GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Felix Rappaport, President & CEO, Foxwoods Resort Casino

This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Felix Rappaport, the president and CEO of Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut about the improved performance of the property and the...

Published September 26, 2016

Pro-Casino Expansion Campaign Shuts Down in New Jersey

A Rutgers Eagleton Poll shows 50 percent of New Jersey voters are against expanding casinos in the state outside of Atlantic City. The poll found only 40 percent of...

Published September 26, 2016

Pennsylvania Senate to Consider iGaming

State senators in Pennsylvania have only nine days of session time before the election to pass a bill legalizing online gaming. iGaming revenue was written into the budget in...

Published September 26, 2016

The End is Near for Caesars

Junior creditors have signed on to a deal that would end the two-year Caesars bankruptcy. But will the senior creditors go along with the deal? And what will the...

Published September 26, 2016

One Down, Two To Go In Cyprus

Bloomberry Resorts has withdrawn from the race for a lone casino license in the Republic of Cyprus. Observers speculate NagaCorp may be next to bow out, which would leave...

Published September 26, 2016

MGM Blasts Connecticut Casino Process

The gaming tribes of Connecticut, through their development arm MMCT Venture, have extended the deadline for submitting proposals for the state’s third casino until October 15. But MGM Resorts...

Published September 26, 2016

AGA Inducts Five Into Hall of Fame

The American Gaming Association will induct five individuals who have impacted the industry into the Gaming Hall of Fame's Class of 2016 on September 28 at the Global Gaming...

Published September 26, 2016

Razon Undeterred by Duterte

Philippine gaming magnate Enrique Razon (l.) is moving ahead with plans to build a multimillion-dollar Manila gaming resort despite turbulence in the industry sparked by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Published September 26, 2016

WEEKLY FEATURE: Vietnam Will Not Lift Locals Ban

Vietnam’s Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung (l.) will not lift the ban keeping Vietnamese from entering the country’s casinos. Proponents of locals gaming argue that residents simply cross the...

Published September 19, 2016

Japan Looks Again at Legal Gaming

In another chapter of a long, long saga, a Japanese parliamentary committee is expected to again debate the so-called Integrated Resorts Promotion Bill, which would legalize casino gaming in...

Published September 19, 2016

No Land, No License in Cyprus

Three bidders have been on the short list to win the only casino license in the Republic of Cyprus. But now it may be a one-horse race as two...

Published September 19, 2016

Back to Square One for Connecticut Tribes

In a surprise move, the Mashantucket Pequot and the Mohegan tribes have announced that they are reopening a search for a site to host a casino designed to compete...

Published September 19, 2016

Sands Eyes Busan, South Korea

Las Vegas Sands exec George Tanasijevich (l.) says the company’s next multibillion-dollar casino will be developed in Busan, South Korea if “investment conditions are met,” like allowing locals to...

Published September 19, 2016

Queensland Puts Out the Welcome Mat

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt says casino operators are welcome to bid on a gaming license in the Australian state after Tony Fung withdrew the casino from a development at...

Published September 19, 2016

Former Caesars Head Perlman Dies at 90

The man who brought Wall Street to the Las Vegas Strip died last week. Clifford Perlman, former president of Caesars World, was known for creating excitement at the company’s...

Published September 19, 2016

Icahn Files to Shut Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal

Billionaire Carl Icahn’s management team has filed paperwork with New Jersey gaming regulators to close Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal casino (l.) in October. Icahn first announced the closing in...

Published September 19, 2016

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Scientific Moves

A new CEO at Scientific Games is already producing changes. Kevin Sheehan’s first move is to try to maximize the value of the company’s interactive division, as well as...

Published September 19, 2016

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Stephen Crosby, Chairman, Massachusetts Gaming Commission

This week the GGB Podcast visits Boston to talk about the regulatory process with Stephen Crosby, the chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

Published September 19, 2016

WEEKLY FEATURE: More M&A—SciGames Buying DEQ

Another supplier is being taken off the table. Scientific Games has snapped up DEQ Systems, adding more proprietary technologies to its Shuffle Master brand and enhancing the positioning of...

Published September 5, 2016

Legislative Year Ends: No iPoker Bill in California

There is no joy among online poker fans in the Golden State. The legislature has once again struck out in its attempt to pass an iPoker bill. As in...

Published September 5, 2016