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.
The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa of Atlantic City, New Jersey has been pushing for some time to see a resolution provided with city officials based on tax refunds. The refunds were due back in December, but t...
After a long battle in December, the Tohono O'odham Nation, a southern Arizona tribe, opened the doors of the Desert Diamond Casino – West Valley, located at the edge of Glendale on the western side of Phoenix....
The Argosy Casino Alton’s Hop House is the neighborhoods newest spot for craft beer.
Visitors to the Hop House can now choose from 77 varieties of craft beer to complement suggested beer-pairings from a menu...
The construction of Wynn’s $1.7 billion Massachusetts casino project may be delayed due to waterfront permit hurdles the project is facing. Over the next several days, Everett Casino should get the long-awaited...
Macau’s casino industry continued to decline in 2015 due to the anti-corruption crackdown and gross gaming revenues plummeted for a second year in a row for all of the major operators, including Sands China Ltd...
In order to ensure that world-class properties are in provincial towns and cities, the Philippines is open to locations outside the capital of Manila receiving gambling licenses at a cost of approximately US$30...
It appears that the announcement on Tuesday night by Schaghticoke Tribal Nation Chief Richard Velky that the tribe had received federal recognition from state officials and therefore entitled to compete for Con...
It was just last month that MGM Resorts International announced they would begin charging for parking, much to the dismay of patrons to the companies many Las Vegas properties. On Tuesday, the company announced...
MGM Resorts revealed in a recent filing that MGM National Harbor LLC secured $525 million funding for the development of the MGM National Harbor gaming facility in Maryland. The project, located near the Potoma...
New York state gaming legislators took a long time to approve the licenses for the three casino operators within the state, but finally rolled out approval in December 2015. One of those licenses issued went to...
A press release from Clarion Events notes that "ICE is the United Nations of gaming as international visitors gather in London," and it couldn't be more true. The mega gaming industry event has attracted more t...
In an attempt to gain more support from the legislature and ease the hit to the state’s wallet, changes within Sen. Brian Bushweller’s (D-Dover) latest casino bill would be implemented over the next four years ...
On Tuesday, the Belterra Casino Resort, a riverboat casino in Switzerland County in Florence, Indiana, announced the completion of renovations to 55,000 square feet of meeting and convention space
The conven...
Ruby Seven Studios is a developer of social casino gaming who recently signed an agreement with the Pechanga Resort & Casino of California to work together on creating new content. The two companies will be...
Cambodian gaming operator NagaCorp revealed an impressive GGR growth for 2015 in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday. According to the information provided by the company, NagaCorp saw its gross ...