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Name change coming as Global Cash focuses on slot machine business

The gaming industry's top provider of payment processing equipment will unveil a new name, logo and New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol later this month that reflects the Las Vegas-based company's...

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Despite downturn, Adelson remains upbeat on Macau

Billionaire Sheldon Adelson remains Macau's most optimistic and vocal cheerleader.

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Smoking ban hammers Harrah's New Orleans more than any storm surge

Hurricane Katrina couldn't crush the spirit of Harrah's New Orleans 10 years ago. The aftermath of the massive storm shuttered the property near the Mississippi River and entrance to the famous French...

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Candidates with gaming knowledge dot the presidential field

After billionaire Donald Trump trashed Atlantic City during the nationally televised Republican presidential candidates' debate, Geoff Freeman had to be smiling to himself.

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IGT selling once-controversial corporate jet

It looks like International Game Technology employees are learning to fly Southwest Airlines.

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MGM Park more than just a baseball stadium in recovering Gulf Coast

Tim Bennett all but gave up on bringing minor league baseball to the Gulf Coast. Bennett, president of Jackson, Miss.-based Overtime Sports, spent a decade working on the idea. But the region's...

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Caesars' public perception takes one step forward, two steps back

Last week the casino operator, which made tremendous strides toward completing the complicated restructuring of its bankrupt operating unit, committed public relations suicide.

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Gulf Coast hospitality, charm can't be washed away

BILOXI, Miss. — Ten years ago, I learned firsthand about Southern hospitality in the most unlikely of settings.

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Investment adviser boosts rating for Station Casinos

Station Casinos received a vote of confidence last week from Wall Street. It's not like the company needed the endorsement.

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Slot machine industry changes concerned investors

We're not a full year into the slot machine industry's brave new world, and some members of the investment community have doubts about the future.

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Technology changes rise to the forefront at this year's G2E

The two keynote speakers at last year's Global Gaming Expo angered half the audience. This year's addresses are sure to infuriate the rest of the crowd.

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Downtown's Stevens part showman and successful casino operator

Derek Stevens could never pull off his antics if the privately held D Las Vegas were publicly traded. The D's majority owner would have given the Securities and Exchange Commission fits with an...

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One analyst's opinion: Potential MGM REIT not a good idea

One gaming analyst isn't waiting for MGM Resorts International to decide if it's a good idea to split off all or a portion of the casino company into a real estate investment trust.

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Walls surrounding legalized sports wagering may be 'crumbling'

Forty years ago, he wrote the betting lines in chalk at the old Royal Inn. Today, the lines are updated electronically via mobile sports wagering applications.

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Casino CEOs go from executive suite to potential political husbands

Dan Lee and Jim Murren might be bumping into each other in unfamiliar settings.

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To smoke or not to smoke at casinos? That is not the question at G2E

Not found among the list of discussion topics being covered during the Global Gaming Expo is the idea of a casinowide smoking ban.

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At age 60, currency transaction provider JCM Global has quietly made its mark

JCM Global doesn't attract the crowds to its Global Gaming Expo trade show booth in the numbers that swarm major slot machine manufacturers.

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Downtown Grand's new motto: 'We Want Gamblers'

The Downtown Grand missed the gaming resurgence that has boosted Fremont Street in the past 12 months.

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Analyst finds locals casino business on an upswing

One analyst decided to escape the mind-numbing overload of last week's Global Gaming Expo and check out the resurgent Las Vegas locals gaming market.

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Smaller, midsize gaming manufacturers poised for seat at the table

As the gaming equipment manufacturing sector coalesced in the last two years through almost $17 billion in mergers, Joc Pececnik quietly watched with keen interest and personal insight.

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