florida over whether it can continue to offer blackjack. When the previous compact expired, which was amended...

Published July 10, 2017

No Gaming Deal in Pennsylvania

As the first week of the new fiscal year came to a close, Pennsylvania lawmakers struggled to pass a budget that includes income from gaming expansion measures not yet...

Published July 10, 2017

Privatizing PAGCOR a Dilemma for Duterte

President Rodrigo Duterte (l.) wants the Philippines out of the casino business. The problem is how to pay for it. PAGCOR says privatization could cost the government more than...

Published July 10, 2017

GLI Acquires NMi Gaming

Gaming Laboratories International has acquired Dutch company NMi Gaming a highly regarded compliance consultant and gaming test lab serving land-based and iGaming clients. GLI CEO James Maida (l.) says...

Published July 10, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Dr. Wilfred Wong, President and COO, Sands China

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with, Dr. Wilfred Wong, president and COO of Sands China, on the opening of the Parisian earlier this year and other...

Published July 10, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Melco Goes It Alone In Cyprus

Hard Rock International has withdrawn from a plan to develop Europe’s largest casino (l.) in the island Republic of Cyprus. Melco International Development will move ahead on the plan...

Published July 3, 2017

Aristocrat Breaks Ground on New U.S. Headquarters

Aristocrat Americas broke ground on it new two-building, 180,000-square-foot U.S. corporate headquarters campus in Summerlin, Nevada, in partnership with the Howard Hughes Corp., which developed the Summerlin community. At...

Published July 3, 2017

Pennsylvania Down to the Wire

As lawmakers pushed to vote a budget for the new fiscal year by Friday’s deadline, Pennsylvania state senators were still at odds over major portions of the gaming expansion...

Published July 3, 2017

Adelson’s iGaming War Takes a Hit

The battle to ban iGaming in the U.S. started by Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson stalled last week when Attorney General Jeff Sessions (l.) was forced to recuse...

Published July 3, 2017

Izmirlian Wants Baha Mar Sale Halted

There’s a new government in the Bahamas, and Baha Mar’s founder, Sarkis Izmirlian (l.), is back with a bid to reclaim the troubled megaresort. He says the sale the...

Published July 3, 2017

UK Regulator Cracking Down on Online Operators

The UK Competition and Markets Authority is launching a probe and crackdown on online gambling operators for violating consumer protection laws in their advertising and sign-up promotions. The commission...

Published July 3, 2017

Manila Casino Reopens After Massacre

Resorts World Manila reopened last week after the Philippine government completed its investigation of a massacre by a former federal employee that claimed 37 lives. The nation’s gaming regulator,...

Published July 3, 2017

Ho Resigns from Shun Tak Board

Macau gaming kingpin Stanley Ho (l.) has resigned from the board of the company he founded, Shun Tak Holdings, after more than 40 years and turned over the reins...

Published July 3, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: How to Profit from Sports Betting

It’s time to start thinking about what companies would benefit from the legalization of sports betting in the U.S. In a state-by-state solution, how does the savvy investor make...

Published July 3, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Bill Boasberg, General Manager, MGM National Harbor

This week the GGB Podcast talks with Bill Boasberg, the general manager of MGM National Harbor in Maryland, outside of Washington D.C., on the performance of his property since...

Published July 3, 2017

Stop #3 for AGA Small Business Tour

The American Gaming Small Business Jobs Tour returned to Maryland last week to highlight the $1.7 billion impact and the creation of nearly 3,000 small business jobs via casino...

Published June 26, 2017