Political influence has won over gaming industry experience in Las Vegas Sands’ choice of a new chief operating officer for its lucrative Macau subsidiary. Hong Kong construction magnate Wilfred...
New Jersey Congressman Frank Pallone (l.), in a letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is asking for a review of daily fantasy sports sites to determine if...
The Tohono O'Odham Nation of Arizona suffered its first ever court setback last week when a federal judge refused to issue a preliminary injunction ordering the state to issue...
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has signed a 20-year agreement with the Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership, which will pay $50.4 million to operate gaming services in the East...
Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin (l.) says Caesars may have broken the law by scrapping provisions of bond covenants that guarantee lenders will be repaid. Caesars is challenging the ruling...
This week, the GGB Podcast visits with Bruce McKee the CEO of Firekeepers Hotel and Casino in Battle Creek, Michigan, on his long history in the gaming industry and...
The $1.7 billion Wynn Everett Casino has overcome another hurdle when Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton (l.) approved the traffic and environmental report developed by Wynn Resorts....
The Korean government last week identified nine integrated resort sites for an upcoming RFP process. Most of the sites are near the Incheon airport, but does not include the...
Fresh off reports of a mega-merger between Ladbrokes and Coral Group, two more online giants from the British Isles are joining forces—Paddy Power and Betfair—bringing together a leading global...
The state of Florida and the Seminoles are in compact negotiations after a long stalemate, said Florida Senate Regulated Industries Chairman Rob Bradley (l.). A provision of the 2010...
Caesars Entertainment finally has gotten the green light from the major creditors of its largest operating subsidiary to take the subsidiary out of federal bankruptcy protection as a relatively...
Rosewood Hotels and Resorts International has filed a motion to withdraw from the troubled Baha Mar project (l.) in the Bahamas. In a Delaware bankruptcy court, Rosewood said its...
Despite everything that its opponents can throw at it, the Desert Diamond West Valley Resort in Glendale, Arizona is still on schedule to open a temporary casino by the...
A September grand opening is planned for the first casino resort in Russia’s Primorye region (plans at left). Tigre de Cristal, developed and managed by Lawrence Ho’s Summit Ascent...
The new Everi Holding, formerly GCA and Multimedia Games, led by CEO Ram Chary, rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange last week. While it was a...
This week the GGB Podcast focuses on Aristocrat Leisure in a conversation with CEO Jamie Odell, and Maureen Sweeny, the chief commercial officer, on the remarkable achievements made at...
Australian billionaire James Packer (l.) responded to plummeting casino profits in Macau by resigning as chairman of Crown Resorts. Packer will stay on as a board member, and says...
A casino resort at the Indianapolis airport is a possibility, according to Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts, which operates a marginally successful riverboat casino in southern Indiana. Full House...
More than 30 operators are in the race for a casino license in South Korea. Among them: Kolon Global, Grand Korea Leisure and even the National Federation of Fisheries...