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.
News broke on Wednesday night that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) authorized Amaya Inc. to operate its PokerStars and Full Tilt brands in the Garden State’s online gaming market. Following ...
According to a filing on Bursa Malaysia (formerly Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange) this week, Genting Malaysia Bhd will acquire all shares of Genting Alderney Ltd for US$10.9 million, streamlining its UK gaming bus...
MassLive is reporting that DraftKings has offered the position of manager of government affairs on its website. The job description includes, "coordination and oversight of multi-state legislative effort," and ...
NagaCorp Ltd reported unaudited data to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Friday of almost U.S. $400 million GGR for the first nine months of 2015. This financial data represents an increase of 47% from the U.S. $27...
On Sept. 9, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley submitted the following request for an advisory opinion to the Alabama Supreme Court:
“Would an amendment of Article IV, section 65 of the Alabama Constitution to ...
Macau casinos' gross gaming revenue fell by 1/3 in September, the sixteenth month in a row showing decline, but the numbers were within expectations. Hitting forecasts as well as reports that Beijing may be wil...
On Friday Alabama Circuit Judge William Shashy ordered the state to return 1,615 gaming machines and $260,000 in cash that it seized from the nation's largest bingo casino in a 2013 raid on VictoryLand unless a...
Thursday night former National Basketball Association commissioner, David Stern minced no words in stating that it is time to legalize sports betting in the United States - just as has been suggested by his suc...
The Palm Beach County Blue Horizon Casino Cruise ship is set to offer passengers a continuous cruise schedule starting in less than 2 weeks.
According to the latest information the 600-passenger ship is on i...
A Marina, California card room that has been a staple in the small West Coast city for 77 years closed unexpectedly on Friday at midnight.
Marina’s police Chief Eddie Rodriguez confirmed that Mortimer’s Card...
Compliments of New Jersey gaming regulators, state-licensed online gambling sites will now wear an official seal of approval.
The seal pictured in the lower left hand corner of the BorgataCasino.com’s homepa...
India has one of the largest underground sports betting markets in the world and the sport generating the most illegal wagering is cricket, which is considered the "second biggest religion" in India by some.
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After a strike was authorized against the casino by a union member vote, the Mardi Gras Casino and Resort in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. may soon reach an agreement with employees on the subject of health insur...
Central bank director general Chea Serey has announced that Cambodia’s casino industry generated an estimated $2 billion revenue in 2014 from non-residents, and was assessed as approximately 40% of the country...
This year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E), the industry’s biggest trade show that began last week in Las Vegas is all abuzz with talk of fantasy sports, the business that’s gowning exponentially, but whose action re...