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.
On Wednesday Club One a popular casino and restaurant in downtown Fresno, California filed for bankruptcy in U.S. District Court.
The ownership group led by Kyle Kirkland, Club One Casino Inc.’s president, f...
The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is under siege from all quarters. Wednesday the Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigati...
Sands China Ltd’s newly appointed president and chief operating officer Wilfred Wong began his tenure yesterday with a significant milestone for the Parisian Macao resort. The lantern and dome structure was pla...
The eight surviving land based casinos in Atlantic City saw their overall gaming revenue increase by approximately 11 percent in September 2015, compared to the same period a year ago. Yesterday the Division of...
Macau’s casino industry lost over $100 billion during the last 18 months due to the anti-corruption crackdown which scared away high-rollers and caused a major slump in the gambling market in Macau. The market ...
On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board ( NGCB) decided to rule that daily fantasy sports will require a license if companies are going to operate in the state. The board ruled the activity a form of gambl...
Donations exceeding $250,000 have enabled backers of expanded gambling in Nebraska to launch their initiative petition drive, and according to the first campaign finance report belonging to the petition group, ...
Fantasy sites FanDuel and DraftKings' use of 2006 federal money processing legislation as the lone validation for their legitimacy is “sheer chutzpah” according a former U.S. congressman who co-sponsored the l...
Don't count New Jersey out of the sports betting game just yet. This morning the full Third Circuit said it would revisit a 2-1 panel decision that threw out an appeal related to New Jersey's sports betting au...
Friday a jury in Cape May County found a South Jersey man guilty of second-degree bribery of a government official so that he could increase the sale price of an Atlantic City property he was selling.
The re...
Genting Group's highly anticipated Resorts World Birmingham will begin a phased opening of their £150 million property in the populous city on October 21st. The company has mega-resorts in Manila, Singapore, Ge...
Legislators who are opposed to online gambling for the United States have tried relentlessly to see the activity banned. Every time legislators propose measures that would create an overall ban, the legislation...
Since the purchase of the now retired Showboat Casino in Atlantic City, Stockton University has doled out close to $8 million on the property in just short of a year according to records.
After the due dilig...
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The three-member New York Gaming Facility Location Board voted unanimously to recommend a casino license go to Tioga Downs today. The final fate of the application lies with the New York St...
On October 2nd, a circuit court judge ruled that the state of Alabama had no cause to take 1,600 electronic bingo machines from the VictoryLand racetrack in Macon County. The confiscation of the gaming machines...