PGA Tour Launches Gambling Initiative

The PGA Tour announced it will begin a gambling integrity program on January 1 to protect its competitions from outside influences related to gambling. The program will affect the...

Published September 25, 2017

Australian Lawsuit Claims Slot Design Deceptive

A potentially landmark lawsuit case against Aristocrat and Crown Resorts claims the basic design of video slot machines is “misleading and deceptive.” The plaintiff is specifically attacking Aristocrat’s Dolphin...

Published September 18, 2017

Duterte Hire and ‘Sex Guru’ Quits Casino Show

Following a public backlash, Margaux Uson (l.), communications assistant secretary for the government of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, will stop performing in casinos. Her stage name was “Mocha.”

Published September 18, 2017

Casino Companies Pitch in for Harvey Victims

Sky Ute Casino Resort employees in Ignacio, Colorado collected hundreds of pounds of supplies for people impacted by Hurricane Harvey. And in Nevada, employees of Golden Entertainment’s PT’s Pubs...

Published September 18, 2017

Adelson Gets Richer

Is that even possible? Indeed it is. Las Vegas Sands has approved a fivefold increase in salary for its billionaire chairman and CEO. The pay hike to $5 million...

Published September 18, 2017

Shelter From The Storm

Typhoon Hato has once again proven that the fate of Macao is intricately entwined with its integrated resorts. Desmond Lam (l.), a professor at the University of Macao and...

Published September 4, 2017

Free Slot Play Declining

Free slot play increasingly is declining, due to an improved economy and aging Baby Boomers, says slot expert, Vince Manfredi (l). For example, in Pennsylvania, free slot play fell...

Published September 4, 2017

Saudi Air Force Takes Over SLS

A squadron of the kingdom’s air force is joining in exercises at Nellis Air Force Base and they’re all staying at the W Las Vegas at the SLS (l.)....

Published August 14, 2017

Wynn Scores One Against Okada

The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the Japanese billionaire’s demand to see the corporate paper trail behind his ouster from Wynn Resorts. But as their battle drags on, some...

Published August 7, 2017

The Future of Macau Gaming

With the gaming concessions granted by Macau early in the 2000s set to expire within the next two to three years, expert gaming observer Ben Lee (ll.) is cautioning...

Published July 31, 2017

New Jersey Online Player Wins WSOP

Scott Blumstein, a 25-year-old online poker player from Brigantine New Jersey has won the World Series of Poker Main Event and $8.1 million. Blumstein is a regular on New...

Published July 31, 2017

Z Capital to Acquire Daily Racing Form

Z Capital Partners has reached an agreement to acquire horse-racing media company Daily Racing Form in what Bloomberg News is calling a bet on the future of online sports...

Published July 31, 2017

Macau Upside-Down

Staffers of Macau’s Customs Service mistakenly flew the national flag in the upside-down position at the Coloane Pier. Officials—who initially claimed photos of the gaffe were doctored—have “deeply” apologized.

Published July 31, 2017

Host with the Most

Managing, measuring and motivating makes for great host teams. Michael McNamee, one of the most experienced casino marketing executives, explains how he organized his teams, set goals and aspirations...

Published July 24, 2017

Who’s Afraid of Donald Trump?

Travel experts were bracing for the worst when the bumptious real estate developer and former reality TV star became leader of the free world. But international visitation to the...

Published July 24, 2017

Roulette is Top Table Game

Millennials and their penchant for social games has driven the popularity of roulette, making it the most popular of the big four table games. That despite the fact that...

Published July 24, 2017

Reefer Madness

Nevada has fired up its new recreational marijuana industry and business is flowering. News reports from the first week tell of long lines of eager buyers outside dispensaries and...

Published July 10, 2017

Lights, Camera, Action! Caesars Unveils Giant Soundstage

With diversification the name of the game among the industry’s biggest players, Caesars Entertainment is staking a huge niche in movie and TV production. The company has opened a...

Published July 10, 2017

Steak Dinner Or $43 Million Jackpot?

When a slot machine in New York’s Resorts World Casino displayed the jackpot sign and said Katrina Bookman had won $42 million. Imagine her surprise when the casino offered...

Published June 26, 2017

Goodbye, Vegas Vickie

The iconic neon cowgirl has been taken down from her Fremont Street perch after nearly 40 years. The building she graced at the end, a shuttered strip club, is...

Published June 19, 2017