FANTINI’S FINANCE: Local Yokels

What happens when you fail to match the estimates from the respected gaming analysts? Your share prices jump? Here’s why the regional gaming companies keep expectations high.

Published February 17, 2014

GGB PODCAST: Joe Pappano, Senior Vice President, Director of Merchant Sales and Managing Director, Vantiv Gaming Solutions

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Joe Pappano, the senior vice president, director of merchant sales and managing director for Vantiv Gaming Solutions on the role...

Published February 17, 2014

WEEKLY FEATURE: Florida Fun

In a surprising turnaround, Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford (l.) said he would support an expanded gambling measure—if it included two key provisions. First, voters would have to approve...

Published February 17, 2014

Caesars to Restructure $23 Billion in Debt

A subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corp. is working with investment bank Lazard Ltd. to restructure $23 billion in long-term debt. The massive debt load is a record for the...

Published February 17, 2014

SJM Breaks Ground on Cotai

Macau casino giant SJM held a ceremonial groundbreaking last week (l.) for its megaresort on Cotai. The company, still the city’s market-share leader, is targeting a 2017 opening and...

Published February 17, 2014

Bloomberry Raises $254M. to Expand Solaire

Despite a challenging first year, Manila’s Solaire Resort & Casino will be expanding to the tune of 300 new hotel suites, a shopping mall, a showroom and a nightclub....

Published February 17, 2014

Another Party Heard From in Wisconsin

Menominee Chairwoman Laurie Boivin (l.), who recently replaced Craig Corn, delivered a noncontroversial “State of the Tribes” speech, barely mentioning her tribe's proposed $800 million Hard Rock casino in...

Published February 17, 2014

Business As Usual in Massachusetts

The year 2014 may be one of many “firsts” when it comes to Massachusetts gaming, such as the first slots and casino resort licenses being issued and possibly a...

Published February 17, 2014

NIGA Chairman Calls for More Indian Participation in Internet Gaming Debate

Ernie Stevens (l.), the chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association, is insisting that gaming tribes should have a place at the table as the federal government decides whether...

Published February 17, 2014

SkyCity Weighs Brisbane Bid

New Zealand casino giant SkyCity CEO Nigel Morrison (l.) may take on Australian rivals Echo and Crown for a shot at a new casino license being offered in Brisbane....

Published February 17, 2014

WEEKLY FEATURE: First Bay State License Set to Go

Massachusetts’ first gaming license—for a slots parlor—will be issued by the state Gaming Commission on February 28, if things go according to schedule. The owners of Raynham Park believe...

Published February 10, 2014

Genting to Build IR in South Korea

As Genting announced a $2.2 billion integrated resort in South Korea’s Jeju island (l.), the government is reconsidering its rejection of Caesars Entertainment as a prospective investor in the...

Published February 10, 2014

Lawmakers Endorse Navajo Gambling Compact

After initially recommending the Navajo Nation and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez renegotiate their agreed-to gambling compact, the legislative Committee on Compacts changed its mind and endorsed the deal,...

Published February 10, 2014

Lobbyists, Campaign Cash Flowing To Florida

Conservative legislators said they could support expanded gambling if Governor Rick Scott negotiates a Seminole Tribe compact this year, and if voters pass a constitutional amendment requiring their approval...

Published February 10, 2014

UK Betting Shops Under Fire

Local councils are renewing their push in the UK for powers to limit the proliferation of betting shops in town centers. The government appears to be getting behind the...

Published February 10, 2014

Fahrenkopf Named BMM Director

Former American Gaming Association President and CEO Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. (l.) has been named a director of gaming testing company BMM Testlabs.

Published February 10, 2014

Redmond Quits Echo

Industry veteran John Redmond (l.) has thrown in the towel as CEO of Australia’s Echo Entertainment. He was only in the job a little more than a year. But...

Published February 10, 2014

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST: Joe Valandra, Chairman and CEO, Great Luck

This week, the GGB Podcast features a discussion with Joe Valandra, the chairman and CEO of Great Luck, a technology company that will enable tribes to offer Class II...

Published February 10, 2014

WEEKLY FEATURE: Revelation

Media reports that Caesars Entertainment is preparing an offer for Atlantic City’s troubled Revel casino hotel comes just weeks after reports that Hard Rock International was considering a bid....

Published February 3, 2014

Foxwoods Back in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has begun the final review process of the proposals to build casinos in the state. But another player, Foxwoods, is preparing to file an application...

Published February 3, 2014