September 2025 – Page 17 – The Gaming Boardroom

Opening Boardroom Doors: Women Leaders Launch Campaign to Empower Career Progression by supporting women at key moments in their careers.

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

Opening Boardroom Doors: Women Leaders Launch Campaign to Empower Career Progression by supporting women at key moments in their careers. Summary Birmingham hosted the launch of the Women’s Leadership Group CIC’s new campaign, “Six Moments That Matter”, which aims to support women through pivotal career and life stages to increase female representation in leadership roles. […]

Read More →

South Korean casinos and tourism sector brace for Chinese group visa-free policy | AGB

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

South Korean casinos and tourism sector brace for Chinese group visa-free policy | AGB Summary South Korea will allow Chinese tour groups of three or more to enter visa-free for up to 15 days from 29 September 2025 until 30 June 2026. The temporary measure is the most significant easing of travel restrictions since the […]

Read More →

Amazon giving consumers $1.5B in refunds in FTC settlement

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

Amazon giving consumers $1.5B in refunds in FTC settlement Summary Amazon has agreed to a $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission after the agency alleged the company tricked shoppers into Prime memberships and made cancellations unduly difficult. The settlement splits into a $1 billion civil penalty (the largest in FTC history) and $1.5 […]

Read More →

Pair of Las Vegas Strip operators get initial approvals for New York casinos

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

Pair of Las Vegas Strip operators get initial approvals for New York casinos Summary Two major Las Vegas-linked operators — MGM Resorts International and Genting Group — cleared a key local hurdle when Community Advisory Committees (CACs) in Yonkers and Queens unanimously endorsed plans to convert their racetrack casinos into full-scale resort casinos. Those CAC […]

Read More →

South Korea targets growth with Chinese tourism revival | AGB

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

South Korea targets growth with Chinese tourism revival | AGB Summary South Korea will open visa-free group travel for Chinese visitors from 29 September, seeking to capitalise on strong consumer sentiment and revive inbound tourism. The change is expected to drive group arrivals to casinos, hotels and retail outlets across the country. Industry players are […]

Read More →

When Disclosure Pays: Evidence from the Over-The-Counter Markets

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

When Disclosure Pays: Evidence from the Over-The-Counter Markets Summary This post summarises a new paper by Robert Bartlett and Colleen Honigsberg that evaluates the 2020–21 amendments to SEC Rule 15c2-11 and their effects on over-the-counter (OTC) trading. The rule tied public quotations for OTC securities to current public disclosures for the first time, forcing non-disclosing […]

Read More →

Risk Management and the Board of Directors

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

Risk Management and the Board of Directors Summary This memorandum — authored by Martin Lipton and colleagues at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz — sets out why boards must treat risk oversight as a core governance duty. It explains that boards should not manage day-to-day risks but must actively monitor principal and emerging risks, document […]

Read More →

SEC’s Spring 2025 Regulatory Flex Agenda Signals a Strategic Pivot

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

SEC’s Spring 2025 Regulatory Flex Agenda Signals a Strategic Pivot Summary On 4 September 2025 the SEC published its Spring 2025 Regulatory Flex Agenda under Chairman Paul Atkins, signalling a clear shift toward deregulation and streamlined disclosures. The Agenda withdraws a number of previously proposed ESG-related rulemakings and introduces new items focused on modernising compensation […]

Read More →

Ethnic Representation in New Russell 3000 Director Appointments Has Fallen 22% Since 2022

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

Ethnic Representation in New Russell 3000 Director Appointments Has Fallen 22% Since 2022 Summary Data from Equilar on Russell 3000 companies shows a notable slowdown in ethnic diversity among newly appointed directors. The share of ethnically diverse individuals filling new board seats dropped from 23.3% in 2022 to 18.2% in 2024 — a fall of […]

Read More →

MGM China Calls Ms. Pansy Video “Entirely Fraudulent”

27 September 2025 Steve Tyler Leave a comment

MGM China Calls Ms. Pansy Video “Entirely Fraudulent” Summary MGM China has confirmed that a circulating video using the likeness of chairperson Ms. Pansy Ho is a deepfake created with artificial intelligence and is part of a fraudulent scheme. The clip supposedly promoted a fictitious investment plan promising unrealistic, hundredfold returns. MGM China says neither […]

Read More →