Business Models for Online Gaming in the U.S.

The optimal solution for states and land-based casino operators may be different than European countries where iGaming has flourished for years. With the current link between land-based and online...

Published April 3, 2017

Crunching Numbers

A new accounting standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board will affect financial reporting of casino operators. It won’t be easy, but here’s what savvy operators should be...

Published March 27, 2017

Guess What? Sheldon Adelson Is Still Really Rich

Last year’s wealthiest individual in world gaming is also this year’s wealthiest individual in world gaming. Forbes is out with its 2017 list of billionaires and Las Vegas Sands...

Published March 27, 2017

Gaming Industry Urges Health Care Reformers to Recognize Problem Gambling

Leaders of associations that are part of the gaming industry have written a letter to Congress and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price (l.) asking that any version...

Published March 13, 2017

Pioneering the Job of ‘Chief Experience Officer’

A woman who has pioneered the job of looking at the job that a casino does from the point of view of the customers says that every business in...

Published March 13, 2017

Massachusetts Plans Study of Problem Gambling Among Vets

A new state report says the U.S. military isn’t doing enough to identify and help service members with gambling addictions. The state plans to do its own research into...

Published March 13, 2017

Gaming Grows Up

Mature gaming markets demand mature gaming policies. There are many long-established gaming jurisdictions that fall prey to politics and back-room deals to increase competition, taxes or fees. Here’s how...

Published March 6, 2017

eBay Stops Sale of Trump Taj Mahal Sign

Online auction site eBay has stopped a sale of a large “Trump” sign from the closed Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City over an ownership dispute. The bidding on...

Published February 27, 2017

Addicts Enter Gambling Zone, Says Study

Runners have their “zone” and apparently gambling addicts have theirs. A study by the University of British Columbia concludes that addicts go into another place far away from reality...

Published February 27, 2017

Phone Chargers Creating ‘Gasinos’

In Wisconsin, gas-station phone chargers cost $1 per minute and offer entries in promotional games offering cash prizes. The state considers the machines illegal gambling, although similar video games...

Published February 27, 2017

Tribes Consider New Trump Administration

At the recent quarterly meeting of the United Indian Nations of Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas the main topic of conversation was what to expect from the Trump administration. About...

Published February 6, 2017

Computer Beats the Poker Pros

A computer programmed at Carnegie Mellon University has beat four of the world’s top professional poker players in a game at Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino.

Published February 6, 2017

Self-Exclusion Not That Effective in Large Casinos

Although many large casinos with self-exclusion programs brag that they keep gambling addicts from playing, at least one such player claims that they are mainly window dressing. A Boston...

Published February 6, 2017

Frequent Filer Sues Harrah’s

Michele Joseph sued Harrah's Las Vegas in U.S. District Court alleging Americans with Disabilities Act violations. Joseph, who is disabled, has sued numerous Las Vegas businesses. The self-described "tester"...

Published February 6, 2017

AGA Responds to ‘Hypocrisy’ in Sun Story

The American Gaming Association officially responded in opposition to what is says was “hypocrisy” of casino industry critics in a story published in the Baltimore Sun.

Published January 30, 2017

Trump Victory Sinks Bookmaker’s Quarter

Paddy Power Betfair reported a 3 percent drop in revenue for its online division in the fourth quarter, thanks to the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president.

Published January 30, 2017

Casinos Hope Concertgoers Are Gamblers

By booking top performers like Bruno Mars and Cher, casinos outside Las Vegas—like the new $1.4 billion MGM National Harbor near Washington, D.C.—increasingly hope concert audiences also will gamble,...

Published January 30, 2017

Hyper Segmentation for Player Development

VizExplorer’s Mick Ingersoll (l.) explains why database marketing can be a blessing and a curse. But when it is used correctly it can be a powerful tool for your...

Published January 16, 2017

Look Ma, No Hands

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman (l.) took the first ride on a driverless shuttle bus that’s being tested for regular runs down Fremont Street later this year. The electrically...

Published January 16, 2017

Addiction Researchers Find Brain ‘Light’

A new study has identified a region of the brain that “lights up” when problem gamblers are shown gambling-related imagery, a region that works the same way for substance...

Published January 9, 2017