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Todd Shriber is a senior news reporter covering gaming financials, casino business, stocks, and mergers and acquisitions for Casino.org.
Todd got his start in financial markets as a reporter with Bloomberg News. Later, he became a trader at a Southern California-based long/short hedge fund, where he specialized in the trading sector and international ETFs leading up to and during the financial crisis. He joined Casino.org in 2019.
Currently, Todd analyzes, researches, and writes on ETFs for various web-based publications and financial services firms. Shriber has been featured and quoted in Barron's, CNBC.com, and The Wall Street Journal. His work can also be found on Benzinga, ETF Daily News, ETF Trends, MarketWatch, Fox Business, and Nasdaq.com.
He currently resides in Las Vegas, where he enjoys golf and taking his black lab to the dog park. He's also an avid sports fan and likes to wager on college football and the NBA. You can also find him at the three-card poker and roulette table, even though he knows better.
Contact Todd at [email protected].
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4289 stories by Todd Shriber
Thai Government Eyes Bangkok for Three Casinos
The newly installed Thai government would like to see as many as seven casino hotels developed to start the country’s regulated gaming industry, with up to three of those venues located in the capital city of Bangkok. Recent media reports suggest that...
Wynn Selling $800M in Debt to Pay DOJ Fine, Redeem 2025 Bonds
Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) announced Tuesday that it sold $800 million worth of corporate debt in a private offering to redeem bonds maturing in 2025 and to pay a fine of $130.13 million recently levied by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The...
Las Vegas Sands to Modestly Increase Sands China Stake
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) could spend as much as $103 million to slightly increase its stake in Sands China to close to 72%. The announcement was made in a regulatory filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKSE). An entity known...
Penn CEO Jay Snowden Buys $1M Worth of Company Stock
Shares of Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ: PENN) are down almost 20% over the past year, but CEO Jay Snowden is bullish on his employer’s stock. A recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicates that on September 3, Snowden bought 54,200...
Dem Donors Want Harris to Sack FTC Chair Lina Kahn, Who Sued MGM
Major Democratic party donors in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street want Vice President Kamala Harris to fire Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan should Harris win this year’s presidential election. Well-heeled donors to the Harris campaign have recently increased pressure...
Circa NFL Contests Shatter Records with $20M Total Prize Pool
Today was deadline day for entering Circa Sports’ famed NFL contests -- Circa Millions and Survivor -- and the two competitions toppled previous records with a combined $20.26 million in entries. When Circa announced the contests for the 2024 season, the sportsbook...
Wynn Las Vegas Strikes $130M DOJ Settlement, Largest Fine Ever for a US Casino
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) announced late Friday that the gaming company’s Wynn Las Vegas unit agreed to forfeit $130.13 million to the government to settle claims the casino operator worked with unregulated money transfer enterprises to...
Thailand Casino Plan Gains Momentum as Political Support Increases
Despite recent political upheaval in the country, plans to bring casino resorts to Thailand are gaining momentum. That effort recently gained the support of the nation’s various political parties. Thailand’s Deputy Finance Minister Julapun Amornviva said the country’s new government is behind...
Wynn UAE Casino Plan Building Momentum
Wynn Resorts’ (NASDAQ: WYNN) plan to build the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first casino resort is widely known -- construction is already underway -- but investors have yet to ascribe much value for that project into the stock's share price. They may...
Betsson Latest Sportsbook to Depart US Market
Add Betsson to the rapidly growing list of sportsbook operators abandoning the US market. The Swedish gaming company made the announcement on Wednesday. Betsson had been offering online sports betting in Colorado under the Betsafe brand for two-and-a-half years through a partnership...