FANTINI’S FINANCE: A Sporting Chance

The investment of several NBA team owners in a company that provides data to the sports betting industry demonstrates how far we’ve come in the possible legalization of the...

Published November 2, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: John Palmieri, Executive Director, New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority

This week the GGB Podcast emanates from Atlantic City where we speak with John Palmieri, the executive director of the New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, on his agency’s...

Published November 2, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Piling On

The future of daily fantasy sports sites continues to get murky as more probes into the industry and calls for regulation have come to light, including an investigation by...

Published October 26, 2015

Macau’s Table Games

Studio City (l.), Melco Crown’s lavish Hollywood-themed resort about to open on Macau’s Cotai Strip, will get 250 new-to-market table games. It needed 400 to avoid a loan default....

Published October 26, 2015

Adelson Researching $2 Billion Atlanta Casino

Las Vegas Sands owner Sheldon Adelson recently paid a quiet visit to Georgia legislators to pitch his $2 billion downtown Atlanta casino. MGM Resorts International has been more open...

Published October 26, 2015

Resorts World Birmingham Debuts

The £150 million (US$230 million) casino complex Resorts World Birmingham has opened in the onetime UK industrial center. It is located at the National Exhibition Centre.

Published October 26, 2015

Packer Ups the Ante

Australian casino giant James Packer will empty his pockets—almost—and plow $10 billion into new casino investments Down Under. Among other developments: a $1.5 billion hotel and apartment tower (l.)...

Published October 26, 2015

Connecticut Gaming Tribes Get Bites on Casino RFP

MMCT Venture, a joint authority of Connecticut’s two gaming tribes, is generating interest from several border towns with its request for proposals to host a satellite casino. A proposal...

Published October 26, 2015

Springfield Officials Aghast at Smaller Casino Footprint

An official document MGM Resorts International filed with the state of Massachusetts last week reveals that in additional to eliminating a 25-story hotel from the MGM Springfield, that its...

Published October 26, 2015

FANTINI’S FINANCE: No Surprises

When you evaluate companies on a quarterly basis, it’s difficult to find some separation. But each quarter, there are some hints about where each segment of the industry is...

Published October 26, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Renato Ascoli, Chief Executive Officer, North America Gaming/Interactive, IGT

Join us for this week’s GGB Podcast with Renato Ascoli, the chief executive officer for North America gaming and interactive for IGT, who talks about how the merger with...

Published October 26, 2015

iGaming on Table in Pennsylvania

As Pennsylvania lawmakers try to pass a budget after 100 days of partial shutdown, the chances are increasing that internet gaming legalization will be considered. House Majority Leader Dave...

Published October 19, 2015

Tigre de Cristal Opens

Lawrence Ho’s Summit Ascent Holdings opened its Tigre de Cristal casino in Russia’s Primorye zone October 8. The first phase of the deluxe resort includes a 119-room hotel and...

Published October 19, 2015

Studio City to Get More Tables?

As Studio City’s opening nears, Macau is speculating on the number of tables that will be allotted for the resort. Galaxy Entertainment won permission to add just 150 new-to-market...

Published October 19, 2015

Florida, Seminoles Nearing Compact Terms

A renewed gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe has a "better than 50 percent chance" of happening, said state Senator Rob Bradley (l.), Regulated Industries Committee chairman....

Published October 19, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Todd Moyer, General Manager, Hard Rock Casino Hotel, Sioux City

This week, the GGB Podcast travels to Sioux City where we interview Todd Moyer, the general manager of the property, on how the casino has fit into the community...

Published October 19, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Nevada Sacks DFS

The Nevada Gaming Control Board last week shut down unlicensed websites that offer daily fantasy sports within the state borders. Chairman AG Burnett (l.) called their services “sports betting.”...

Published October 19, 2015

Second Time a Charm

Tioga Downs was awarded the fourth and final casino license designated for upstate New York locations. The first round of bidding had awarded three of the four licenses, but...

Published October 19, 2015

Station Casinos Going Public

Privately owned Station Casinos, and its two majority shareholders, Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III (l.), announced it has filed the necessary federal forms for a proposed public offering of...

Published October 19, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Beijing to the Rescue?

The Mainland Chinese government, whose anticorruption campaign helped kick off an extended decline in Macau’s casino industry, now is pledging to help the beleaguered city’s chief industry. But is...

Published October 12, 2015