LAS VEGAS – Dave and Buster’s CEO Stephen King is coming to Las Vegas Wednesday, October 4 to deliver the keynote address at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E). Presented by Scientific Games, King will be interviewed by business-television personality and best-selling author, Carol Roth, to discuss how Dave and Buster’s serves as a successful model […]
Washington, DC – The failing federal ban on sports betting is fueling an annual $150 billion illegal underground sports betting market, argues an amicus brief filed in the United States Supreme Court by the American Gaming Association (AGA) today. AGA’s brief argues that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) “prevents States and tribal […]
September 5, 2017 By Megan Wilson The American Gaming Association on Tuesday filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of New Jersey, which wants to end the federal ban on sports betting. The 26-page amicus brief takes aim at the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), passed in 1992, that prohibits states […]
September 5, 2017 By Megan Messerly The American Gaming Association is continuing to back New Jersey’s challenge to a federal sports betting law prohibiting the practice outside of Nevada in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today. The association, which counts almost all of Nevada’s top gaming companies among its members, argues in […]
LAS VEGAS – Nationally recognized neuroscientist Dee O’Neill will provide a keynote address, titled “Maximize Brainomics: The Economic Gains From Advancing Innovative Thinking” to the gaming industry on Thursday, October 5 at 9:00 a.m. during Global Gaming Expo (G2E), presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions. Celebrated for her research into how […]
LAS VEGAS – Global Gaming Expo (G2E), presented by the American Gaming Association (AGA) and Reed Exhibitions, will bring in leaders from neuroscience, marketing and generational studies to share their knowledge on how casino professionals can sharpen their leadership skills. From October 2-5 in Las Vegas, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from […]
August 15, 2017 By Stacy Papadopoulos Stacy Papadopoulos is general counsel and senior vice president of industry services at the American Gaming Association, which filed a cert-stage amicus brief in support of the challengers inChristie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. In 1992, Congress enacted the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which prohibits all but a few […]
August 5, 2017 By Geoff Freeman This week, to mark the 20th anniversary of Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGEW), the American Gaming Association (AGA) hosted two events to highlight the industry’s commitment to this important issue. From July 31-August 4, the collective casino gaming industry comes together to reiterate foundational and evergreen responsible gaming education, […]
August 4, 2017 By David Purdum Former Major League Baseball commissioner Fay Vincent believes that legalized sports betting in the United States would be one of the biggest developments in sports since the introduction of television. And he thinks it’s coming soon. In July, Vincent wrote a letter to the editor in The New […]
Las Vegas, NV – A new industry Code of Conduct on responsible gaming was released today by the American Gaming Association (AGA) as further demonstration of the industry’s commitment to protecting players and regularly seeking opportunities for improvement. The Code was announced during a responsible gaming roundtable event at UNLV. The event, part of the […]