WEEKLY FEATURE: Vietnam Considers Local Gambling

Will the government of Vietnam at last let locals gamble at a proposed new casino on Phu Quoc Island? Opening the doors to nationals could mean a new gold...

Published July 4, 2016

Pennsylvania Legislature OKs Expanded Gaming

Faced with a $1 billion gap in next year’s state budget, the Pennsylvania legislature has approved online gaming, fantasy sports and slots in airports and OTBs, which would be...

Published July 4, 2016

Atlantic City Union Strikes Taj After Settling With Others

Atlantic City’s main casino union reached a deal with three Caesars Entertainment owned casinos and the Tropicana casino ahead of a July 1 deadline, but a strike was called...

Published July 4, 2016

Brazil Bets Big

Could Brazil proceed with its plan to legalize up to 35 casinos? More and more Brazilian legislators are jumping on the gaming bandwagon in hopes of reaping billions in...

Published July 4, 2016

Supreme Court Rejects Two Tribal Gaming Issues

The highest court in the land has declined to hear two appeals of issues to Indian Country. Two lower courts that have ruled that tribes are governed by the...

Published July 4, 2016

California Could Legalize Both DFS and iPoker

A climax to a year spent trying to approve of both daily fantasy sports and online poker appears to be approaching as the deadline nears for any bills to...

Published July 4, 2016

Third Time’s Charm for Wynn Palace

Wynn Resorts Ltd. says its $4.2 billion casino hotel on Macau’s Cotai Strip may finally be on course to open in late August. The glitzy Wynn Palace, twice delayed,...

Published July 4, 2016

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Brexit Impact

One of the biggest hits stocks have received in several years is a result of the Brexit vote last week in the United Kingdom. It’s had impact, as expected...

Published July 4, 2016

GGB PODCAST: Tom Jingoli, President, Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, and Senior Vice President, Konami Gaming

This week the GGB Podcast sits down with Tom Jingoli, the president of the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers, on how the organization has grown in stature and importance...

Published July 4, 2016

NIGA Expands Washington D.C. Headquarters

The national organization representing gaming tribes, the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), last week the completion of its new headquarters located on Capitol Hill in Washington. NIGA leaders cut...

Published June 27, 2016

Nevada OKs License For Fantasy Sports Company

USFantasy, a fantasy sports company run by Gaming Hall of Fame member Vic Salerno (l.), was issued a license by Nevada regulators last week that will rely on the...

Published June 27, 2016

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Industry Giants Head in Different Directions

At one time the two largest companies in the gaming industry, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment were in lockstep. Success for one meant success for the other. Misfortune for...

Published June 27, 2016

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Mark Brown, CEO, Imperial Pacific Saipan

This week the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Mark Brown, the CEO of Imperial Pacific Saipan, about his company’s efforts to bring Macau-style gaming to the island.

Published June 27, 2016

WEEKLY FEATURE: Maybe Next Year in Macau

Macau, the world’s foremost gaming destination now mired in a two-year decline, won’t bounce back anytime soon. A new financial forecast says GDP in the recession-battered market will contract...

Published June 27, 2016

Pennsylvania House Passes iGaming, Airport Slots

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed gaming expansion legislation that would legalize internet gaming and expand slot gaming to the state’s airports and OTB parlors. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf...

Published June 27, 2016

Melco Crown: About-Face on Studio City VIPs?

Melco Crown Entertainment, which at first eschewed VIP gaming at its new Studio City property (l.) on Macau’s Cotai Strip, is now reportedly weighing the benefits of junket operations.

Published June 27, 2016

Freeman, AGA Keep Up Press for Sports Betting

As the AGA held a town-hall meeting of law enforcement leaders to promote legal sports betting, its president, Geoff Freeman (l.), used the newly awarded Las Vegas NHL franchise...

Published June 27, 2016

Finland Debuts Veikkaus

Finland has consolidated its three state-owned gaming operators into a single entity to be known as Veikkaus. The new organization will debut a new logo and new branding early...

Published June 27, 2016

WEEKLY FEATURE: FanDuel, DraftKings Happy Together

A report by Bloomberg News says that the two largest daily fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings have begun preliminary talks about a possible merger. The two companies offer...

Published June 20, 2016

Packer’s Big Play

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts last week announced it would spin off its international properties into a separate company and then establish a REIT to hold its Australian hotels....

Published June 20, 2016