Time will tell if Ultimate Poker, which has been accepting wagers since April 30, and WSOP.com can generate enough players within the confines of Nevada’s borders to co-exist. Meanwhile, at least three other real money websites — 888 Poker, Treasure Island and the South Point — could go live by year’s end.
A planned transformation of The Hotel at Mandalay Bay into the Delano Las Vegas may be on hold for a good reason.
The gaming industry is ready to climb Japan’s Mount Fuji.
This month’s Global Gaming Expo could easily be mistaken for CinemaCon.
How odd would it be if Steve Wynn were to buy the Atlantic Club in Atlantic City in order to gain a foothold in New Jersey’s highly anticipated Internet gaming market?
A few months ago I called Bally Technologies boring.
Craig Neilsen spent parts of three decades building Ameristar Casinos, the majority of which was accomplished after he was rendered a quadriplegic in a 1985 car accident.
A state investigation of sports book operator Cantor Gaming, launched after a company official was indicted for his alleged involvement in an illegal bookmaking and money laundering operation, has gone radio silent.
Having navigated MGM Resorts International through almost four years of turbulent economic waters, Jim Murren has grown used to hearing negative comments from haters and detractors.
Suddenly, Wall Street loves International Game Technology’s DoubleDown Casino.
It’s taken Tilman Fertitta just a few years to build his casino company.
Back in 1996, when Michigan voters authorized three casinos in downtown Detroit, opponents said legal gambling would destroy the city. Detroit is now bankrupt.
They used to joke about being twins separated at birth. Gavin Isaacs and Ramesh Srinivasan held co-chief operating officer titles at slot machine giant Bally Technologies during the company’s stunning growth in the past decade. Isaacs oversaw slot machine development and sales. Srinivasan managed the systems division.
Casino developers — including MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Wynn Resorts Ltd. — will spend some $22 billion on massive new resorts and gambling complexes in Macau over the next four years.
The Empire put a hit on the Mafia and buried the farm. Two years after Caesars Entertainment Corp. perplexed Wall Street by acquiring social gaming operation Playtika, the casino giant has moved past rival Zynga Inc. to the top of the business model.
