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.
In New Jersey, official figures from the Division Of Gaming Enforcement show that overall land-based casino win for August dropped by 6.7% year-on-year to $229.78 million while the figure for the eastern state’...
Beginning in mid-October, the Rivers Casino of Schenectady will begin to offer a dealer school course lasting ten weeks. The casino will need to fill 300 dealer positions and are hoping to train individuals dur...
In Macau, VIP junket operator Iao Kun Group Holding Company Limited could be facing a lawsuit after recently announcing that it had closed its high-roller operations at the StarWorld Casino And Hotel Resort and...
The effort to bring casinos to three counties in Arkansas is reportedly being opposed to the tune of more than $100,000 by the owners of the southern state’s two racetracks that already allow electronic gamblin...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he was unhappy with e-bingo and e-gaming establishments in the country targeting poor Filipinos and making profits out of their losses. He instructed the Philippine Am...
The Aseneskak is a casino located in The Pas, owned by the Manitoba First Nations. The group announced late last month that plans had been created to move the venue to a larger area in the province, relocating ...
Wild Rose Casinos which operates casinos in Jefferson, Clinton and Emmetsburg has teamed up with developers Hunter Parks and Steve Emerson to propose a boutique casino in Cedar Rapids. This new casino proposal ...
Two weeks after asking for bids for the rights to operate the Argentino Hotel Casino And Resort in the coastal city of Piriapolis and Uruguay’s Tourism Ministry has received only one official tender.
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September 15, 2016 - Hong Kong - South Africa
Excitement grows as BiG Africa 2016 signs Robin Le Prevost to its already impressive list of speakers.
BiG Africa, the Gaming industry’s premier and most infl...
Fresh from signing a pair of share deals earlier this week, Saipan casino operator Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited has been assigned a first-time provisional corporate family rating of B2 by Moo...
The state of Goa in India makes a significant amount of its revenue from its vibrant tourism industry and one of the biggest tourist attractions in the state is the onshore and offshore casino industry. Only th...
Arizona Assistant State Attorney General Roger Banan has testified under oath that he deliberately destroyed notes resulting from meetings related to the Tohono O’odham casino in Glendale. Under the direction o...
By 2021, gambling wagers worldwide are expected to increase exponentially, soaring to nearly $950 billion from $550 billion this year.
According to Wednesday’s press release from Juniper Research, due to an ...
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson has stated that poker is gambling. Adelson is known as one of the worst enemies of online gambling, thus this statement of his doesn...
The Village of Islandia and Delaware North are named in a suit filed in State Supreme Court in Riverhead on Wednesday that seeks to nullify a vote last month approving a Suffolk OTB video lottery casino in the ...