Top stories around our network this week
When 25,000 folks with various roles in different sectors of the gaming industry gather, there’s no shortage of interesting conversations. Our guess is that some of the more scintillating chatter at this week’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas may have occurred outside of the earshot of four-person team monitoring G2E, sponsored by the American Gaming Association as the industry’s most significant annual conference.
Nonetheless, there was plenty to report on from what was said publicly, and that included attempts to answer the very basic question of just what constitutes a “sharp” bettor in today’s world. Regulators from various sports betting states, meanwhile, shared how they’ve had to keep their balance among the shifting sands of legislative tweaks that change the rules for operators mere months after states launch the new industry.
There were scores of noteworthy panel discussions, keynote addresses, interviews, exhibits, and presentations to keep up with, all of which the team kept readers informed about with a running blog on our sister site, , throughout the week. Among other stories providing a more detailed look were those focused on cybersecurity threats, payment processing issues, and how Churchill Downs Inc. in particular has been navigating broad changes in the gaming industry, including financial challenges that shut down some sports betting operations.
Information gleaned at the conference — whether publicly or privately — will assist in plenty more sports betting and other industry-related stories in the weeks ahead. is committed to thorough coverage each and every day, and we don’t need to be at a conference to collect it, as evidenced by the linked stories below from the past week.'And for additional gaming industry news, be sure to check out , including its weekly Double Down column and podcast.
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