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

UK Casino Opens

A “super-casino” in Leeds, Yorkshire County, England has opened its doors. The Victoria Gate, a ₤30 million property operated by London-based Global Gaming Ventures, is the UK’s third-largest gaming...

Published February 6, 2017

New York Crowds Flock to del Lago Opening

The $440 million del Lago Resort and Casino got an enthusiastic reception on its opening last week as the second of four Las Vegas-style commercial casinos coming to New...

Published February 6, 2017

Uncertain Recovery in Macau

Macau has hit a speed bump in its much-heralded comeback. The world’s premier gaming destination, which emerged from a 26-month downturn last summer, fell short of analysts’ estimates for...

Published February 6, 2017

Florida Senators Unanimously Approve Compact Legislation

SB 8 received unanimous approval from the Florida Senate Regulated Industries Committee. The sweeping measure incorporates parts of the compact negotiated by Governor Rick Scott (l.) and the Seminole...

Published February 6, 2017

Second Time a Charm for Online Poker in New York?

State Senator John Bonacic (l.) has reintroduced his 2016 bill legalizing web poker in the Empire State. Its prospects are uncertain, but what’s different this year is that a...

Published February 6, 2017

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Willy Allison, Organizer, World Game Protection Conference

This week the GGB Podcast sits down with Willy Allison, the owner and organizer of the World Game Protection Conference the first and only meeting dedicated to issues relating...

Published February 6, 2017

WEEKLY FEATURE: Vietnam Counts Down to Locals Trial

A three-year program that will allow Vietnamese locals to gamble at two domestic casinos will officially launch March 15. Union Gaming believes that the language of the decree could...

Published January 30, 2017

Where Will Japan Develop New Casinos?

Yokohama and Osaka are usually mentioned as likely sites for Japan’s first legal casinos, with Tokyo being too congested and beset with opposition. But officials in the two cities...

Published January 30, 2017

Michigan Could Join Sports Betting Fight

Michigan could line up with New Jersey in challenging a federal ban on sports betting under a new bill introduced into its legislature by Rep. Robert Kosowski (l.). The...

Published January 30, 2017