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.
After an initial offer to purchase Pinnacle real estate assets in January, Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., has offered another proposal totaling $4.1 billion. The companies failed to come to terms of eng...
Canadian based Amaya Gaming was relatively unknown until it decided to acquire the Rational Group which is the parent company of PokerStars, the biggest online poker website and Full Tilt Poker, one of the most...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) as per law has to pay only 5% franchise tax from its gaming operations and normal income tax on the operations generated from regular services. The Burea...
Echo Entertainment and James Packer are currently battling it out to see who wins the rights to build a casino in Brisbane, Australia. Echo plans to construct a Destination Brisbane Consortium at Queen's Wharf ...
Macau’s casino industry lost over $100 billion in 2014 and the market is still in decline as the Chinese government continues its anti-corruption campaign. The government has issued an official notice to casino...
Atlantic City casinos were expecting a tax relief plan to be approved before the 1st of April allowing them to benefit from a tax break. The tax relief plan was earlier known as the Casino Property Taxation Sta...
Donald Trump worked hard to see his name removed from the struggling Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey going as far as filing a lawsuit. However on Monday he struck a deal with billionaire inv...
Any win in a US casino over $1,200 requires a "hand pay" and the filing of form 1099-G for tax purposes. Now the IRS is considering reducing the reporting rules from that number to $600. Gaming advocates do no...
Sands China Ltd. was slapped with minor sanctions by District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez for redacting information from specific documents which were in relation to the Steve Jacobs, (former President of Sands Ch...
The casino industry is a multi-trillion dollar business and fiercely competitive. Gambling companies are always looking to expand their operations into new markets and strong measures are adopted when it comes ...
Republican caucus leader Dana Young introduced a bill into the House Monday (HB 1233 "The Gaming Control Act of 2015") that would make wide sweeping changes to the gambling environment in Florida. Among the pro...
Nevada’s online poker industry has not done as well as expected and Delaware has also had to deal with a sluggish online gambling market. One of the main reasons behind this is strict state regulations which o...
Sun International owns and operates dozens of casinos in Africa and South Africa including Sun City Casino Resort, as well as The Monticello Grand Casino in Chile. It was recently announced that they would merg...
OEG group company Olympic Casino Eesti AS has acquired business activity of operating two casinos from the Estonian casino operator Casino Cleopatra OÜ that increases the number of casinos OEG owns in Eston...
Sportsbooks in the state of Nevada will see a return of Olympic betting thanks to an amendment approved recently by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. The amendment will allow sportsbooks in the state to offer wa...