Gros, Meitzler Win AGEM Awards

Global Gaming Business Publisher Roger Gros and Novomatic Americas President Rick Meitzler (center) received the AGEM Memorial Awards Honoring Peter Mead and Jens Halle. They were joined by AGEM...

Death in Vegas

Mandalay Bay (l. with the broken windows on the 32nd floor) and an adjacent festival grounds owned by MGM were the scene of the most deadly mass shooting in...

Colorado-based Company Named as Potential Revel Atlantic City Buyer

A Colorado-based company has filed an agreement of sale in New Jersey for the closed Atlantic City Boardwalk casino Revel—now rebranded as TEN—but whether a deal is in place...

PODCAST: Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian

The GGB Podcast features an interview with Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian who is up for re-election in November after a tough four years in office, mostly under state...

Hard Rock AC Tries to Block Strip Club

The under-construction Hard Rock Atlantic City has become embroiled in a battle with Scores gentleman’s club which operated at the site when it was the now closed Trump Taj...

Tourism Indicators Up for Atlantic City

A recent study finds that several key tourism indicators are up for Atlantic City in the last year. The report also concludes that the city’s seven remaining casinos have...

Two New Poker Games Introduced at Tropicana Atlantic City

Try your hand at Asia Poker and Three Card Draw Poker at Tropicana Atlantic City

Hard Rock Moving HQ, Renovating Taj Mahal

Hard Rock International will move staff headquarters next year from Orlando to Hollywood, Florida, joining owners, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and the Seminole Gaming group "to create an...

Deal for Revel?

As reported in Casino Connection in August, a deal was reportedly made for the beleaguered and shuttered Revel casino in Atlantic City. Keating & Associates, a private investment firm...

SugarHouse Accuses Competitor of ‘Extortionate Demands’

Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino, in a court filing asking the state Supreme Court to send the award of the city’s second casino license back to the gaming board, alleges money...

PODCAST: Bill Boasberg, General Manager, MGM National Harbor

The GGB Podcast talks with Bill Boasberg, the general manager of MGM National Harbor in Maryland, outside of Washington D.C., on the performance of his property since it opened...

MGM Doubles Down in Connecticut

With the unveiling of a new proposed casino resort (l.) in Bridgeport, MGM has opened fire in its latest attack on the Connecticut gaming tribes. It claims that the...

The Lion’s New Roar

Viewers tuned to last Sunday’s Emmy Awards saw MGM Resorts International unveil a new nationwide marketing campaign designed to shatter any lingering notions that the Las Vegas-based gaming giant...

Judge Rules Against Long Island Casino

Jake’s 58 faces an uncertain future following a state court ruling that the city of Islandia violated its own municipal code in granting the casino a permit to operate....

Study: Legal U.S. Sports Betting Would Gross $2 Billion

A new study by GamblingCompliance.com finds that legal sports betting would reach $2 billion within five years of the federal ban on the activity being removed.

Thickening Plot Darkens New York’s Success Story

The American Gaming Association has an impressive tale to tell about casino jobs and tax benefits in the Empire State, led by Rivers General Manager Mary Cheeks (l.) ....

Disney Gives Florida Voter Group $600,000

Disney Worldwide Services gave Voters In Charge $600,000 in August, bringing its total contribution to $1.75 million to date. The committee has gathered more than 216,000 of the 766,200...

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Call for Crackdown on Illegal Slots

A Pennsylvania state Senate leader is calling for a crackdown on illegal gaming machines in bars, taverns and “stop-and-go” locations as lawmakers prepare to debate a legal program of...

Study Claims Maine Casino Would Generate $248 Million

The campaign committee for a proposal to build a casino in York County, Maine, has released a study that claims the casino would create 5,000 jobs and pay the...

New York: Senecas Violate Compacts

The administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo (l.) has declared the Seneca Indians in violation of their gaming compact for halting revenue-sharing payments from the tribe’s three casinos. The move,...