Packer’s ‘Secret’ Plan?

Details of Crown Resorts’ planned $1.5 billion casino project at Barangaroo, Sydney are being withheld from the public, according to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald. Meanwhile, Echo...

Published June 1, 2015

Meadowlands Casino Planned; Christie Approves

The same day a casino project was announced at the Meadowlands racetrack, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (l.) commented that he is now in favor of a North Jersey...

Published June 1, 2015

California Gambling Chief Resigns

Richard Lopes (l.), the head of California’s Gambling Commission, resigned last week under a cloud of scandal, the second official with the commission to step down in the last...

Published June 1, 2015

Banyan Tree Plans Vietnam Casino

Singapore-based hotel company Banyan Tree has issued a request for concept as it plans an integrated resort with gaming in Vietnam. The resort would be based at Laguna Lăng...

Published June 1, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Steve Callender, General Manager, Tropicana Atlantic City

This week, the GGB Podcast brings Steve Callender, the general manager of Tropicana Atlantic City to the mike to discuss the recent $50 million expansion of the property.

Published June 1, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Movement in Macau

Last week’s G2E Asia crystalized, for many members of the gaming industry, just what is happening in Macau. And when Melco Crown’s Jamie Packer (l.) became the latest casino...

Published May 25, 2015

Connecticut Senate Passes One Casino Bill

The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill that would authorize the state’s two gaming tribes to move towards opening a satellite casino in the state by communicating with communities...

Published May 25, 2015

Nevada Approves Skill-Based Slots

A bill allowing for slots with the highest awards based on skill rather than luck has passed the Nevada legislature, and was immediately signed by Governor Brian Sandoval. The...

Published May 25, 2015

Will Baha Mar Ever Open?

The massive Baha Mar resort being developed in the Bahamas will not open until September, according to the latest reports. The opening of the resort, reportedly the most expensive...

Published May 25, 2015

Alabama Legislators Debating Taxes Vs. Gambling

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (l.) is standing firm on raising taxes to fill the state's $280 million budget gap. Another option is Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh's bill...

Published May 25, 2015

Okada Gets New Manila Partner

Philippine-based Century Properties has settled its dispute with Universal Entertainment Corp., run by Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada. The companies once planned to work together on Okada’s Manila casino, Tiger...

Published May 25, 2015

Jens Halle Dies

Jens Halle, the Merkur Gaming CEO and longtime head of Novomatic’s gaming equipment manufacturing subsidiary, has died suddenly at the age of 57.

Published May 25, 2015

Land & Buildings Ends Fight With MGM

The proposal from Land & Buildings Investment Management, which would see MGM Resorts International vacate four board chairs, has come to an end after the company received heavy opposition...

Published May 25, 2015

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Down to Business

The opening of the second phase of Galaxy Macau will kick off the second phase of Cotai expansion and begin to answer some questions about how the SAR will...

Published May 25, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: A.G. Burnett, Chairman, Nevada Gaming Control Board

This week, the GGB Podcast hears from A.G. Burnett, the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, on the issues before his agency and how it has handled iGaming...

Published May 25, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: No More Hooting in Vegas?

Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas has been sold to Trinity Hotel Investments of New York for $53.8 million. The sale comes fresh off the sale of next-door neighbor...

Published May 18, 2015

Massachusetts Town Narrowly Approves Casino Resort

Brockton, Massachusetts’s voters narrowly approved a casino resort (l.) for their town while another bidder for the Southeastern Massachusetts casino license, Somerset’s Crossroads group, withdrew from the contest. The...

Published May 18, 2015

No New Singapore Licenses

A Singapore senior official says the republic will not expand its casino market when the country’s two existing licenses expire in 2017. Instead, the government will focus on the...

Published May 18, 2015

Echo, Crown Battle on Barangaroo

Casino developer James Packer’s Crown Resorts and rival Echo Entertainment are battling over the billionaire’s $1.5 billion casino resort at Barangaroo. The Sydney Observatory is getting in on the...

Published May 18, 2015

Minnesota Lottery Bill Kills Online Sales, Paperless Pull Tabs

Sales of instant-play lottery tickets online and at gas pumps and ATMs will end within four months in Minnesota, since Governor Mark Dayton said he will not veto legislation...

Published May 18, 2015