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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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4982 stories by Todd Shriber

Isle of Capri Missouri Workers Close to Settling Wage Dispute With Eldorado Resorts

Some hourly workers at the Eldorado Resorts Isle of Casino-Hotel in Boonville, Mo. are close to settling lawsuits alleging their employer violated time clock protocols. Earlier this year, counsel for Carolyn Nicholson, a former dealer at the gaming property, filed a lawsuit...

Todd Shriber December 29, 2019

Tahoe Three Step: Eldorado Likely to Sell Venue by the Lake After Completing Caesars Deal

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ERI) is likely to part with one of its Lake Tahoe, Nevada gaming properties after it wraps up its $17.3 billion acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ:CZR), which is expected to happen in the first quarter. When that deal...

Todd Shriber December 29, 2019

Macau Casinos Can Avoid 2020 Letdowns if Chinese GDP Growth Holds Above Six Percent

Macau's six concessionaires are ready for the calendar to turn to 2020, as this year has been a rough one on the peninsula due in part to fears that the Chinese economy is slowing. Analysts believe that if China's growth steadies next...

Todd Shriber December 27, 2019

Twin River Worldwide Hedge Fund Investors Stick by Stock Despite Turbulent Third Quarter

Amid increased regional competition courtesy of Wynn Resorts Ltd.'s (NASDAQ:WYNN) Encore Boston Harbor, shares of Twin River Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:TRWH) shed 21.63 percent in the third quarter. But that didn't prompt departures by hedge funds that are long the stock. Twin...

Todd Shriber December 26, 2019

Defense Spending Bill Provides Gift for Petaluma, California, Bans New Casinos in Sonoma County

The $738 billion spending package passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump contains some important provisions for the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians, based in Petaluma, Calif. and Sonoma County. Attached to that legislation was a bill sponsored by Rep....

Todd Shriber December 26, 2019

Osaka Commences Integrated Resort Operator Selection Process Ahead of Rival Japanese Cities

Prefectural and local governments in Osaka earlier this week kicked off the process of selecting an operator for an integrated resort there. That puts it ahead of competing Japanese regions in the quest to become home to one of the country's first...

Todd Shriber December 26, 2019

Akimoto, Supporter of Japanese Casinos, Busted by Tokyo Public Prosecutor on Bribery Charges

Less than a week after he was questioned by authorities over his ties to a Chinese gaming company, Tsukasa Akimoto, a member of Japan's House of Representatives, was arrested today by the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's office on suspicion of accepting illicit payoffs....

Todd Shriber December 25, 2019

Monarch Casino & Resort Stock Is Becoming a Hedge Fund Favorite

Shares of regional gaming company Monarch Casino & Resort (NASDAQ:MCRI) are setting a torrid pace to end 2019. The stock is up 9.51 percent just this month, boosting its fourth-quarter gain to nearly 12 percent. Recent bullishness in the operator of the...

Todd Shriber December 24, 2019

Caesars Entertainment to Pour $41 Million Into Harvey’s Lake Tahoe Renovation

Caesars Entertainment is allocating more than $41 million to renovate Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel & Casino, one of the company's two properties in that part of Northern Nevada. The operator of the Stateline, Nevada gaming property said the project includes refreshing all...

Todd Shriber December 24, 2019

Hard Rock International, Mohegan Gaming Greece Competition May Not Have a Victor Until Mid-2020

Originally expected last month, the winner of the tender process to build an integrated resort at the old Hellenikon International Airport near Athens –  either Hard Rock International or Mohegan Gaming and Entertainment (MGE) – may not be known until well into...

Todd Shriber December 24, 2019