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Howard Stutz Gaming Guru - Page 101Inside Gaming: Pinnacle CEO focuses on future30 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. CEO Anthony Sanfilippo drew as much attention during last week’s Global Gaming Expo as the Na’Vi warriors, zombies, Beetlejuice and David Copperfield. Gaming equipment manufacturers and their newest slot machines based on feature films, television shows, pop culture and celebrities ruled the trade show floor of the Sands Expo and Convention Center. ... (read more)
AGA chief sees little hope of Web gaming legislation moving ahead in Congress25 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Geoff Freeman didn’t shy away from wading into the Internet gaming debate. At his first Global Gaming Expo (G2E) as CEO of the American Gaming Association, Freeman said Tuesday that the Washington, D.C.-based organization would step up the effort for federal passage of online gaming legislation, although he didn’t hold out much hope of the issue gaining any traction in Congress. ... (read more)
Caesars giving Gansevoort $185 million transformation23 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- When the folks at Caesars Entertainment Inc. and W.A. Richardson Builders are done turning the former Barbary Coast/Bill’s Gamblin’ Hall and saloon into the Gansevoort Las Vegas next year, the Strip’s old- timers won’t recognize the building. You can include Michael Gaughan in that group. ... (read more)
Bottom line in Web poker: Nevada needs compacts with other states23 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Nevada’s second online poker website launched Thursday. So now the market is over-saturated. Time will tell if Ultimate Poker, which has been accepting wagers since April 30, and WSOP.com can generate enough players within the confines of Nevada’s borders to co-exist. Meanwhile, at least three ... (read more)
Caesars announces debt plan to retire more than $4 billion in obligations19 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- Caesars Entertainment Inc. announced a debt restructuring plan Wednesday that will retire more than $4 billion of the casino operator’s financial obligations that are coming due later this year. If the company is successful through the public markets, analysts said the new debt, with a new and ... (read more)
Scientific Games Corp. plans to retain many top WMS execs18 September 2013
Scientific Games Corporation said Tuesday that it will retain many of the top executives of slot machine manufacturer WMS Industries Incorporated after completion of the $1.5 billion buyout. In a statement, the New York-based lottery systems provider said it would create two industry groups, gaming and lottery, with much of WMS falling into the gaming division. ... (read more)
New head of AGA notes industry's competitiveness16 September 2013
It didn’t take long for American Gaming Association (AGA) CEO Geoff Freeman to comprehend one of the casino industry’s key dynamics. As the new face on Capitol Hill for gaming, Freeman works closely with representatives of the major casino operators and slot machine manufacturers to further the industry’s collective interests. ... (read more)
Gaming sees opportunity in Japan Olympics16 September 2013
The gaming industry is ready to climb Japan’s Mount Fuji. Last week’s award of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games to Tokyo ignited more than the Olympic torch in the Japanese capital. The gaming industry hailed the announcement as the road to legalized casinos in Asia’s largest untapped gaming market. After ... (read more)
Stardust Casino lives again on free-to-play social gaming site16 September 2013
LAS VEGAS -- The Stardust is coming back. Kind of. And, as far as we know, without the mob. The Strip casino, which was the center of organized crime’s skimming operations in the 1970s and 1980s, was imploded in 2007. Now, the resort is immortalized on the Internet as Stardust Casino, a free-to-play social gaming site accessible through Facebook. ... (read more)
Philippines casino removes management led by former Las Vegas Sands executives16 September 2013
A gaming management team headed by former executives of Las Vegas Sands Corp. was removed as operators of a $1.2 billion hotel-casino complex in the Philippines late Thursday. Owners of the Solaire Resort &Casino in Entertainment City along Manila Bay told the country’s stock exchange it terminated the ... (read more)
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