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From homegrown initiatives at the ballot box in rural America, to the fate of th six concessionaires in Macau as their licenses are set to expire betwwen 2020 nad 2022, to Asian marketplaces like Japan and Vietnam that are set to change the world casino landscape, you'll find all the news that's fit print here. Complementary sections include the over arching Gaming Industry News section as well as Licenses, Taxation, and Online Gambling Regulation.
There’s big news afoot in Cherokee County, where commissioners have rejected plans for the Quapaw Tribe to permit a casino in the region. Kansas’ Attorney General of the State was called in to deal with the ru...
Several Nepali casinos are set to re-open, after being closed down by strict governmental regulations in the spring of last year. A total of ten casinos were forced into closure, following their failure to rene...
Russia is set to close three casinos by the end of April, in a bid to boost attendances in Sochi. The city that hosted the Winter Olympics may have been the eye of the world then, but since, attendances in many...
Say Goodbye to Historical Racing Machines
Idaho Racing Commission Director Frank Lamb announced Friday that he would leave his post a couple of months early. He had already said he would retire at the end of t...
Only two weeks after Boston Mayor Martin Walsh filed a lawsuit asking to rescind the license granted to Wynn Resorts by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (see story), the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has...
Casinos in Nepal, including the illustrious Casino Anna, have opened and nearly immediately been shut down again since they were all declared illegal by the Nepalese Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviat...
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to stop the Wynn Casino development approved in September unless Boston residents get a binding vote on the project's...
It took a little bit of political maneuvering and a goodly sum of cash, but on November 4, 2013 New York voters approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for up to 7 Las Vegas style casinos and a couple of slots parlor...
Watch for the following properties to appear in the "Coming Soon" section of the World Casino Directory.
Only a few minutes after the New York Gaming Facility Location Board Meeting began their meeting, the...
The New York Gaming Facility Location Board will convene a meeting at 2pm Eastern Time today to decide which casinos may apply for up to four private licenses in three regions of Upstate New York. Four project...
The year 2014 saw a variety of changes in the gambling world from three and potentially four casino closures in the former mecca of Atlantic City, to furthered Downtown revitalization in Las Vegas, plummeting p...
According to news reports, the powers that be in the capital of Austria decided in November to ban all slot machines not on casino floors. Today they can be found in petrol stations and other unregulated enviro...
When voters in Massachusetts passed an expanded gambling bill in 2011 (which recently survived a referendum to abolish it) part of the law mandated that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) minimize any n...
In 2011 an expanded gaming law was enacted in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. After much debate between supporters and opponents alike, it has been decided by the people of this state that this law should st...
The governor of New Jersey has been hard at work this year (and last year), trying to overturn gambling laws to give residents of the Garden State access to all kinds of betting games. New Jersey may be home to...