The ICE World Gaming Forum (Monday 20th – Wednesday 22nd January 2025, Fira Gran Via Barcelona) has underlined its reputation for being the ‘Davos of Gaming’...

These have been two incredible years. On 31 December 2015 my tenure as president of the most highly respected organisation of leading gaming law experts globally, the IMGL (International Masters of Gaming Law), came to an end. And it went by just like that.

Atlantic City - The Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort has lost its chief executive in a management change that follows a steep decline in revenue and profits at the smallest gaming hall in town. Anthony Rodio resigned as president Tuesday and will be replaced by Michael Frawley, who is coming up from two Mississippi casinos to take charge of the Hilton as the new chief operating officer.

President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, warned Guayaquil mayor, Jaime Nebot, that he will not allow the construction of a casino in Guayas river, next to Malecón 2000. "Of course I do not agree with it, and even worse, with the arrogance and pride; so we do not have to comply with laws or rules, we have to make a popular plebiscite”, affirmed the president. "The law and the rules clearly forbid the construction of casinos out of five-star hotels,” added Correa, and remarked...

Ignoring the new government headed by Fernando Lugo, the current government would be after a fast tender process of games of chance within the country, mainly in casinos. Carlos Riveros, from the party Alianza Patriótica para el Cambio (APC), warned that such decision is highly suspicious. In case those casinos are granted, a revision of the contracts would be performed so they might be cancelled.

Over the past year, the owner of the Tropicana casinos in Las Vegas and Atlantic City has alienated regulators and politicians, upset lenders and agitated labor unions and employees. But last week’s appointment of Scott Butera as president of Tropicana Entertainment is the most dramatic sign yet the company is starting to patch up relationships with regulators and business associates while attempting to shore up performance at its casinos in Nevada and other states that have lost ground to competitors.

Taiwan's presidential campaign has revived discussion about legalizing casinos on the island, which is good news for Larry Woolf and his Las Vegas-based Navegante casino management team. Woolf, a longtime Las Vegas gaming executive, spent the past three years piecing together a 27-acre beachfront parcel on Taiwan's island of Penghu for a potential hotel, casino and resort development. His patience may be close to paying off.

World leading casino operator company Harrah’s Entertainment announced this week that it has extended the existing employment agreement with Gary Loveman, the company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President. Loveman is expected to remain in those positions following completion of the merger of Harrah’s with affiliates of TPG and Apollo Management, which is expected to occur in early 2008.

The speech of President Tabaré Vázquez last Friday had several repercussions. The political party Partido Nacional (PN) expects that, according to the president words, political party Frente Amplio supports the creation of an investigative commission in the Parliament due to supposed corruption cases in the Casino National Direction. In the speech in which Tabaré Vázquez made a balance on his performance, he talked about some controversial issues that in recent times have generated concern in the public and the political system.