This week’s installment of Inside Gaming shares news from Australia regarding the possibility of one of the biggest gaming groups in the region perhaps seeking to acquire another. Also in industry news this week, New Jersey okays the Tropicana to start managing the struggling Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, and Macau junket operators may be facing yet another challenge hampering their efforts to ferry over high-rollers.
SkyCity Entertainment Open to Possible Takeover Offer
Industry-related talk down under over the last couple of weeks has concerned the possibility of Australia’s The Star Entertainment Group, one of the country’s largest gaming groups and operator of three major casinos, possibly taking over the smaller SkyCity Entertainment Group, a New Zealand-based corporation that owns and operates casinos both in Australia and New Zealand.