FANTINI’S FINANCE: All Grown Up

Las Vegas Sands is clearly a mature company when you consider there is no immediate growth opportunities, but with a $4.5 billion EBITDA, dividends and share repurchasing programs, it...

Published October 30, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Eric Persson, President & COO, Aruze Gaming

The GGB Podcast sits down this week with Eric Persson, the president and COO of Aruze Gaming, about his company’s rapid rise in the slot manufacturers segment of the...

Published October 30, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Abe Win Spurs Casino Hopes

Victory at the polls for Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (l.) was good news for casino operators. Hopeful investors worldwide are expected to bid for...

Published October 30, 2017

Brazil Casino Vote in November, Says Key Lawmaker

Rodrigo Maia (l.), the president of the Chamber of Deputies, has promised to allow a floor vote on a legalization bill next month. The chances of passage look good,...

Published October 30, 2017

Big Plans for a Rebuilt Caesars

Two weeks after the exit from bankruptcy of Caesars Entertainment’s largest subsidiary, President and CEO Mark Frissora (l.) gathered with other top executives on Wall Street for a celebratory...

Published October 30, 2017

Kinmen Island to Vote on Casinos

Voters in Kinmen County, Taiwan, will go to the polls this month to vote on casino gaming on the island. A petition with more than 6,200 signatures was required...

Published October 30, 2017

Bermuda Tourism Minister Seeks to Oust Gaming Commission Chairman

The Bermuda Minister of Tourism Jamahi Simmons has ordered the chairman of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission to resign. However, Alan Dunch (l.) has refused and says the minister...

Published October 30, 2017

Tech Billionaire Buys Cal Neva

Oracle founder Larry Ellison has added the storied Rat Pack hangout, the Cal Neva Lodge (l.) to a portfolio that includes an estate in Rancho Mirage and an island...

Published October 30, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: A New Day for Caesars

The roots of Caesars Entertainment are proud and resilient. Recent history has been somewhat spotting, and the reformed Caesars Entertainment following the bankruptcy isn’t changing things very much. Richard...

Published October 23, 2017

First Alaska Native Nominated to Head BIA

President Trump has nominated Alaska native and businesswoman Tara Mac Lean Sweeney (l.) to head the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, whose title is also Assistant Secretary for Indian...

Published October 23, 2017

Leagues File Brief in Sports Betting Case; NJ Prepares for Success

The four major professional sports leagues and the NCAA have filed a brief in New Jersey’s U.S. Supreme Court appeal challenging the federal sports-betting ban, as New Jersey prepares...

Published October 23, 2017

Vegas Searches for Normalcy

Visitation is expected to take a short-term hit as the casino mecca works to recover from the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. For now, the marketing remains decidedly...

Published October 23, 2017

Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

The Golden Circle concept, which is used by many major corporations around the world, can help to create a great gaming enterprise. And it all starts with “why” and...

Published October 23, 2017

Study Touts Tribal Gaming’s Economic Impact

A new study focuses on a state-by-state of the dynamic economic engine of Indian gaming in the U.S. The study, by Alan Meister, was commissioned by the American Gaming...

Published October 23, 2017

Explosive Charges against Crown

Three ex-employees have accused Australia-based Crown Resorts of deliberately tampering with slot machines, overlooking drug use and looking the other way in domestic violence cases at its Melbourne casino....

Published October 23, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Let The Quarter Begin

With a new reporting quarter upon us, there are several questions for the industry and up-and-coming companies to answer. So let’s hear from Monarch, Sci Games, Eldorado and Golden...

Published October 23, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Kathy George, CEO, Firekeepers Hotel & Casino

This week, the GGB Podcast features an interview with Kathy George, the CEO of Firekeepers Hotel & Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan, on her experience since taking over the...

Published October 23, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Aftermath in Vegas

Not surprisingly, it took only days for the casino giant to find itself named a defendant in the wake of the mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip that...

Published October 15, 2017

Penn National, Pinnacle Talk Merger

The Wall Street Journal recently report Wyomissing, Pennsylvania-based Penn National Gaming and Las Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment (Pinnacle’s Belterra in Indiana at left) recently discussed merging but no deal has...

Published October 15, 2017

Genting, Melco All in for Japan

Singapore-listed Genting, which will be one of the big gaming operators bidding on an integrated resort license in Japan, applied last month to issue Japanese yen-based bonds. It has...

Published October 15, 2017