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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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4291 stories by Todd Shriber
Oakland A’s Eyeing Two Strip Sites for Las Vegas Move
Following another round of meetings between team officials and Las Vegas business leaders, it’s clear the Oakland Athletics are eyeing two sites on the Strip should the team move to Sin City -- the fairgrounds owned by Circus Circus and the Tropicana....
ARK Invest Sees Sports Betting Swelling to $330 Billion in 2027
Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment Management is bullish on the future of US and Canadian sports wagering, forecasting massive growth for the industry over the next five years. In the asset manager’s 2023 “Big Ideas” report, ARK estimates that mobile/online sports wagering in...
Aruze Gaming Seeks Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Aruze Gaming, a manufacturer of electronic gaming devices for casinos, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the State of Nevada. The maker of the Roll To Win Craps machines also said that US...
Penn Entertainment Q4 Earnings Miss Estimates, Barstool Sportsbook Turns Profitable
Shares of Penn Entertainment (NASDAQ: PENN) slumped Thursday after the regional casino operator reported fourth-quarter results that missed Wall Street projections. However, a bright spot was its Barstool Sportsbook unit turning profitable in the final three months of 2022. The Ameristar operator...
Las Vegas Sands Alters $1.5B Credit Facility Further Delaying Dividend Restoration
Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) reached an agreement with lenders to amend select covenants in a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility -- a move that further delays the casino operator’s plans to restore its quarterly dividend. The Parisian Macau operator revealed the...
Thailand Casinos Could Nibble at Singapore Gaming Revenue
Should Thailand move forward with plans to potentially be the next hot Asia-Pacific gaming market, it could pilfer revenue from entrenched competitors, such as Malaysia and Singapore. That’s the call from Maybank IB Research. It notes casino resorts in Thailand would not...
Minnesota Mulls Another Sports Betting Bill
Minnesota isn't just the "Land of 10,000 Lakes." It's also the land of failed sports betting legislative efforts. But politicians in the state are giving it another go. Minnesota State Sen. Jeremy Miller (R-Winona) said Tuesday he’s planning to introduce the Minnesota...
DraftKings Reducing Staff by 3.5 Percent in Cost-Cutting Move
DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) announced Wednesday it's laying off 140 employees, or about 3.5% of its workforce, in an effort to reduce costs. The Boston-based sportsbook operator didn’t specify in which areas those headcount reductions will occur. Nor did it mention the possibility...
MGM Resorts Enters Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index
In another sign of the casino behemoth’s ongoing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts paying dividends, MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) Tuesday announced its inclusion in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. The benchmark is a basket of 483 companies that score well in...
Sands Taps Community College as Long Island Training Hub
Las Vegas Sands and Nassau Community College announced a public/private partnership that sets the stage for the school to be the gaming company’s training facility. That's assuming it’s successful in bringing a casino hotel to Long Island. Sands has a track record...