Melco, Hard Rock Plan Cyprus Debut

Cyprus will see the opening of its first new land-based casino in October, according to reports. A temporary betting hall from the team of Melco International and Hard Rock...

Published May 1, 2017

Margaritaville, Poarch Band Cancel Sale

The $335 million sale of Margaritaville Resort-Casino (l.) in Shreveport, Louisiana to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians has been cancelled. Bossier Casino Venture, the casino operating company of...

Published May 1, 2017

Appeals Court Rules for New Mexico Over Tribe

The Pojoaque Pueblo of New Mexico, which operates the Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino (l.) near Santa Fe, has lost big in its duel with the state of New...

Published May 1, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: The Big Two

Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn are the unquestioned kings of the hill in gaming. Their vision and entrepreneurialism has created profits for their shareholders and iconic resorts for their...

Published May 1, 2017

GGB PODCAST: Jonodev Chaudhuri, Chairman, and Kathryn Isom-Clause, Vice Chairwoman, National Indian Gaming Commission

This week, the GGB Podcast features the leaders of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Chairman Jonodev Chaudhuri, and Vice Chairwoman Kathryn Isom-Clause, about how their agency is changing as...

Published May 1, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: ilani Casino Resort to Open

The long-awaited ilani Casino Resort in Washington state is expected to open April 24 by the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and its partner the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut. The project...

Published April 24, 2017

Baha Mar Opens―At Last

It’s been a long journey for the multibillion-dollar megaresort, which debuted in the Bahamas on Friday. The first phase includes a 1,800-room Grand Hyatt, the largest casino in the...

Published April 24, 2017

Tribes Battle Over Casino Expansion

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community sued the Ho-Chunk Nation, the state of Wisconsin and Governor Scott Walker over the Ho-Chunk's $22 million Wittenberg casino expansion, which the Stockbridge claim would cause...

Published April 24, 2017

Taiwan Lawmakers Seek to Halt Referendums

Four lawmakers from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party have proposed the elimination of an article in the country’s Offshore Islands Development Act that permits local referendums on casino gaming....

Published April 24, 2017

Pennsylvania Senators Propose Prohibitive iGaming Tax

A group of Pennsylvania state senators led by Tommy Tomlinson (l.) is proposing a 25 percent tax on revenues from online gaming in the state, a rate which many...

Published April 24, 2017

Sessions’ Stance Against Online Gambling Causing Fears of a Ban

Statements by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (l.) that he may revisit a 2011 opinion by the Department of Justice that allowed for intra-state online gambling has set off...

Published April 24, 2017

Casinos and Small Business: Perfect Together

Gaming has a strong story to tell in terms of its positive impact on small businesses, and the American Gaming Association is hitting the road to tell it. Representatives...

Published April 24, 2017

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Socially Acceptable

The recent sales of the social casino divisions of both manufacturers and operators have given investors a measurement for those companies who still own those divisions. And the results...

Published April 24, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Andrew Cardno, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, VizExplorer

This week, the GGB Podcast focuses on Andrew Cardno, the founder and chief technology officer for VizExplorer on how data analytics is a fast-growing and important part of the...

Published April 24, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: eSports Mania Strikes Las Vegas

The Luxor (l.) has unveiled plans to convert a former nightclub into the Strip’s first eSports arena. A 2018 opening is planned for the venue, a massive state-of-the-art gamers...

Published April 17, 2017

Japan Urged to Develop Multiple Casinos in Osaka

A new report by Global Market Advisors has urged Japanese legislators to allow multiple integrated resorts on the Yumeshima Island (l.) in Osaka. In a proposed draft of the...

Published April 17, 2017

Goodbye Montreign, Hello Resorts World

The billion-dollar casino coming to the Catskills will be stamped with Genting’s Resorts World brand when it opens next spring just 90 miles from New York City instead of...

Published April 17, 2017

Decision Overturned on Martha’s Vineyard Tribal Casino

The casino a Martha’s Vineyard tribe wants to build has been given a second life by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal. It ruled that a lower court...

Published April 17, 2017

Ukraine to Launch Legal Gaming by 2018

Ukraine’s government has pledged to legalize gambling and start reaping the revenues “no later than 2018,” according to a letter from the Ministry of Finance to the International Monetary...

Published April 17, 2017

NIGA Trade Show Concludes in San Diego

Indian Gaming 2017 was held last week, which included a meeting of the National Indian Gaming Association that re-elected Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. The ribbon-cutting featured participation by former...

Published April 17, 2017