Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino has broken ground on a $164 million expansion that will add an event venue, new restaurants, a 30-table poker room and a parking garage. General Manager...
The malaise affecting casinos across the country must have something to do with how they are treated and what they want. Do we want to constantly rely on “less...
This week, Dr. Mark Yoseloff, director of the Gaming Innovation Center at UNLV, joins the GGB Podcast to discuss his efforts to promote creativity in the gaming industry.
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Indians has launched a real-money online poker site despite no state regulations in California for online gambling being in place. The tribe has...
Online gaming has failed to meet expectations in three U.S. states where it’s legal: Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey. Now Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings has proposed linking poker rooms through...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh (l.) has pulled out of surrounding community arbitration with Steve Wynn for the casino resort he proposes for Everett. Since Walsh has boycotted the process...
The road to Saipan’s first and only casino has been a bumpy one. There have been allegations of favoritism and shady dealings in connection with the bidding process. But...
The government of the Netherlands is breaking up its casino monopoly and opening the market to competition. Lotteries and online gambling also will be put out for bid.
Vietnam’s largest casino hotel has a new investor in budget hotel tycoon Chien Lee. The Grand – Ho Tram (l.) has struggled in the absence of domestic play, but...
In a move that will reduce annual corporate expenses by $2.5 million, Isle of Capri eliminated the executive chairman of the board, chief strategic officer and other senior corporate...
The purchase of IGT by GTECH means more than just another massive gaming deal. It demonstrates the acceleration of globalization and convergence of all gaming sectors.
This week, the GGB Podcast presents an important interview with David Rebuck, the director of New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement, on the shape of the iGaming industry in...
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd. wraps up a month of acquisitions and partnership deals aimed at keeping up with powerful competition with the purchase of VGT, a leading Class II manufacturer....
Universal Studios wants a casino to complement its Osaka theme park, and Huis Ten Bosch wants one in Nagasaki, where it operates a popular Dutch-themed park. But Universal is...
Russian lawmakers have approved a bill to bring casinos to economically struggling Crimea and Sochi, site of the recent Winter Olympics (l.). The Crimea zone, expected to be centered...
Last month, 17 gaming partnerships formally submitted their casino proposals to the state of New York (Nevele proposal for Catskills at left). The winners will not be chosen until...
The Kansas Attorney General's office said the Wyandotte Nation's application to have land in Park City taken into federal trust has been rejected by the Interior Department. Officials said...
New South Wales regulators have OK’d a license for James Packer’s multibillion-dollar Crown Sydney (l.), paving the way for the luxury resort to open in 2019. Billed as a...
Not a “host” city, Boston is trying to outline deals with the two developers of casinos in the region, neither of them located in the city. Last week, the...
Investors who expect the gaming industry to grow are going to be disappointed in the short term, as revenues continue to decline in almost all sectors and competitive technologies...