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.
Self-made Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada has increased his investment assurance to $2 billion U.S. towards completing phase one of the integrated Manila Bay Resorts casino and entertainment complex. The Phili...
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the St Louis based Eighth U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of a former online gambling company founder who sought to avoid paying $36 million in back taxes and pena...
The government of Macau is still standing behind a proposal to see a full smoking ban put in place at all casinos. Alexis Tam Chong Weng, of the Office of the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, stated th...
U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor ruled in Boston this week that the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe must stop construction on their planned Class II gambling facility on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The ...
Things are heating up for casino mogul Steve Wynn over the planned waterfront Wynn Resort, in the City of Everett near Boston, Massachusetts. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Magistrate Marianne Bowler heard a...
The Ritz Club of London has prevailed in a high court case to collect on a check for more than £2 million written on 19 February 2014 by a billionaire "gambling addict". Safa Abdulla Al-Geabury must also pay da...
The organization is optimistic after a strong profit report according to the tribal authority that owns and operates the Mohegan Sun, and casino president Robert J Soper. Cost cutting and increased slot machine...
The Las Vegas Review Journal reports that there were only two viable options before the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority subgroup: Tear down the Riviera Hotel and Casino complex promptly enabling lar...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar has denied Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC) permission to appeal his July 22 ruling which has allowed bondholder lawsuits in other states to proceed while...
Fitch Ratings, a global research and analytics firm, has published their forecasts for the first casino to open in the state of Massachusetts.
Plainridge Park Casino, owned by Penn National Gaming, is projec...
A state spending plan has yet to be approved in the state of Illinois and this fact has now affected the gambling facilities of the state. Cities that play host to a casino will not receive a share of taxes ear...
After being found guilty of playing part in an illegal gambling operation dealing with multi-millions in cash, Glen Cobb has now been sentenced. Cobb was sentenced to a year of probation just yesterday and will...
Tuesday a federal judge ruled in favor of the Fond du lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. The decision means that the tribe will not have to pay upwards of $10 million in back payments to the city from its casi...
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands’ (CNMI) Lottery Commission has given Grand Mariana Casino & Hotel Resort’s parent company, Hong Kong-listed Imperial Pacific Holdings Ltd., permission to go ...
Phil Ivey, champion poker player and winner of ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets, has filed suit in New Jersey claiming that Borgata’s lawsuit against him is frivolous. Further, Ivey’s legal team claim...