Don’t say “sayonara” to casinos in Japan quite yet. Japanese lawmakers are just taking a summer break.
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As he was exiting the Sawyer Building’s second-floor hearing room following a Nevada Gaming Commission monthly meeting, Chairman Peter Bernhard was complimented by a state gaming enforcement agent on his handling of individuals and companies seeking licensing approval.
The last time Macau’s casino industry experienced a monthly gaming revenue decline, the Los Angeles Lakers won their 16th National Basketball Association championship and the Los Angeles Kings were National Hockey League doormats.
The relationship between medical marijuana and the gaming industry just won’t go up in smoke.
California is known for having high-priced beachfront real estate. But even $4.9 billion might not be enough of a payment to let a Canadian gaming company settle into the neighborhood.
It’s a good thing John Vandemore spent several years as the chief financial officer for Imagineering, the theme park development arm for the Walt Disney Co. His tenure as CFO of International Game Technology has been one roller coaster ride after another.
Lawmakers spent all of 15 seconds discussing technology at the final three-hour session of the Committee to Conduct an Interim Study Concerning the Impact of Technology Upon Gaming.
Like much of Nevada, the casino industry is grappling with issues surrounding medical marijuana — so much so, that gaming companies and regulators have had little to say publicly about doctor-prescribed pot.
The high-end gamblers who frequent Macau’s ultraritzy private gaming rooms are more interested in whether Cristiano Ronaldo can lead Portugal into the World Cup finals than knowing the next card to come out of the dealing shoe.
Gaming expansion in Maryland is expected to challenge Penn National’s casino development in Charles Town, West Virginia.
Despite the headlines and saber rattling, the leadership of Culinary Local 226 and Bartenders Local 165 wasn’t going to force union members to walk-off their jobs at properties that hadn’t finalized new contracts by 5 a.m. Sunday.
MGM Resorts International supports online wagering legalization in the U.S. The casino giant holds an interactive gaming license in Nevada. Still, MGM Resorts is taking wait-and-see approach in regards to actual real money Internet gaming.
You know things are on the upswing in the locals gaming market when the two Arizona Charlie’s casinos report a first-quarter net revenue increase. It’s been a while since that happened.
Save for a few small companies, Wall Street has thrown in the towel on slot machine manufacturers for 2014.