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Frank Fahrenkopf’s replacement as head of the American Gaming Association, former US Travel Association exec Geoff Freeman, has been confirmed in his appointment by the board. Fahrenkopf has agreed to act as a consultant until the end of the year to assist in Freeman taking over his responsibilities at the trade association, which numbers most …
According to New Jersey journalist John Brennan, PokerStars parent company The Rational Group has appealed in a fifteen-page letter to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to reject the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) formal opposition against its acquisition of The Atlantic Club casino . In the letter obtained by Meadowlands Matters, a daily …
The American Gaming Association, which counts most of the major Las Vegas land casino operators among its members, has made an unprecedented move in filing its opposition to the proposed acquisition of Atlantic City casino Atlantic Club by Rational Group, the parent company of online poker giant Pokerstars. The Association has never before sought to …
Z4 Gaming, the recently Nevada Gaming Commission licenced technology provider, has appointed John English as senior vice president of business development and public relations. English will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and delivering external business relationships that will support Z4’s infrastructure and global growth strategy as well as the Company’s public relations initiatives. Joining from …
The trade association for most of the major land gambling groups in Nevada, the American Gaming Association, has updated its advertising guidelines for member companies, acknowledging the importance of social and digital marketing and urging caution against ads that may be construed as targeting the under aged, and those that suggest that success and popularity …
The American Gaming Association, a trade body that represents the interests of most of Nevada’s major land gambling companies, has revisited its policy on Internet sweepstakes cafes, estimating that gambling on the genre produces earnings of $10 billion a year. “The businesses, which are designed to take advantage of state sweepstakes laws and avoid state …
Frank Fahrenkopf, the CEO of the American Gaming Association, a trade body that numbers most of the major Nevada land casino operators among its members, is to retire at the end of June 2013, the Association announced Monday. Among the first employees when the Association was formed, Fahrenkopf has been with the trade body for …
Sportech plc has announced the acquisition of eBet Online Inc, a US business to business online betting operator and technology and services provider focused on the North American horseracing betting market. Total consideration, dependent upon future performance, is to be up to $12.6 million (approximately GBP 7.8 million). The acquisition is expected to be earnings …
Las Vegas-based Caesars Entertainment Corporation and South American casino operator Enjoy have entered into a strategic relationship in Latin America. Enjoy will acquire 45 percent of Caesars Baluma subsidiary which owns and operates the upmarket Uruguayan Resort and Casino, Conrad Punta Del Este, for a consideration of $ 140 million while Caesars will in return …
The Associated Press news agency reports that American Gaming Association chief Frank Fahrenkopf Jr. is expected to focus on the popularity of online gambling abroad while Congress and federal regulations prohibit Internet poker and other games in the U.S. when he addresses the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas this week. The news service presumably …
Putting speculation to bed, ACEP interactive, the iGaming arm of American Casino & Entertainment Properties (ACEP), has entered into an agreement with Bally Technologies who will provide ACEP and its terrestrial casino properties with an iGaming platform following the award of an interactive gaming operator licence from the Nevada Gaming Commission . ACEP properties comprise …
WMS Gaming Inc. (WMS) and American Casino & Entertainment Properties (ACEP) have been awarded licences from the five-member board of the Nevada Gaming Commission. The Commission awarded ACEP, who own U.S. land casinos that include the Stratosphere Hotel Casino and Tower, Aquarius, Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder, an interactive gaming license to operate …
Frank Fahrenkopf, head honcho of the land casino trade body American Gaming Association, told delegates to the iGaming North America conference in San Francisco Wednesday that his organisation is not seeking “first in” positioning in legalised online gambling, but rather wants to see all interested parties – including state lotteries and tribal operators – get …
Digital sports media group PERFORM has partnered with South American rights agency Full Play Group S.A. (Full Play), adding an additional 900 South American soccer matches to its services each year. The three and a half year deal initially covers the leading leagues in Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru and provides PERFORM with access …
Alan Feldman, the public affairs director on the board of US land gambling giant MGM Resorts, has been appointed chairman of the new board controlling the American Gaming Association’s National Center for Responsible Gaming. Feldman replaces Glenn Christenson, who will remain as a member of the board. Mark Vander Linden, from Iowa’s Office of Gambling …
Bally Technologies chief executive officer and director Richard Haddrill has been appointed to a two-year term as chairman of the U.S. commercial casino trade body, the American Gaming Association (AGA). Hadrill has served in the position of vice chairman at the AGA for the past two years and follows outgoing chairman Keith Smith, who is …
The influential land gambling trade body in the United States, the American Gaming Association, has announced the promotions of Keli Elkins to vice president of industry relations and Holly Wetzel to vice president of communications. “Keli and Holly’s talents have been invaluable assets to the AGA for a number of years now,” said AGA President …
The American Gaming Association, a trade body representing the interests of major US gambling corporates, announced Thursday that Jan Jones, senior vice president of communications and government relations for Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas, will receive the AGA 2011 lifetime achievement award for gaming communications. The former Las Vegas mayor will be honoured October …
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced the launch of a new programme titled Global Gaming Women (GGW) created to “nurture emerging female leaders in the international gaming industry”. The initiative to be co-chaired by Virginia McDowell, president and ceo of Isle of Capri Casinos and Patti Hart, ceo of International Game Technology will be …
The American Gaming Association spent $641,621.09 lobbying the federal government in Q2-2011 on issues such as Internet gambling and online poker, a recent Congressional disclosure report shows. The amount is $281,015.61 more than what the trade association for US land casino operators spent in last year’s second quarter and is $66,632.92 more than it spent …
Frank Fahrenkopf, president and CEO of the American Gaming Association (AGA), the national trade association for the commercial casino industry in the U.S., delivered his keynote address at the Gaming Executive Summit in Madrid this week. Fahrenkopf revealed in his address that the AGA does not support Joe Barton’s proposal and intends launching its own …
Following his very positive op-ed article on internet gambling legalisation in The Hill recently the chief executive of the American Gaming Association, Frank Fahrenkopf, joined other land gambling chiefs in a press conference in Washington DC Tuesday.
Sportsbook technology provider Offsidegaming has announced an agreement with Latin American marketing partner, Tristar International, to launch a number of sportsbetting, casino and poker sites across the Latin American region.
The American Gaming Association, a trade body that represents the interests of most of the major land gambling providers in the United States, has announced a key appointment to its government affairs team.