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Brendan Bussmann quoted in Global Gaming Business News

Could Corruption Scandal Derail Japan IRs?

by Marjorie Preston

Japanese lawmakers who oppose integrated resorts (IRs) are using the country’s widening casino corruption scandal to try to overturn the IR Promotion Act that legalized casino gaming.

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Steve Gallaway quoted on CDC Gaming Reports Inc

Former Nevada regulator Becky Harris to join Global Market Advisors

by Howard Stutz

Becky Harris, the first woman to chair the Nevada Gaming Control Board, will join Las Vegas-based Global Market Advisors in the gaming, entertainment, sports, integrated resort and hospitality industries the company said Friday.

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Global Market Advisors mentioned in the Las Vegas Review Journal

Former gaming regulator Becky Harris joining Global Market Advisors

by Bailey Schulz

Former Nevada Gaming Control Board chairwoman Becky Harris is joining Global Market Advisors as a regulatory, policy and legal consultant.

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Brendan Bussmann quoted on SportsHandle.com

California Lawmakers All Ears at 2020’s First Sports Betting Hearing

by Jill R. Dorson

State.  Wide.  Mobile.

Those are the only three words that everyone testifying at Wednesday’s California Joint Committee on Governmental Organization informational hearing on legal sports wagering could agree on.  While potential operators made their case for low taxes and fees, and representatives from the pro leagues lobbied for a “data mandate,” all parties believe that for legal sports betting to really succeed in the Golden State, it needs unfettered mobile.  No in-person registration.  No restrictions.  Just a patron and his phone.

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Brendan Bussmann interviewed on WBBM Newsradio

In Depth: Illinois Bets On Gambling Expansion

by Cisco Cotto

Illinois lawmakers and Gov. Pritzker have put their chips behind expanded gambling, with the landscape here changing dramatically in 2020.

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Brendan Bussmann quoted in CDC Gaming Reports

Sports betting, gaming expansion on the agenda for NCLGS conference

by Howard Stutz

Legal sports betting won’t be the only topic state lawmakers from around the nation will tackle this weekend in San Diego.

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Brendan Bussmann and Jack Gallaway’s article published in Global Gaming Business magazine

Bouncing POGOs: Have the Philippines become the online gaming capital of Asia?

by Brendan Bussmann and Jack Gallaway

Online gaming has been on the radar of mainland Chinese authorities over the last six months, as they seek to stop online operations in Asia.  They are particularly focused on online gaming markets in Cambodia and the Philippines, which are suspected of targeting Chinese nationals.

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Brendan Bussmann quoted in the Omaha World-Herald

Iowans (and Nebraskans) bet big in first months of sports wagering

by Steve Liewer

The brand new sportsbooks at Iowa casinos put up big numbers in their first 3 1/2 months of operation, fueled in part by Nebraskans crossing the border to place bets that are illegal in their home state.

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Brendan Bussmann quoted in the Las Vegas Review Journal

Japan looks to Nevada as it considers gaming regulations

by Bailey Schulz

Earlier this month, former Nevada Gaming Control Board chair Becky Harris found herself a long way from home.  Harris, along with Cooper Levenson attorney Scott Rasmussen, spent five days in Japan, meeting with integrated resort promotion officials in Osaka and Tokyo to discuss things like project timelines and gaming regulations.

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Brendan Bussmann quoted in Global Gaming Business

WEEKLY FEATURE: Will Latest Snafu Undo Greek IR?

by Marjorie Preston

It’s one more delay for the €8 billion (US$8.86 billion) integrated resort project planned for the former Hellenikon International Airport in Athens, Greece.  Incomplete paperwork on the part of a license bidder apparently caused another holdup in the selection of an operator.  According to reports, the latest snafu could stall the project for another six months, or even derail the plan completely.

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