Roger Gros

1 week ago | ggbmagazine.com | Roger Gros

It seems that gambling is now in everybody’s home. Whether it’s sportsbooks, “social” casinos, sweepstakes casinos, legal online gaming, illegal offshore gaming, or now, the predictions market, there’s no reason to get into your car and drive anywhere to gamble. You can do it from your couch, from your car, on the subway, on the throne or wherever. So where does that leave the bricks-and-mortar casinos that used to depend upon this need to travel to gamble?

1 week ago | ggbmagazine.com | Roger Gros

The Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR), founded in March 2023, represents around 75 percent of the Brazilian market and works alongside the regulator, the Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA), to help grow the sector. Fernando Vieira, appointed as the IBJR’s executive president in October 2024, spoke with GGB and iGaming Business Global Content Director Robin Harrison at the SiGMA Americas Summit 2025 in April about the early stages of the Brazil market since its January 1 launch.

1 week ago | ggbmagazine.com | Roger Gros

GGB is committed to providing updated news and analysis on our weekly news site, GGBNews.com. Bally’s finalizes its plan for a project surrounding the new Oakland baseball stadium.

1 week ago | ggbmagazine.com | Roger Gros

GGB is committed to providing updated news and analysis on our weekly news site, GGBNews.com. Founder, Horseshoe Gaming Jack Binion first arrived in Vegas with his father Benny in 1947.

2 weeks ago | ggbmagazine.com | Roger Gros

https://ggbmagazine.com/podcast-player/35394/jack-binion.mp3 | Play in new window | Duration: 00:31:21 | This inaugural edition of the Gaming Legacy Podcast features Jack Binion, a legend in the industry not only in Las Vegas, but all over the U.S. under the Horseshoe brand. Jack Binion first arrived in Vegas with his father Benny in 1947. He eventually ran the Horseshoe casino in Downtown Las Vegas and helped to found the WSOP, the seminal poker tournament held each year.