by Staff
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Sean Lanni, the executive director for international business development, for MGM Resorts on his role in the company and the influence his father, the late Terry Lanni, had on his professional career.
by Staff
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Rick Mazer, the regional president of Harrah's Las Vegas, Imperial Palace, O'Shea’s, Flamingo and Bill's Gambling Hall on the Las Vegas Strip about the exciting things happening that side of the highway, including the Linq project.
by Staff
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Anthony Sanfilippo, the president and CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment on why he joined the company and what he hopes to create as leader of the innovative regional operator.
by Staff
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
In an effort to improve its position in the social gaming industry, IGT has purchased Double Down Interactive. The buy is anticipated to contribute rapid user and revenue growth. The combination allows IGT to leverage Facebook distribution channel, and should be accretive to IGT’s fiscal year 2012 adjusted earnings. (Listen to an interview with Glenn Walcott, the president of DoubleDown Interactive, at left.)
by Staff
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Whitaker Askew, the vice president of government affairs for the American Gaming Association, about the federal issues facing the gaming industry, including the pressing subject of online poker.
by Staff
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Salim Adatia, the CEO of TST, a GLI Company on why the testing of online gaming technology is going to play a crucial role in the legalization of the new industry.
by Staff
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a discussion with Bo Bernhard, who has recently been named the executive director at the International Gaming Institute inside the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Harrah’s Hotel College about where the IGI is and where it’s going.
by Staff
Sun, Dec 11, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Dave Krise, the senior vice president of product development for DigiDeal, about the rise of electronic table games and DigiDeal’s unique products.
by Staff
Sun, Dec 04, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a discussion with Rick Santoro, the managing member of Interbrief.Org LLC. A former security director for Steve Wynn and Donald Trump, Santoro discusses his new consulting company and the need for vigilance in the gaming industry.
by Staff
Sun, Nov 27, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with John Palmieri, the new executive director of New Jersey’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority on his role with the powerful agency, which will operate Atlantic City tourism district and all the public agencies that operate within the district.
by Staff
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Don Marrandino, the president of the eastern division for Caesars Entertainment. For 20 years in Las Vegas, Marrandino concentrated on creating new revenue. Now he’s returned home to do the same in Atlantic City.
by Staff
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
This week, a special edition of Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Mark Birtha, the president and chief development officer at SOL Casinos, just days before the official grand opening of the new hotel, meeting space, spa, pool and other amenities at Casino del Sol in Tucson, Arizona
by Staff
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Sue Schneider (l.), the owner of eGaming Brokerage and Mark Balestra, the managing director at BolaVerde Media Group, about their insights on possible legalization of online gaming in the U.S.
by Staff
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Glenn Walcott, the president of DoubleDown Interactive, the leading play-for-free casino site feature on Facebook, talking about this social media phenomenon.
by Staff
Sun, Oct 23, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Randy Fine, the managing director of the Fine Point Group, conducted at G2E where he delivered the closing keynote presentation.
by Staff
Mon, Oct 10, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast concludes a series of interviews leading up to last week’s G2E. In this installment, GGB Editor Frank Legato speaks with Aristocrat President Nick Khin, on what his company is going to be exhibiting at the big trade show.
by Staff
Sat, Oct 01, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Joel Bergman, the chairman and founder of Bergman Walls Architects, and a participant in many of the grandest casino designs in Las Vegas and beyond.
by Staff
Sun, Sep 11, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast continues a series of interviews leading up to October’s G2E. In this installment, GGB Editor Frank Legato interviews two executives from up-and-coming slot manufacturers, Bob Miodunski (l.), the president of American Gaming Systems, and Steve Walther, the vice president of sales and marketing for Aruze Gaming.
by Staff
Sat, Sep 03, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features the first of a series of interviews leading up to October’s G2E, with Dick Haddrill, the CEO of Bally Technologies on what his company is going to be exhibiting at the big trade show.
by Roger Gros
Sat, Aug 20, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Dennis Gomes, the president of Gomes Gaming and part-owner of Resorts Atlantic City, along with his son Aaron, the senior vice president of casino operations, on what has occurred since they took over the property last December.
Fri, Aug 12, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Courtney Muller, the senior vice president with Reed Exhibitions, on the new dates and location for Global Gaming Expo, which will be held in the first week of October this year.
by Staff
Fri, Aug 05, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a discussion with Linda Kassekert, the chairwoman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, on the recent overhaul of the state regulatory process.
by Staff
Fri, Jul 29, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Las Vegas Sands President and COO Michael Leven on the new hotel that recently opened in Bethlehem, as well as company plans in Florida and Spain.
by Staff
Sat, Jul 23, 2011
On this week’s Global Gaming Business Podcast, Virginia McDowell, president and CEO of Isle of Capri Casinos, discusses the success and the growth of her company, including the two new casinos the company will open in 2012 or later in Missouri and Pennsylvania.
by Staff
Sun, Jul 10, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Mitchell Etess, the CEO of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, on expansion plans for the tribally owned company.
by Staff
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
The week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a conversation with Brad Friedmutter, the founder and chief executive officer of the Friedmutter Group, a Las Vegas architectural and design firm, on the role his company played in the design and construction of the Cosmopolitan.
by Staff
Sun, Jun 26, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Ed Tracy, the president of Sands China, on why the appointment of himself and Davis Sisk, the COO of the company, created such success.
by Staff
Sun, Jun 12, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Dan D’Arrigo, the chief financial officer for MGM Resorts International, on how the company’s finances have improved and the impact of CityCenter.
by Staff
Sat, Jun 04, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Bill Hornbuckle, the chief marketing officer for MGM Resorts International, on how the company is developing a new players club with wide ramifications for the company and the industry.
by Staff
Sat, May 21, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Frank Fahrenkopf the president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, on the group’s recent announcement that it would support legislation to legalize online poker in the U.S.
by Staff
Sat, May 14, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Ralph Topping, the chief executive of British bookmaker William Hill, and the three heads of his recently acquired U.S. divisions, all based in Nevada.
by Staff
Sat, Apr 30, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Patrick Ramsey, the CEO of Multimedia Games, on why his company has become one of the major players in the slot market.
by Staff
Sun, Apr 17, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Rob Goldstein, the president of global gaming operations for Las Vegas Sands on new position with the company and its oversight of all the company’s properties.
by Staff
Sun, Apr 10, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Amy Lipton, the vice president of marketing for WMS Gaming, on how her experience marketing for a well known high-tech company will help in her current role.
by Staff
Sat, Mar 26, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Jim Ryan, the CEO of PartyGaming, just a week before the merger with sports-betting giant bwin is completed.
by Staff
Sat, Mar 12, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Gary Loveman, the chairman and CEO of Caesars Entertainment on how the company has emerged from a difficult economic period and where it is headed in the future.
by Staff
Sat, Mar 05, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Jan Jones, the senior vice president of communications and government affairs for Caesars Entertainment on what role good corporate citizenship plays when lobbying for expanded gaming.
by Staff
Sun, Feb 27, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Don Robinson, the president of Baha Mar Ltd, the company building the multi-billion dollar gaming resort in the Bahamas.
by Staff
Fri, Feb 18, 2011
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Jonathan Halkyard, chief financial officer for Caesars Entertainment on how his job has changed since the company went private in 2007.
by Staff
Sat, Feb 12, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a discussion with Katrina Lane, the chief technology officer for Caesars Entertainment on how marketing and technology go hand in hand when implementing Total Rewards programs and social media.
by Staff
Sat, Jan 22, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features a discussion with Doni Taube, the senior vice president of global gaming marketing strategy for MGM Resorts International on how the company is using unique techniques to align with strategic marketing partners throughout the world.
by Staff
Fri, Jan 14, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Christino “Bong” Naguiat, the chairman of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), on his experience since taking over the government-owned casino company.
by Staff
Mon, Jan 10, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Michael Leven, the president and COO of Las Vegas Sands, on the impressive performance of the company in 2010 and its prospects for the future.
by Staff
Sun, Jan 09, 2011
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Willy Allison, the producer of the niche conference World Game Protection, scheduled for February 21-23 at the M Resort in Las Vegas.
by Roger Gros
Fri, Dec 10, 2010
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Robert Griffin, the president and CEO of Trump Entertainment Resorts, on his new job with the financially stable company.
by Staff
Sun, Dec 05, 2010
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with a group of executives from Bally Technologies, including President and CEO Dick Haddrill (l.), on why they believe that their company is poised to become the leader in the slot manufacturing sector.
by Roger Gros
Sun, Nov 07, 2010
This week the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Mark Giannantonio, the president of the Tropicana in Atlantic City, on his property’s performance since billionaire Carl Icahn took it over less than a year ago.
by Roger Gros
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Cathy Walker, the president and CEO of Seneca Gaming on the premier gaming operation in northern New York state.
by Roger Gros
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Dennis Gomes and his son Aaron, who are the principles in Gomes Gaming, about the purchase of Resorts Atlantic City and their plans for the hotel.
by Roger Gros
Sat, Sep 25, 2010
This week, the Global Gaming Business Podcast features an interview with Jamie Odell, the chief executive officer of Aristocrat Technologies, one of the leading slot manufacturers in the gaming industry, on the company’s second quarter results and other issues.