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 earlier announcing that it intends to discontinue receiving electricity from utilities firm Berkshire Hathaway from October, American casino giant MGM Resorts International has now unveiled the nation's l...
A group known as ‘A Better Rochester’ has started to put pressure on the City Council to ban Native American casinos from operating in Rochester. The group is funded by the Batavia Downs and del Lago, Finger La...
According to a recent news release by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office, 22 counties, and municipalities throughout upstate New York will benefit from $30 million in casino license fees paid by the state’s newly l...
In the past five years, only four states have managed to maneuver an online gaming bill through their legislature. Now, three of the four states have legalized online gambling and there is a chance that Pennsyl...
In Nebraska, a pro-casino group that is collecting signatures in order to have a trio of referendums placed on the upcoming November presidential ballot has revealed that it is confident of success.
Accordin...
The first ever Global Busan Tourism Forum was held in Busan towards the end of June 2016 and one of the hot topics discussed was the possibility of developing a mega casino resort in Busan that would boost tour...
Although gross gaming revenue in Macau saw a year on year drop in the first half of 2016 to MOP107.79 billion, a decline of 11.4 percent from the corresponding period in 2015, the latest report by the governmen...
Attendance and other factors signifying a successful exhibition have been audited and analyzed showing ICE, which was held in London last February, has clocked some impressive numbers.
Fusion, a research fir...
The Islandia site chosen by Suffolk Off-Track Betting (OTB) for a 1,000 video lottery terminal (VLT) casino is expected to be received better than the previously chosen location in Medford.
In interviews las...
It’s been a busy year so far for Macau-based hotel and casino operator Macau Legend Development Limited (1680:HK), and the trend continues with its reported $222.7 million investment in a new development projec...
Following newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte’s vow last week to stop the proliferation of online gambling in the Philippines, the country’s gaming regulator, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR),...
The Oregon Lottery Commission has been pitched a controversial proposal that would make it easier for players from outside of the United States to purchase as many of its lottery tickets as they want without le...
In their voluntary monthly filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Saturday, Best Sunshine's parent company Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd released un-audited numbers showing the Best Sunshine Liv...
Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed the long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) and unsecured rating of “A-” held by casino operator Genting Berhad thanks to its “strong market pos...
Casino developer Emfuleni Resorts (Pty) Ltd has decided to abandon its plan for a mixed-use development, which included a casino, on vacant land in Port Elizabeth, South Africa adjoining the Boardwalk Precinct....