Pamunkey Tribe Receives Federal Recognition

The 200-member Pamunkey Tribe in Virginia, which claims Pocahontas as an ancestor, recently received federal recognition. Assistant Chief Bob Gray said the tribe began the petition process 20 years...

Published October 2, 2017

Kentucky Legislators Float Casino Bill

A bill allowing four casinos and six racinos will be pre-filed by Kentucky state Rep. Jerry Miller and state Senator Morgan McGarvey (r.) as a way to fill the...

Published October 2, 2017

Hato Damage Pushes Back MGM Cotai Opening

The opening of MGM Cotai has again been delayed, this time due to damage inflicted on the property by Typhoon Hato. The new opening date is sometime in the...

Published October 2, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Your Show of Shows

If you are going to be in Las Vegas this week for Global Gaming Expo, you’ll have about sports betting, skill gaming, eSports, ETGs, millennials and more. And even...

Published October 2, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: David Schwartz, Director, Center for Gaming Research, University of Nevada Las Vegas

This week the GGB Podcast travels to the office of David Schwartz, the director for the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV to talk about the state of Las...

Published October 2, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Scientific Games Buys NYX Gaming

Scientific Games announced it is acquiring NYX Gaming Group and its global digital sports-betting platform, moving into the sports-betting arena as sports betting moves closer to legalization in the...

Published September 25, 2017

The Lion’s New Roar

Viewers tuned to last Sunday’s Emmy Awards saw MGM Resorts International unveil a new nationwide marketing campaign designed to shatter any lingering notions that the Las Vegas-based gaming giant...

Published September 25, 2017

AGA Announces Gaming Hall of Fame Class of 2017

Diana Bennett (l.), John Breeding, Joe Kaminkow and Melvin B. Wolzinger will be inducted into the AGA’s Gaming Hall of Fame at next week’s Global Gaming Expo.

Published September 25, 2017

NRT, Sightline to Merge

NRT Technology Corp. and Sightline Payments announced that they have agreed to merge into a combined gaming payment technology supplier to be called NRT Sightline. Kirk Sanford (l.), Sightline...

Published September 25, 2017

Oh, Snap! Japan Casino Legislation Deferred Until 2018

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s (l.) call for a snap election means the country’s IR implementation bill will be pushed into the spring of 2018. The general election is...

Published September 25, 2017

GGB Magazine Releases Its 2018 Class of ‘40 Under 40’

The annual “40 Under 40” list created by GGB magazine was released last week and includes some of the most dynamic young executives in the industry. The list will...

Published September 25, 2017

Tabcorp-Tatts Merger Stalls Again

The $8.9 billion proposed merger of Australia’s Tabcorp with Tatts Group hit a stumbling block as an Australian federal court ruled the merger proposal be sent back the Australian...

Published September 25, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: On With The Show

MGM Resorts isn’t the first gaming company to brand itself as a wider entertainment organization, but its “Welcome to the Show” campaign could affect the valuation of that company...

Published September 25, 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 September 25, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Irma Blasts Casinos

Hurricane Irma blew across the Caribbean and Florida last week causing havoc among casinos in its path. In the Bahamas, the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort remained open during Hurricane...

Published September 18, 2017

Australian Lawsuit Claims Slot Design Deceptive

A potentially landmark lawsuit case against Aristocrat and Crown Resorts claims the basic design of video slot machines is “misleading and deceptive.” The plaintiff is specifically attacking Aristocrat’s Dolphin...

Published September 18, 2017

PAGCOR To Sell Off 17 Casinos

Starting next year, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. will sell an estimated 17 of its 46 casino properties, some of them branded Casino Filipino (l.). It’s the first...

Published September 18, 2017

Deal for Revel?

As reported in GGB News in August, a deal was reportedly made for the beleaguered and shuttered Revel casino (l.) in Atlantic City. Keating & Associates, a private investment...

Published September 18, 2017

Michigan Lawmaker Proposes Online Gambling

Michigan state Rep. Brandt Iden (l.) recently sponsored HB 4296, which would legalize online gambling. At a committee hearing on the bill, Iden said online gaming "will become law...

Published September 18, 2017

Nooksack Tribe Agrees to Special Election

The Nooksack tribe of Washington has been allowed to reopen its Northwood Casino (l.) in Lynden by the National Indian Gaming Commission, which ordered in closed in June. The...

Published September 18, 2017