Scientific Games SciPlay buyout
Play it again: To no great surprise, Scientific Games has announced it is to buy the outstanding 19% of the free float of SciPlay that it doesn’t already own as it seeks to refocus on gaming following the news of the sports-betting and lottery division planned sales or IPOs. The all-stock deal involves circa $430m […]
Las Vegas Summer forecast
Crosstown traffic: Las Vegas demand and visitation numbers look set to continue rising this Summer, with Deutsche Bank this week saying visitor traffic numbers on the Strip for June were improving. Despite being down 27% vs. Jun19, that was an improvement on the 38% drop in April and 32% drop in May compared with the […]
MGM hammers home igaming message
MGM Resorts International fireside chat Something got a hold of my heart: MGM Resorts International’s CEO Bill Hornbuckle and CFO Jonathan Halkyard took their places in the fireside chat hot seat to speak with Bernstein’s Vitaly Usmansky to talk all things digital, Vegas and Macau (with some Japanese comment thrown in). They started as per […]