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Connecticut Governor Balks at MGM Proposal for $675M Bridgeport Casino: ‘Impossible’
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has rebuffed a surprise proposal by MGM Resorts International to build a $675 million casino resort in Bridgeport, on the state’s southwest coast. While the promise of investment could be tempting to the cash-strapped state, it is also...
Casino Partnerships With Junket Operators Are Public Knowledge, Macau Court Rules
Macau casino agreements with licensed VIP junket operators should be revealed upon qualified legal inquiry, an appeals court in China's special gambling enclave has ruled. The decision comes as a result of an unnamed attorney who sued the city's Gaming Inspection and...
Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn Among Forbes’ ‘Greatest Living Business Minds’
Casino billionaires Sheldon Adelson (84) and Steve Wynn (75) have been two of the most powerful figures in Las Vegas and the worldwide casino and hospitality scene for several decades, so it should come as little surprise that the moguls have both...
Puerto Rico Casinos Brace for Another Hit, as Cat 4 Hurricane Maria Follows Irma
Hurricane Maria made a direct hit on Puerto Rico early Wednesday morning and the island’s 21 casinos were affected, but the extent of their damage was not yet known. Initial reports of the Category 4 storm, with winds up to 155 mph,...
Aussie Court Shoots Down $8.8 Billion Tabcorp-Tatts Merger
The long-planned merger between Tabcorp and Tatts, Australia’s two biggest gambling firms, could be off, as a federal court on Wednesday squelched regulatory approval of the $8.8 billion deal following a judicial review. At the very best, it represents an enormous setback...
Genting World Dream Casino Ship Plots Maiden Voyage in Asian Gambling Seas
The World Dream, a mammoth 151,000-ton ocean liner built for Genting Hong Kong, is complete and ready to set sail, adding a major new player to Asia’s casino landscape, or maybe seascape. The 18-story boat left its construction shipyard in Germany in...
Fontainebleau Sale Spreads Economic Optimism Across Las Vegas Strip
Billionaire Carl Icahn sold the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in late August to a real estate investment firm that is reportedly going to waste little time in completing construction on the 3,815-room casino resort that for seven years has done little more than...
MGM Launches ‘Welcome to the Show’ Promo Targeting Nongaming Millenials
MGM Resorts wants to make it very clear in its latest over-the-top marketing ploy that it's not merely in the casino or hotel business, but rather in the more expansive "Holy Sh*t Business." In the conglomerate's first-ever corporate branding video that premiered...
Universal Denies Kuzuo Okada Has Retaken Control of Parent Company
Japanese gaming giant Universal Entertainment has denied that its founder and former chairman Kazuo Okada has reinstalled himself as a director of its parent company Okada Holdings. Okada was ousted from the boards of both Universal and Okada Holdings in early summer....
Atlantic City Tourism Report Provides Plenty of Optimism for Casinos
Atlantic City tourism statistics indicate that the region's seven remaining casinos are benefiting from the October closure of the Trump Taj Mahal. But they aren't just poaching from the shuttered resort, but also generating new visitations to the beachfront town. According to...
