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.
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology ("IGT") announced that at a special meeting of its shareholders held today, IGT shareholders approved the previously announced Agreement an...
Several Nepali casinos are set to re-open, after being closed down by strict governmental regulations in the spring of last year. A total of ten casinos were forced into closure, following their failure to rene...
Russia is set to close three casinos by the end of April, in a bid to boost attendances in Sochi. The city that hosted the Winter Olympics may have been the eye of the world then, but since, attendances in many...
If anyone wants a primer on how certain elements of the US casino industry operate today, all they have to do is follow award winning journalist, Cary Spivak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He paints a seemi...
Say Goodbye to Historical Racing Machines
Idaho Racing Commission Director Frank Lamb announced Friday that he would leave his post a couple of months early. He had already said he would retire at the end of t...
20th Century Fox plans to build a 75 acre theme park and casino in the southeastern Korean municipality of Changwon City. The project is expected to be completed in 2018. It will be built in the 700-acre Ungdon...
Only two weeks after Boston Mayor Martin Walsh filed a lawsuit asking to rescind the license granted to Wynn Resorts by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (see story), the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority has...
Casinos in Nepal, including the illustrious Casino Anna, have opened and nearly immediately been shut down again since they were all declared illegal by the Nepalese Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviat...
San Jose, Costa Rica – January 9, 2015 – Getting money onto an online poker account has now officially become more convenient. Leading US online poker site Americas Cardroom today announced a groundbreaking mov...
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh has filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to stop the Wynn Casino development approved in September unless Boston residents get a binding vote on the project's...
Citing reasons of cost and utility, Macau casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment is planning to delist its shares from the Hong Kong stock exchange where it experienced a 35% pummeling in 2014 while the benc...
It took a little bit of political maneuvering and a goodly sum of cash, but on November 4, 2013 New York voters approved Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for up to 7 Las Vegas style casinos and a couple of slots parlor...
Watch for the following properties to appear in the "Coming Soon" section of the World Casino Directory.
Only a few minutes after the New York Gaming Facility Location Board Meeting began their meeting, the...
The New York Gaming Facility Location Board will convene a meeting at 2pm Eastern Time today to decide which casinos may apply for up to four private licenses in three regions of Upstate New York. Four project...
The year 2014 saw a variety of changes in the gambling world from three and potentially four casino closures in the former mecca of Atlantic City, to furthered Downtown revitalization in Las Vegas, plummeting p...