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.
On April 3, 2017, Kuala Lumpur-based Podiumspot Capital Group's CEO, Mr. Tim Leonard will reveal some of the unique features that will set the world's largest casino cruise ship, Crusino, apart from any other. ...
Greektown Casino-Hotel of Detroit, a property of JACK Entertainment, just announced last week that they are now offering two new technologies for customer improvement. The GT Connected and Greektown Mobile App ...
Current U.S. Senator and Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions of Alabama has stated that he would look into a 2011 opinion by the Obama administration's Department of Justice in which individual states were l...
The 2017 legislative session will end in Alabama in May and by that time, recommendations could be made in regards to what should happen to gambling law in the state. Alabama Finance Department Director and Ala...
In Macau, the Statistics And Census Service has announced that the number of tourists visiting in 2016 increased by 0.8% year-on-year to 30.95 million while the average occupancy rate for the city’s 107 hotels ...
In the wake of Japan’s passage of enabling legislation that it is hoped will legalize integrated gambling resorts by the beginning of next year, global casino operators have reportedly stepped up their efforts ...
Legal challenges in the form of oral arguments were presented to the Kansas Supreme Court on Wednesday as a passed-over casino developer and Cherokee County exercise their last legal attempt to scuttle Kansas C...
American casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corporation has released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of December showing a 2.3% decrease year-on-year in overall revenues to $11.41 billion while...
Wynn Macau Limited, the Asian arm of Wynn Resorts Ltd, saw a 26.6% decline in year-on-year profits for the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a recently posted financial report from the company. The drop in p...
In the United Kingdom, casino operator The Rank Group has released its interim unaudited financial results for the six months to the end of 2016 showing that it experienced a 9% decline year-on-year in operatin...
The government for the archipelago nation of Tonga has reportedly been forced to counter a claim that it recently awarded a first-ever casino license to an American firm known as Red Warrior Entertainment.
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After being introduced less than two weeks ago, proposed legislation that would expand gambling in Florida and renegotiate the southern state’s stalled compact with the casino-operating Seminole Tribe Of Florid...
In a recent filing with JASDAQ Securities Exchange, Universal Entertainment Corp (6425:Tokyo) said sales at the Okada Manila casino resort “are currently expanding on a daily basis,” according to the GGRAsia re...
In Indiana, recently-proposed legislation that would permit the city of Terre Haute to host a casino complete with up to 700 slots and 17 gaming tables has reportedly been scheduled for a preliminary committee ...
On Wednesday, Danville, Illinois Mayor Scott Eisenhauer reportedly told an Illinois Senate committee that a conservative estimate indicates that along with 800 permanent jobs, a casino in Danville would bring t...