GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Bill Boyd, Chairman & CEO, Boyd Gaming

This week, a special GGB Podcast features a discussion with Bill Boyd, the chairman and CEO of Boyd Gaming, on the celebration of the 40th year of the company...

Published March 3, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Enemy of My Enemy?

PokerStars, which many saw as being blocked in any potential California online poker bill because of a proposed “bad actor” clause, has been steadily picking up support from possible...

Published February 23, 2015

Atlantic City Revel Sale Can Be Terminated

Atlantic City’s Revel Casino can terminate a deal to sell the $2.4 billion tower to a Florida-based real estate developer for $95.4 million, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. The...

Published February 23, 2015

Mexico Says ‘Si’ to New Casinos

Mexico is planning to add a number of new casinos in tourist towns including Acapulco, Baja California, Cancun and the Mayan Riviera. Hotel operators including the Hard Rock Riviera...

Published February 23, 2015

Deadline Passes; Walker Rejects Proposal

The Menominee Tribe's offer of $220 million for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium, plus tribal members' freezing 155-mile march to the Capitol, failed to convince Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker...

Published February 23, 2015

Golf Facility Planned at MGM Grand

The golf entertainment company Topgolf has broken ground on a flagship location on the Las Vegas Strip. The destination will open in the spring of 2016.

Published February 23, 2015

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Q4: What We Learned

In the reporting for the fourth quarter, regional casinos seem to have benefited from good weather and lower gas prices. Previous cost cutting seems to have also helped. But...

Published February 23, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Lilian Tomovich, Chief Experience Officer, MGM Resorts International

The week, the GGB Podcast is joined by Lilian Tomovich, the chief experience officer for MGM Resorts International, on her unusual position and her responsibilities for the major gaming...

Published February 23, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Latest Revel Atlantic City Sale Doomed

The sale of Atlantic City’s closed Revel casino to Florida investor Glenn Straub appeared dead after a bankruptcy judge denied a request to extend the closing date—which has passed—for...

Published February 16, 2015

AGA Launches Get Out Vote Campaign

Many casino companies and even the American Gaming Association have urged their employees to register and vote in elections throughout the years. But with a crucial presidential election coming...

Published February 16, 2015

Wynn Says Massachusetts Casino Will be Very Profitable

As Wynn Resorts moves forward with a Boston-area casino that Steve Wynn predicts will be the most profitable non-Indian casino outside of Las Vegas, the state gaming commission got...

Published February 16, 2015

Incheon Airport Plans Resort

Incheon Airport in South Korea is planning an integrated resort project at the facility near Seoul. For inspiration, the airport is looking to Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. The...

Published February 16, 2015

Division Among California Tribes Prevents Online Poker Deal

Strong divisions among tribes that favor online poker in California have so far prevented a bill that all can support from moving forward in the legislature. Even though three...

Published February 16, 2015

GTECH/IGT Merger Takes Shape

Approval by IGT shareholders and completion of financing bring the acquisition of top slot-maker IGT by lottery giant GTECH near closing. GTECH also announced that Jaymin B. Patel (l.)...

Published February 16, 2015

Genting Plans London Casino

A community in Central London is irate about plans by Genting UK to build a 30,000-square-foot casino in the largely residential area. The Vegas-style casino, planned for a Holiday...

Published February 16, 2015

Bellagio, Fremont Street Architect Dies

Jon Jerde, the architect who designed the iconic Bellagio resort and Fremont Street Experience attraction in Las Vegas, has died at 75.

Published February 16, 2015

FANTINI’S FINANCE: Waiting For Answers

The uncertainty that ended 2014 has continued and even accelerated. Questions about Macau, regional gaming and large cap stocks are lingering. And what about Sheldon Adelson’s new title in...

Published February 16, 2015

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Peter Bertilsson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Metric Gaming

This week the GGB Podcast sits down with Peter Bertilsson, the president and Chief Executive Officer of Metric Gaming, a Las Vegas company that specializes in sports betting information...

Published February 16, 2015

WEEKLY FEATURE: Russian Roulette

The Russian government will close three casinos, including the Oracle Casino (l.), in the Azov City gambling zone to grow the gaming industry in Sochi, site of the 2014...

Published February 9, 2015

McCain Supports Sports Betting Legalization, Hearing in Congress

Arizona Senator John McCain called for a national discussion on sports betting through congressional hearings as the one time candidate for president came out in favor of legalized sports...

Published February 9, 2015