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09/29/22 2:00 AM

Tottenham Report: The slow march of regulatory change

  • Hannah Gannagé-Stewart
The two themes that stood out most at last week’s SBC Summit Barcelona were player protection and regulatory compliance. While the Player Protection Symposium took up the least physical space,... Read more... more
09/27/22 9:52 PM

Horse sense and common sense

  • Bernard Kroviak
As the summer ends, Epicenter has firmly established himself as the three-year-old of the year, and the four-year-old Flightline just cemented his status as the latest wonder horse (or, if... Read more... more
09/25/22 10:00 PM

Gathering to talk about the issues

  • Ken Adams
Autumn is gaming conference time. As one season ends and another begins, it is a time to pause and reflect on the changing gaming industry in a post-pandemic world. The... Read more... more
09/22/22 2:00 PM

Igaming Focus: How realistic are smaller online sports betting operators’ plans in the U.S.?

  • Jake Pollard
When JMP Securities previewed the new NFL season just before opening weekend, many of the forecasts it included in its update were expected, but its observations about how smaller operators... Read more... more
09/20/22 10:04 PM

G2E, ECGC miss opportunity by avoiding discussion on ending indoor smoking

  • Cynthia Hallett, MPH
Last year at Global Gaming Expo (G2E), Hard Rock International Chairman Jim Allen told attendees, “Success means being better listeners to employees.” It seems that doesn’t apply, however, when it... Read more... more
09/14/22 9:37 PM

Texas Station goes and takes with it a shining piece of a hurting Las Vegas neighborhood

  • John L. Smith
As spectacular Las Vegas endings go, this past week’s demolition of the locals-friendly Texas Station was a fairly humdrum affair. No dynamite-packed implosions set to music, no nighttime pyrotechnics celebrating...... more
09/10/22 2:48 PM

Sixty-seven years: Thirteen presidents, seven popes, one Queen

  • Jeffrey Compton
On Thursday the last constant of my life passed on. I am sixty-seven years old and have lived through thirteen presidents and seven popes, but only one Queen. Queen Elizabeth... Read more... more
09/07/22 2:36 PM

Igaming Focus: NFL marketing set to ramp up and so are industry critics

  • Jake Pollard
The U.S. betting and gaming juggernaut is ready for the new NFL season, but it is highly likely the new advertising campaigns will also lead to more criticism about their... Read more... more
09/07/22 2:36 PM

Igaming Focus: MGM-LeoVegas merger — A tangled web?

  • Hannah Gannagé-Stewart
This week may mark the completion of the latest headline-grabbing transatlantic acquisition to reshape the U.S. igaming market. Having been dominated by sports books for the last four years,... Read more... more
09/06/22 10:59 PM

Making lemons out of lemonade

  • Dennis Conrad
One of the things about being an advocate for the casino customer is that you hear from casino customers. Many of them. And I answer them all. Some of this... Read more... more