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.
Station Casinos was founded by Frank Fertitta Jr in 1976 and has built a strong presence in Nevada during the last forty years. The company which is still run by the Fertitta family currently operates 19 casino...
A first glance of the $300 million SkyCity Adelaide Casino Expansion has been revealed by SkyCity Entertainment in Auckland today at its yearly general meeting.
Following the October resignation announcemen...
Judge Choo Han Teck of the High Court found the Resorts World Sentosa guilty of wrongful imprisonment and ruled in favor of Goel Adesh Kumar, a 43 year old who filed a private suit against the company based in ...
Both South Korea’s state-run casino operator Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) and Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp have announced that they have abandoned plans for building an integrated casino on Korea’s Yeongjong Island, ...
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators rarely handle the banking aspects of player deposits and withdrawals in-house. Instead, DFS businesses contract with payment gateways as a financial go-between, and without ...
Caesars Entertainment Corp. took more than a three-quarter billion dollar hit on their third quarter financials due to costs associated with the restructuring of a bankrupt subsidiary, promising nearly $1 billi...
With the federal government struggling with a massive overspending problem, a tax windfall has been proposed on Australian gambling companies by Senator Bridget McKenzie.
The National Party of Australia memb...
After clarifying the distinction between daily fantasy sports (DFS) and the more traditional, season-long fantasy sports leagues, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that daily fantasy sports ...
Vietnam’s casino industry has blossomed over the last couple of years as the government continues to encourage foreign investment in the sector. The biggest addition to the Vietnamese casino scene is the Ho Tra...
Instead of masking the unfinished Fontainebleau Las Vegas that was purchased out of bankruptcy for $150 million in 2010, the billionaire who bought the property is offering up the long-neglected casino-hotel fo...
A ‘sprawling criminal enterprise’, that is what federal prosecutors are calling a scheme that spanned around the world, with three men accused of stealing data of over 100 million customers from companies, incl...
Joe McKeehen, a 24-year old professional poker player from Pennsylvania never relinquished his lead throughout the entire three-day World Series of Poker’s championship event that netted the winner $7.68 millio...
After a peak price of $18 per share in January 2014, James Packer scooped up 18 million shares in his casino resort company yesterday at a bargain price of $12 each, paying a slight premium over Tuesday's close...
Bloomberry's Jeju Sun Hotel and Casino has been ordered to suspend gaming operations at its South Korean operations for one month beginning November 16, according to a filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange....
Re-opening the former Showboat in Atlantic City as a casino is apparently not out of the question, according to new owner Bart Blatstein who in June redeveloped the Boardwalk’s former Pier Shops complex into Th...