WEEKLY FEATURE: Legends Bay Casino Breathes New Life into Reno-Sparks Market

Legends Bay Casino held a grand opening ceremony (l.) August 30, which was 15 years in the making for parent company Olympia Gaming. The property represents the first new-construction...

Published September 5, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Odds Look Longer For Sports Betting in California

Could the impossible happen in the California sports betting race? Could both propositions fail? With hundreds of millions of dollars at work to convince state voters that sports betting...

Published August 29, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Entain Fined £17 Million by UKGC, Could Lose License

Entain has been fined £17 million by the U.K. Gambling Commission. The commission said the company hasn’t done nearly enough to protect consumers from gambling addiction, or properly adhere...

Published August 22, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Indian Gaming Revenue Breaks Record, Jumps 40 Percent

The National Indian Gaming Commission last week reported that tribal casino in the U.S. produced gross gaming revenues of $39 billion in 2021, a 13 percent increase over 2019,...

Published August 15, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: New Jersey Must Pay Millions Over PILOT Payments

So far, Atlantic County has won big in their battle with the state of New Jersey over what the latter owes to the former as part of the PILOT...

Published August 8, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: DOI Rejects 2 CA Gaming Compacts

The federal government has rejected two tribal state gaming compacts forwarded to it for California and the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians in Lake County and Santa Rosa Rancheria...

Published August 1, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Macau Reopens, But for How Long?

Last week, the Macau government announced that casinos in the market could reopen for a two-week “consolidation period” starting July 23. It marked the end of the city’s most...

Published July 25, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Top Gaming Execs Discuss Industry’s Past, Present and Future

CEOs Craig Billings, Rob Goldstein and Bill Hornbuckle (l. to r.) of Wynn Resorts, Sands and MGM Resorts, respectively, recently appeared on a CNBC panel in which they addressed...

Published July 18, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Crown Names Chairman & CEO Amid Further Strife in Victoria

Crown Resorts, now owned wholly by investment firm Blackstone, last week named former MGM and Cosmopolitan executive Bill McBeath as chairman and Wynn Macau COO Ciaran Carruthers (l.) as...

Published July 11, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: U.K. Mulls Gambling Law Changes, Which May Cause Bettors to Flee

Ministers of the U.K. Parliament are considering an overhaul of the 2005 Gambling Act to address responsible gaming issues, among them stake limits and a ban on free play....

Published July 4, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: More Evidence that Smoking Bans Do Not Impact Casino Revenues

A new report from Las Vegas research firm C3 Gaming said the way casinos managed restrictions during the Covid pandemic showed that banning smoking will not be a major...

Published June 27, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: New Gaming Law Imminent in Macau

Lawmakers in Macau could sign off on the city’s new gaming law as early as June 21. The final draft includes a tax increase of 1 percent, with a...

Published June 20, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Oaktree Acquires Interblock

Oaktree Capital Management LP, a U.S.-based asset management firm, has acquired Slovenia’s Interblock, one of the pioneers in the electronic table game genre. Interblock will continue to operate as...

Published June 13, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Second Richmond Casino Referendum Must Wait for Petersburg Study

Virginia State Senator Joe Morrissey opposes a second referendum to approve a casino in Richmond (l.) after the first was unsuccessful. He also wants the license sent to Peterburg,...

Published June 6, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Labor Strife Threatens Montreal, Atlantic City

It’s strike season in Montreal and Atlantic City (l.), where casino workers are demanding higher wages as the industry recovers from Covid-19. In Las Vegas, however, Resorts World has...

Published May 30, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Chicago Wants More Money from Bally’s

Chicago reportedly is looking for a sure bet from its planned Windy City casino. It has proposed that the River West site of a billion-dollar Bally’s casino resort (l.)...

Published May 23, 2022

WEEKLY FEATAURE: Final Macau Gaming Law In Flux

The bill that would change Macau gaming law is changing the closer it gets to the deadline of late June for its passage, according to committee chairman, Andrew Chan...

Published May 16, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: MGM to Acquire LeoVegas

MGM Resorts International has made an offer of around $607 million to acquire LeoVegas AB, the Swedish-based online gaming operator, to augment its BetMGM online gaming and sports betting...

Published May 9, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Osaka, Nagasaki Sole Bidders for Japan IR License

In the end, just two prefectures submitted bids for integrated resort licenses in Phase 1 of Japan’s planned casino industry. Following the abrupt withdrawal of Wakayama last month, the...

Published May 2, 2022

WEEKLY FEATURE: Maine Sports Betting Bill Goes to Governor

A bill to legalize sports betting has passed in the Maine Senate and House and could soon be on the desk of Governor Janet Mills (l.). Complicating the bill’s...

Published April 25, 2022