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Reporter: Todd Shriber

Todd Shriber is a senior news reporter covering gaming financials, casino business, stocks, and mergers and acquisitions for Casino.org.

Todd got his start in financial markets as a reporter with Bloomberg News. Later, he became a trader at a Southern California-based long/short hedge fund, where he specialized in the trading sector and international ETFs leading up to and during the financial crisis. He joined Casino.org in 2019.

Currently, Todd analyzes, researches, and writes on ETFs for various web-based publications and financial services firms. Shriber has been featured and quoted in Barron's, CNBC.com, and The Wall Street Journal. His work can also be found on Benzinga, ETF Daily News, ETF Trends, MarketWatch, Fox Business, and Nasdaq.com.

He currently resides in Las Vegas, where he enjoys golf and taking his black lab to the dog park. He's also an avid sports fan and likes to wager on college football and the NBA. You can also find him at the three-card poker and roulette table, even though he knows better.

Contact Todd at todd.shriber@casino.org.

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3978 stories by Todd Shriber

Caesars sportsbook

Caesars Palace Adds Fees, Ups Pricing for Seating at its Lounges

Even before the 2018 Supreme Court ruling on the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), it was common for Las Vegas sportsbook to charge customers for seating during football season. But Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip is ratcheting up...

Todd Shriber September 27, 2022
Allwyn

Allwyn Entertainment Scraps SPAC Merger

In another sign of stress in the blank-check landscape, European lottery giant Allwyn Entertainment is scrapping plans to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Cohn Robbins Holdings (NYSE: CRHC). The deal, which was announced in January, valued the lottery company at...

Todd Shriber September 27, 2022
Sahara Las Vegas

Sahara Las Vegas Revamping Rewards Program

Sahara Las Vegas is among the casinos altering its customer loyalty program in a bid to attract and retain more active bettors. The Strip venue announced last Friday it’s altering its Infinity Rewards platform so that participants can earn rewards up to...

Todd Shriber September 26, 2022
Flamingo

Flamingo Sale Bell Tolls with No Answer

It’s widely known that Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ: CZR) is looking to sell one of its Las Vegas Strip properties -- a transaction many industry observers expected to be announced earlier this year. That news hasn’t hit the wires, and as TheStreet.com reports,...

Todd Shriber September 26, 2022
FanDuel

FanDuel, Rush Street Interactive Boosting Promo as Football Season Intensifies

Tonight’s edition of Monday Night Football marks the end of week three of the NFL season, week five in college football. With the 2022 football campaign heating up, so is promotional spending by sportsbook operators. In a note to clients today, Wells...

Todd Shriber September 26, 2022
Macau stocks

Melco, Wynn Lead Macau Stock Rally as China Loosens Travel Restrictions

After nearly three years of punitive travel restrictions that hammered Macau’s casino industry, China is liberalizing travel to the special administrative region (SAR). That's spurring a rally in shares of gaming operators. Among the three Macau operators trading on a major US...

Todd Shriber September 26, 2022
social casino stocks

Playstudios, SciPlay Vulnerable in Recession, Says Bank of America

A recession is likely to adversely affect video game sales. History proves as much and that precedent pertains to social casino companies and their stocks. Potentially, that’s bad news for the likes of Playstudios (NASDAQ:MYPS), Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) and SciPlay (NASDAQ:SCPL). In a...

Todd Shriber September 25, 2022
Playtika tender

Playtika Updates Investors on Stock Tender Offer

Mobile gaming company Playtika (NASDAQ:PLTK) updated investors on a previously announced plan to tender a significant amount of its shares outstanding. In a statement issued following the close of US markets Thursday -- and one that sparked a rally in the gaming...

Todd Shriber September 23, 2022
Boyd stock

Boyd Gaming Stock Draws New Bull Coverage

Like its gaming peers, Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD) stock is slumping. But some analysts see opportunity in shares of the Aliante operator. In a note to clients today, JMP Securities analyst Jordan Bender initiated coverage of Boyd stock with an “outperform” rating and...

Todd Shriber September 23, 2022
Tropicana

Bally’s Eyeing Major Redevelopment of Tropicana in 2024

Bally’s (NYSE:BALY) has won approval  from Nevada regulators to run the Tropicana Las Vegas, and the gaming company is targeting a major overhaul of the property, potentially in 2024. On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) signed off on the gaming company...

Todd Shriber September 23, 2022