In This Issue:

- RICHARD KALM REAPPOINTED MGCB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:

Richard Kalm, whose appointment as Executive Director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board was set to expire this year, has been appointed by Governor Snyder to serve an additional six-year term as Executive Director of the MGCB...

- ICGRT CONFERENCE HUGE SUCCESS:

The 15th Annual International Conference of Gambling & Risk Taking was held the last week of May at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The ICGRT is the brainchild of the late UNLV-Reno Professor William R. Eadington, whose commitment to the study of gambling and risk taking was outlined and honored at the conference dinner. The ICGRT is typically held every three years under the auspices of UNLV, although this year’s conference was delayed a year due to the passing of Dr. Eadington last year....

- DETROIT CASINOS’ MAY REVENUES DECREASE FROM SAME MONTH LAST YEAR: MICHIGAN GAMING CONTROL BOARD RELEASES MAY 2013 REVENUE DATA:

The Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for May 2013 for the three Detroit, Michigan, commercial casinos...