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.
According to a last week’s filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Steve Wynn paid over $31.8 million in order to buy additional shares from his casino company Wynn Resorts. Only several weeks ago ...
New York State assemblyman Gary Pretlow has been pushing for the legalization of online poker in the state for the last couple of years and has continued his efforts in 2016 by reintroducing online poker bill A...
The state of the state in Texas gaming didn't actually change on the ground in 2015, but several issues are at play that could see movement in 2016.
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Station Casinos’ plan to go public again has received final approval from Nevada regulators.
The initial public offering plan of the off-Strip casino-hotel chain that caters to Las Vegas locals was approved ...
The Normandie Casino of California has been under investigation by the federal authorities due to high rolling players having the ability to doge reporting their financials. There are strict requirements for re...
A lawsuit has been launched against British Columbia and the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) by casino operator Pinnacle Gaming Solutions, owned by David Moretto, a North Vancouver resident, who say...
Cities of France could be adding casinos as the area has seen the best revenues in seven years. The municipal governments of France are struggling, so with the revenue growth, the area could expand gaming optio...
On January 14 the bankruptcy petition filed by Hong Kong Entertainment Investments Ltd, owner of the Tinian Dynasty Hotel & Casino, was granted dismissal and all other pending motions filed in the case rend...
Florida Governor Rick Scott told reporters Thursday that he had done his job and that now it's up to house leadership as to how his renegotiated gambling deal with the Seminole tribe will move forward.
The p...
Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. is looking to cut its debt load of more than $18 billion roughly in half through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. In March 2015 Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar of the U.S....
On Tuesday Mohegan Sun Pocono’s former vice president of player development was charged with conspiring with a frequent gambler and a cocktail server to defraud the Pennsylvania casino out of hundreds of thousa...
You’d have to go back all the way to 2008, before the national recession hit the Coast, to find a better year than 2015 for South Mississippi casinos.
The opening of The Scarlet Pearl casino in D’Iberville o...
The odds are that on your next trip to Sin City you will be taken for a ride before you even make it to the slots. An audit of the Nevada Taxicab Authority released on Tuesday showed customers of Las Vegas-area...
The SkyCity Entertainment Group had earlier submitted plans to revamp and upgrade its Adelaide casino but there remained a lot of speculation as to whether the plans would get approval considering the fact that...
On Wednesday, Clark County commissioners approved Resorts World Las Vegas’ plans for a $4 billion hotel-casino project.
The item on the Commission’s consent agenda was given the nod without discussion and th...