The World Casino Directory's Gaming Industry News covers land-based and online happenings in the industry. Our coverage here will inform readers about everything from employment and job fairs to major moves being anticipated by the big industry players. Reporting on sweeping regulatory changes as well as the oft-times more nuanced fluidity of case law and legal interpretations of existing laws are some of the items we cover in this section.
Industry participants will find pre-show and post-show coverage of some of the most important conferences and tradeshows in the gambling world, whether land-based or iGaming in nature or both. Thought leaders and those looking to increase their knowledge of current trends in the global gaming industry may wish to visit our Calendars of Gaming and iGaming Conferences and Seminars for important details on summits ranging from G2E (Global Gaming Expo) and ICE to roundtables focused on sportsbetting.
We cover important industry events and changes from American tribal gaming and the Caribbean to India and Macau. If it affects the industry, for professionals or players, you'll find the story here. New licenses, casino sales, M&A, and labor relations are just a few of the story leads we chase for you and report on in this section.
It all started November 2014 when the Las Vegas data storage company, Switch, petitioned the Nevada Public Utilities Commission their intention to leave NV Energy, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway....
Down 34 percent for the year, foreigner-exclusive South Korean casino operator, Paradise Co Ltd’s, monthly numbers were down 23.6 percent from last month bringing September’s numbers in at KRW37.2 billion ($31....
A plan to complete the East Biloxi Loop extension road will be reviewed and put to a vote by the Biloxi City Council Tuesday October 6. This access road is critical for the construction of the city’s ninth and ...
Friday, a May 1st District Court of Appeals decision that would have allowed slot machines at Gadsden County’s Gretna Racing pari-mutuel track, conditional to voter approval, was reversed in a new ruling by the...
A hold on $468 million hinges on the outcome of a court date on Monday when Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s casino business creditors ask a judge to consider a January 12th bankruptcy date valid rather than...
The first part of an approximate $24.8 million deal, down from the $30 million price tag when first announced in October, 2014, between Saratoga Harness Racing Inc. and Louisville-based Churchill Downs Inc.’s a...
The second ruling in recent months regarding an environmental review, the Town of Tyre announced that on October 1st, it had determined that the Seneca County Lago Resort & Casino in upstate New York will n...
News broke on Wednesday night that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) authorized Amaya Inc. to operate its PokerStars and Full Tilt brands in the Garden State’s online gaming market. Following ...
According to a filing on Bursa Malaysia (formerly Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) this week, Genting Malaysia Bhd will acquire all shares of Genting Alderney Ltd for US$10.9 million, streamlining its UK gaming bus...
MassLive is reporting that DraftKings has offered the position of manager of government affairs on its website. The job description includes, "coordination and oversight of multi-state legislative effort," and ...
NagaCorp Ltd reported unaudited data to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday of almost U.S. $400 million GGR for the first nine months of 2015. This financial data represents an increase of 47% from the U.S. $27...
On Sept. 9, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley submitted the following request for an advisory opinion to the Alabama Supreme Court:
“Would an amendment of Article IV, section 65 of the Alabama Constitution to ...
Macau casinos' gross gaming revenue fell by 1/3 in September, the sixteenth month in a row showing decline, but the numbers were within expectations. Hitting forecasts as well as reports that Beijing may be wil...
On Friday Alabama Circuit Judge William Shashy ordered the state to return 1,615 gaming machines and $260,000 in cash that it seized from the nation's largest bingo casino in a 2013 raid on VictoryLand unless a...
Thursday night former National Basketball Association commissioner, David Stern minced no words in stating that it is time to legalize sports betting in the United States - just as has been suggested by his suc...