3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Connecticut Plans Special Session to Fast-Track Sports Betting
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy said this week that “the world has changed” since the US Supreme Court struck down PASPA, paving the way for state-sanctioned sports betting. Malloy said he would talk with lawmakers on Wednesday with a view to organizing a...
Culinary Union Expected to Vote for Citywide Las Vegas Strike, Walkout Unlikely
The Culinary Union, Nevada’s biggest casino workers’ union, will vote on Tuesday on a measure that threatens to bring Las Vegas to a virtual standstill. For the first time in 15 years, the union’s 50,000 bartenders, bellmen, cocktail servers, food servers, housekeepers,...
Japanese Lawmaker Claims Pachinko Industry Morally Unsuitable for Casino Market Role
A Japanese lawmaker has questioned whether the pachinko industry can be trusted to participate in a future Japanese casino market. As reported by Asian Gaming Brief this week, Takashi Takai, a member of the Lower House, who represents the Constitutional Democratic Party...
Hainan Casinos Unlikely with Beijing Stalwartly Opposed, Experts Say
The likelihood of China turning the southern province of Hainan into a casino hub to rival Macau is minimal, according to expert opinions canvassed by the South China Morning Post at the recent Global Gaming Expo Asia 2018 (G2E Asia) in Macau...
Sports Betting Apps: When — and with How Much Force — Will They Hit the US Mobile Market?
With last Monday's US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision to strike down PASPA -- the law that banned all but four American states from regulating sports betting -- many new questions are bubbling up about how the landmark decision could play out in the...
Steve Wynn Draws on Fine Art Savoir-Faire with Self-Created Global Art Business
Steve Wynn -- the man who once reinvented Las Vegas -- has now reinvented himself: as an art dealer. According to artnet.com, fallen casino mogul Steve Wynn, 76, has launched a company called Sierra Fine Art LLC, which will hawk multimillion-dollar artworks,...
Non-Gaming Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas Grabbed Up by Hilton, Hotel to Morph into Waldorf Astoria
The Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas -- a AAA Five Diamond Award and Forbes Triple Five-Star casino-less property -- will become the Waldorf Astoria come August. The Mandarin Oriental has for years vied with the chichi Four Seasons for the city’s most luxurious...
Florida Greyhound Racing Association Moves to Have Dog Racing Ban Struck from Ballot
The Florida Greyhound Racing Association (FGRA) has sued to have a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban greyhound racing wiped from the November ballot. The amendment would phase out greyhound racing in the state by 2020, through a process known as ‘decoupling.’...
Playtech Faces Shareholder Revolt as Investors Nix 78 Percent CEO Pay Raise
Playtech CEO Mor Weizer faced a shareholder revolt at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, as investors trashed a plan to award him a 78 percent bump in compensation. Weizer was paid almost £4.2 million ($5.6 million) in 2017, up...
Las Vegas Shooter’s Behavior Left Mandalay Bay Hotel Room Maid Jittery, Newly Released Police Reports Say
Las Vegas police on Wednesday released more than a thousand pages of documents containing witness statements of the Las Vegas shooting. As well as testimonies from traumatized survivors, the documents -- as outlined by a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal --...
