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Union Gaming Group Live, May 14, 2010

This week: Grant Govertsen talks about the amazing numbers coming form Genting Singapore's first quarter report. The numbers include the first 46 days of business at Resorts World Sentosa. Govertsen also talks about home sales and visitation numbers in Las Vegas. Union Gaming Group recently released an in-depth report on Atlantic City, which Govertsen explains on the podcast as well.

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Gaming Law News, May 14, 2010 - Part I

This week in Part I: Attorney and IMGL member Dennis Whittlesey joins us to talk about the Rincon decision in California and its impact on tribal gaming throughout the country. On April 20th, a three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that California's Governor had illegally demanded casinos pay a percentage of slot machine revenue directly to the state's general fund.

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Gaming Law News, May 14, 2010 - Part II

This week in Part II: After discussing the impacts the Rincon decision will have on tribal gaming in California and beyond, Dennis Whittlesey takes on the impact it will have on the financial community. Whittlesey also discusses the Wells Fargo case out of Wisconsin and why the two will have a combined effect on tribal financing. He believes, in short, money is going to cost more.

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Gaming Law News, May 10, 2010

This week: IMGL member Justin Franssen joins us from The Netherlands to discuss possible online gaming regulation, a major European Court of Justice judgement expected next month and a possible pilot program that could allow poker in sites other than the state-run casinos in The Netherlands.

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Feature Podcast: Former Mobster Frank Cullotta Discusses Murder, Rolling and Retirement

Former mob hitman Frank Cullotta says he now knows the murders he was involved with were "not a nice thing to do." Cullotta joins host Sarah Klaphake Cords to talk about life as a mobster in Vegas with the Chicago Outfit in the 1970s and early '80s. He discusses the "great" times he had, the "heat" from police and why he decided to "roll" in 1982. From life in the witness protection program to retirement, Cullotta gives us details.

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