A few weeks after becoming law, Brazil’s online gambling ban is looking increasingly difficult to reverse. With Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva winning reelection and the country’s Supreme Court halting lawsuits challenging... more
Andrew Tottenham — Managing Director, Tottenham & Co
Commercial Casinos
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I was walking along a street in Valencia when I noticed a long queue outside a cheesecake shop. Valencia has plenty of cheesecake shops and I have sampled many of them. In my opinion, this shop had nothing special and... more
The midterm elections are over. Many were surprised by the results, including gaming insiders; gaming ended up with split and even conflicting decisions. When gaming was explicitly on the ballot, it lost and often by... more
AI has officially entered the chat. And whether we’re ready or not, it’s here to shake things up. But rather than bracing for impact, I believe we have a unique opportunity to lean into the human element of... more
My daughter asked to decorate for Christmas this weekend. It was November 7. I told her it was too soon, that we still had Halloween candy, and that Mariah Carey hasn’t even been thawed out yet. She didn’t... more
More than 100 people have been inducted into the American Gaming Association’s Gaming Hall of Fame. In an industry with tens of thousands of current employees and hundreds of thousands over its history, that is a very... more
If you only glance at this column, you may think it’s about golf. But it’s much more about tribal governments, tribal casinos, tribal businesses, and most importantly, tribal youth. My column honoree has designed tribal... more
While in Las Vegas for G2E a few weeks back, I was fortunate enough to see Metallica perform two shows at The Sphere. Well, what can I say? What a venue! I obviously knew through word of mouth – particularly from those... more
We’re officially at the point in the year when every brand in Las Vegas discovers a deep, previously unexpressed passion for motorsports. Fashion brands? Racing fans. Jewelry designers? Lifelong enthusiasts. Hello... more
A major issue is looming on the gaming industry’s horizon. It is not necessarily life threatening or category breaking, but it will present challenges: artificial intelligence (AI). In gaming as in most industries, the... more
