Mississippi Business Journal – Forbes says Tilman Fertitta is worth $2.4 billion. He became a wealthy businessman by making smart decisions, being opportunistic and having a business-is-business attitude. But even when the owner and CEO of Fertitta Entertainment walks into one of his three Golden Nugget casinos, one thing scares him — the changing landscape of the customers. “One of my scariest things that is young people do not play slot machines,” said Fertitta, who was the keynote speaker kicking off last week’s Southern Gaming Summit in Biloxi. “I go to all these places, it’s not young people playing slot…

This Week in Gambling ~ By Gayle Grant for GamblingPlex.com ~ Not quite sure how to play roulette? We will show you how in our quick guide. Before you begin, make sure you know this: Play for fun. You can’t guess the numbers to come, it’s a game of luck and skills, but mostly luck. There are various strategies that will help you increase the chance of winning, but don’t take the game too seriously. For beginners combo bets are the best option. This includes even/odd and red/black combinations. You will be better off betting on more than one number…

Tourists visiting Las Vegas can now get their cryptocurrency in Las Vegas at a Bitcoin ATM located at The D Casino. The site has partnered with Robocoin, a fellow Las Vegas-based company, to place a bitcoin ATM inside its casino. The machine allows users to both buy and sell the currency. Derek Stevens, CEO of the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel, said in a statement: “We’re proud to be the first casino property to accept bitcoin and we’re excited to offer our customers the convenience of a bitcoin ATM.” The D Casino Hotel is located downtown on Fremont Street, distanced from the…

Card Player – One lawmaker in New Jersey is still advocating for a casino outside of Atlantic City. According to the Associated Press, at a regional gambling conference Tuesday in Atlantic City, Assemblyman Ralph Caputo reiterated that a casino in the Meadowlands would greatly benefit the Garden State. Discussions of such a possibility have been “growing stronger.” “A casino in north Jersey, to be taxed at 50 or 60 percent, we could do a billion dollars a year in that location,” Caputo said. “We’ve got to be fighting for those customers. That’s what Pennsylvania is doing. That’s what New York…

If the US Supreme Court decides to take up the New Jersey sports betting case, it will be a sure victory for proponents in the Garden State, State Senator Raymond Lesniak said this week at the annual East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City. But just in case the high court decides otherwise, Lesniak said he is already drafting legislation that would still allow casinos and racetracks to offer sports wagering on their premises. So while the state waits to see if the green light for betting on sports comes from either Washington or Trenton, Lesniak said it would be…

QZ – Last week, the casinos of Macau, the world’s largest center for gambling in terms of revenues, got some bad news: smoking will be banned at all casino tables as of October, a move to protect workers’ health. That’s a problem for the island’s massive casino industry—which generated $45 billion last year, several times that of Las Vegas. Macau depends overwhelmingly on gamblers from the world’s largest nation of smokers—China. The mainland is home to about a third of the world’s smokers. About a quarter of the Chinese population smokes, compared to the global average of a little under…