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03/23/23 8:00 AM

Frank Floor Talk: Book Review — Chip War

  • Buddy Frank
  • Commercial Casinos
“Chip War” by Chris Miller 430 pp., 2022, $30.00, Scribner In our business, you might think the “Chip War” is about the battle between megalith GPI and upstarts like CHIPCO,... Read more... more
03/23/23 8:00 AM

Frank Floor Talk: Why not share more?

  • Buddy Frank
  • Commercial Casinos
“Minimum standards are a joke.” When surveillance and security expert Willy Allison said that recently, it’s not because he doesn’t respect and follow these basic rules of casino operations. It’s... Read more... more
03/23/23 8:00 AM

Frank Floor Talk: Sports wagering could reinvigorate the horse racing tradition

  • John G. Brokopp
  • Sports Betting
For the better part of the 20th century, thoroughbred racing ruled as the Sport of Kings in America and reigned supreme as the most popular form of legalized gambling in... Read more... more
03/22/23 7:57 PM

Gaming industry would be wise not to let October 1 memorial falter

  • John L. Smith
  • Commercial Casinos
Like the retelling of another person’s nightmare and despite its unprecedented toll on the community, the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip is likely fading in... Read more... more
03/21/23 10:00 PM

Tottenham Report: Hush? What’s that sound? Is it noise or is it bias?

  • Andrew Tottenham — Managing Director, Tottenham & Co
  • Other
In a previous commentary, I wrote about how noise and bias can affect decision making in an organisation. In this post, I explore it further and provide ideas to help... Read more... more
03/21/23 10:00 PM

Tottenham Report: Will restrictions on promotions drive more people to black-market sites?

  • Hannah Gannagé-Stewart
  • Igaming
The UK’s Betting & Gaming Council (BGC) has published research it commissioned from polling firm YouGov that claims 82 per cent of punters believe betting companies should be allowed to... Read more... more
03/19/23 5:11 PM

Class action lawsuits could pose an industry-wide threat

  • Ken Adams
  • Commercial Casinos
  • Sports Betting
A U.S. district judge in Nevada recently granted a motion for certification in a class-action lawsuit against Wynn Resorts. The suit alleges that management deceived investors by not disclosing sooner... Read more... more
03/16/23 9:00 AM

Igaming Focus: Could Texas legalise gambling?

  • Hannah Gannagé-Stewart
  • Commercial Casinos
  • Igaming
  • Sports Betting
Towards the end of 2022, the state of Texas saw legislators launch the state’s latest attempt to legalise gambling. Senate Joint Resolution 17 was introduced by Houston-based Democrat, Senator Carol... Read more... more
03/16/23 9:00 AM

Igaming Focus: Midpoint or midlife — U.S. betting sector will continue evolving

  • Jake Pollard
  • Igaming
  • Sports Betting
As the larger U.S. sportsbooks envisage reaching profitability in the near term, the sector is about to enter another stage of its evolution. Midpoint is a term that is much... Read more... more
03/05/23 11:16 AM

The “twin paths” of Bally’s

  • Ken Adams
  • Commercial Casinos
Just when you thought the battle for the top tier was over, another company starts climbing the ladder. Bally’s, originally known as Twin River Worldwide Holdings, is the latest in... Read more... more