Steve Wynn isn’t out of the woods with gaming regulatorsBy Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal • April 22, 2018Just because Steve Wynn has stepped down from his leadership positions at Wynn Resorts Ltd., has sold all the shares he owned in the company and settled legal differences with his ex-wife, Elaine, don’t think for a minute that gaming… [continue reading]
NBA, MLB actually had the ‘balls’ to ask New Jersey for sports betting taxBy Brett Smiley, SportsHandle.com • April 21, 2018This is one so rich with irony I’m having a difficult time staying seated. Proving that they are beyond shame when it comes to sports betting, the NBA and MLB engaged New Jersey officials in recent months to discuss how… [continue reading]
Gaming is ahead of the economy, but with plenty of uncertaintiesBy Nick Sortal, CDC Gaming Reports • April 18, 2018Casino gambling in the U.S. outpaced the general economy in 2017, according to information from RubinBrown, an accounting and business-consulting firm. Total commercial gaming revenues in 2017 were $39.9 billion, a 4.1 percent over 2016, while Native American casinos collected… [continue reading]
VizExplorer: Making the most of disparate informationBy Nick Sortal, CDC Gaming Reports • April 18, 2018VizExplorer is in the information business, and the easiest illustration of what it can do is visible at a blackjack table. The company, in partnership with ARB LABS, has created a solution to an eternal problem: How to track how… [continue reading]
Stronger TogetherBy Geoff Freeman, President, American Gaming Association • April 17, 2018Five years ago, the American Gaming Association (AGA) membership was largely comprised of large commercial casino operators. Those entities founded the organization in 1994, and defending their interests in Washington – or better yet, keeping Washington out of their business… [continue reading]
CDC Gaming Reports sends their best to the 2018 Indian Gaming TradeshowBy CDC Gaming Reports • April 17, 2018Fortune was kind this year, and the planets lined up for CDC Gaming Reports and NIGA 2018, the annual National Indian Gaming Tradeshow & Convention. This is the first time the show has come to Las Vegas, and the first… [continue reading]
Shuffle up and deal: Controversy, conspiracy and card shufflersBy John L. Smith, CDC Gaming Reports • April 16, 2018Few gadgets are as ubiquitous on the casino floor as the card shuffler. The rectangular box looks simple enough, but its low table profile belies an inner core that’s been patented and has the potential of not only shuffling, but… [continue reading]
Trip to the Kentucky Derby becomes the role of lifetimeBy Bernard Kroviak, Special to CDC Gaming Reports • April 15, 2018The Kentucky humorist Irvin S. Cobb once said, “Until you go to Kentucky and with your own eyes behold the Derby, you ain’t never been nowheres and you ain’t seen nothin.” Cobb may not have specifically intended that statement to… [continue reading]
Ocean Resort joining Hyatt is a huge positive for Atlantic CityBy Press of Atlantic City • April 15, 2018Ten days ago Hyatt Hotels Corp. and AC Ocean Walk announced that the redeveloped Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City would be part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection of international hotels. That might turn out to be the year’s biggest Atlantic… [continue reading]
Let ‘Chief Wahoo’ do some goodBy Muhammad Cohen, CDC Gaming Reports • April 14, 2018Major League Baseball has convinced the Cleveland Indians to remove their Chief Wahoo logo from uniforms. That may be a victory over racism or a cynical gesture, but it’s a missed opportunity for baseball and tribal casino communities, one that’s… [continue reading]
Five effective ways media strategies can work for youBy John Dalrymple, The Geary Company • April 14, 2018Any business, whether it’s a start-up or has been around for decades, needs to communicate to its target audiences in order to be profitable. One thing that is top of mind for most gaming executives is how to utilize their… [continue reading]
Think before you legislate!By Andrew Tottenham, Managing Director, Tottenham & Co • April 13, 2018With the impending Supreme Court of the United States opinion regarding whether the States have the right to offer sport betting, and whether Congress overstepped its powers with PAPSA in 1992 in limiting the number of States that can do… [continue reading]
UK Gambling Self-Exclusion Systems RoundupBy Luke Haward, CDC Gaming Reports • April 13, 2018There have been several leaks from the UK’s current self-exclusion systems exposed recently, be they the Multi Operator Self Exclusions Scheme (MOSES) used by many existing high street bookmakers across the land or the unique self-exclusion arrangements set up by… [continue reading]
Niagara Falls Closes the Door after the Horses EscapedBy Ken Adams, CDC Gaming Reports • April 11, 2018In these days of political polarization, very few voters trust any government official. Actually it is a long-term trend; Forbes has been doing a poll for 16 years on the most and least trusted professions in the country. Nurses, military… [continue reading]
Mutual benefit: GiGse, Juegos Miami team up in MiamiBy Nick Sortal, CDC Gaming Reports • April 10, 2018The international gambling management fraternity gets together at ICE London. U.S. commercial and Native American casino operators frequent G2E in Las Vegas. And now, for operators south of the United States and elsewhere, there’s a new option: Juegos Miami and… [continue reading]
New Swedish iGaming Bill PublishedBy Luke Haward, CDC Gaming Reports • April 10, 2018The Swedish Gambling Authority Lotteriinspektionen has just published in full the new regulations which will go into force on 1st January 2019, and they certainly make for an interesting read. Key changes include the introduction of a new licensing system,… [continue reading]
Energy Choice Initiative: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!By John L. Smith, CDC Gaming Reports • April 9, 2018“Let’s get ready to rumble!” — Boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer Nevada is known for its big fights. Whether it was the epic 42-round lightweight championship in 1906 in Goldfield between Joe Gans and Oscar “Battling Nelson,” the heavyweight “Fight… [continue reading]
Editorial: Sports gambling window in Kansas doesn’t need to be opened yetBy Topeka Capital-Journal • April 8, 2018The U.S. Supreme Court has not yet ruled on lifting a federal ban on legalized sports betting. Such a ruling is expected later this year. If the court favors broadening the availability of legalized sports wagering, as expected, the decision… [continue reading]
Adam Silver Once Again Undermines League’s Sports Betting Talking PointsBy Brett Smiley, Sports Handle • April 5, 2018The NBA, MLB and now the PGA Tour have engaged in a sprint since January, lobbying for sports betting legislation favorable to their collective financial interests. This multi-pronged effort in over a dozen states eyeing legal sports betting has involved… [continue reading]
The Wynn mess, and the Mass. Gaming Commission’s big problemBy Yvonne Abraham, The Boston Globe • April 5, 2018A fish rots from the head, but it rarely stops there. Steve Wynn is detaching himself from the company building a gambling palace on the Mystic River after allegations of appalling sexual misconduct against him. But as a bombshell report… [continue reading]
Florida session: Armageddon? Or a whole lot of nothing?By Nick Sortal, CDC Gaming Reports • April 4, 2018The Florida casino expansion clock has been ticking for decades. Doomsday is now approaching, and legislators, operators, and non-gambling interests all know it. A constitutional amendment to require voter approval of any gambling expansion is on the ballot for November,… [continue reading]
Paddy Power Goes Digital with New Self-Exclusion SystemBy Luke Haward, CDC Gaming Reports • April 4, 2018Paddy Power has gone digital with its high street betting shop self-exclusion system, replacing its original 2016 MOSES handwritten pen- and paper-based system with a mobile players’ app compatible with both iPhone and Android platforms. The app, designed by the… [continue reading]
Investment continues to build momentum for ‘New Springfield’By The Republican Editorials, MassLive • April 3, 2018Less than seven years after a tornado ripped through Springfield, the city continues to grow in ways even optimists could not have imagined in 2011. According to Chief Development Officer Kevin Kennedy, public and private investment since the tornado totals… [continue reading]
Walters goes to prison while PGA gambling pal Mickelson keeps on swingingBy John L. Smith, CDC Gaming Reports • April 2, 2018The relationship between PGA star Phil Mickelson and gambler Billy Walters has always felt like a missing jigsaw puzzle piece. Once assembled, the puzzle told the story of the remarkable rise and fall of America’s biggest sports bettor on insider… [continue reading]
The Casino Quandary of Andrew CuomoBy Ken Adams, CDC Gaming Reports • April 2, 2018Resorts World Catskills, New York’s fourth commercial casino opened on February 9, 2018. It cost $1.2 billion to build and has 2100 slot machines, one hundred and thirty table games and one hundred hotel rooms. New York is a rather… [continue reading]
