WEEKLY FEATURE: Smoking Lounges Stay in Macau Casinos

Macau’s Health Bureau has announced a proposal that would keep smoking lounges in the city’s casinos. It’s an abrupt about-face from the government’s former pledge to ban all smoking...

Published February 20, 2017

Cambodia to Set Low Gaming Tax

The tax rate for Cambodia casinos will be set in the “single digits” in a bid to attract more investment, according to reports. The news would be welcome for...

Published February 20, 2017

Online Poker on ‘Front Burner,’ N.Y. Senator Says

A bill to legalize online poker in the Empire State has quickly passed one Senate committee and is moving on to another. The wild card is the Assembly, which...

Published February 20, 2017

Domingo: I Wasn’t Bribed

Andrea Domingo, head of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp., denies she was offered a bribe by gaming tycoon Jack Lam or his minions. Domingo made the assertion during...

Published February 20, 2017

Foxwoods to Celebrate 25th Anniversary This Month

Foxwoods Resort Casino, which went from modest beginnings to one of the largest casinos in the world, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The first of what will be a...

Published February 20, 2017

Pennsylvania Lawmakers File Gaming Expansion Bill

Pennsylvania lawmakers have filed an omnibus gaming bill that would legalize and regulate online gaming and daily fantasy sports, create tablet gaming at airports and install a new host-community...

Published February 20, 2017

Scientific Games Names Tjon President, COO

Scientific Games has named Karin-Joyce Tjon president and chief operating officer, reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Kevin Sheehan.

Published February 20, 2017

April Debut for New S. Africa Casino

Sun International is readying a spring unveiling for its new US$328 million Times Square resort (l.) in Pretoria. The casino will feature 2,000 slots and 60 table games in...

Published February 20, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Caesars’ Comeback

The long hard road back to solvency for Caesars Entertainment is almost over. So what can investors expect of the new operating company and the REIT that will emerge...

Published February 20, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Jonathan Jossel, CEO, Plaza Hotel & Casino

This week, the GGB Podcast speaks with Jonathan Jossel, the CEO of the Plaza hotel and casino in Downtown Las Vegas on how that area has rebounded and how...

Published February 20, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Super Opportunity

Last week’s Super Bowl presented some stark contrasts in betting, as pointed out by the American Gaming Association when it compared record legal wagering on the Super Bowl in...

Published February 13, 2017

Pennsylvania iGaming, Expansion Package Shapes Up

Two members of the Pennsylvania House have filed a co-sponsorship memorandum for wide-ranging gaming expansion measures, including legalization and regulation of online gaming. Senator Jay Costa (l.) wants to...

Published February 13, 2017

Osaka Pushes for Casino

Osaka is lobbying hard to be one of two cities to host an integrated casino resort in Japan. In December the Japanese parliament approved legislation to bring full-scale casino...

Published February 13, 2017

Holland Casino to Privatize

The Netherlands lower House of Representatives has reportedly passed legislation that would privatize state-owned gaming operator Holland Casino. In the process the company would lose four of 14 casino...

Published February 13, 2017

Star Buys Luxury Gold Coast Hotel

Star Entertainment continues to expand aggressively in Australia, snapping up a five-star beachfront Sheraton in Queensland with its partners Chow Tai Fook and Far East consortium. The casino giant...

Published February 13, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: iGaming Growth

With iGaming on the legislative agenda in Pennsylvania and New York, legislators in those states would be well served to consider the experience in New Jersey, where iGaming is...

Published February 13, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Dean Macomber, President, Macomber & Associates

This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Dean Macomber, the president of Macomber and Associates to talk about his long career in gaming and his opinions on several...

Published February 13, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: The Dance Begins in Japan

With casino gaming now legal in Japan, global operators are wasting no time seeking out domestic partners for potential integrated resort developments in the country. Hard Rock International wisely...

Published February 6, 2017

All Eyes on U.S. Sports Betting

As the countdown to the biggest sporting event in the U.S. came to a close, new calls for the repeal of the 25-year-old U.S. federal ban on sports betting...

Published February 6, 2017

Brazil Senate Delays Gaming Debate

A bill drafted by Senator Ciro Nogueira (l.) in 2014 that would legalize gaming in Brazil will not be debated by the Brazilian Senate until April according to reports....

Published February 6, 2017