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 the United Kingdom, the trade body for the nation’s bookmakers has reacted angrily to a new report on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) prepared by an official parliamentary body that has called for maxim...
The Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach and a Slovania-based electronic table games manufacturer are both named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit that claims a dice game has been taking too big of a c...
As the Big Game - the biggest US gambling events of the year - unrolls, the first US multi-channel sports gambling network VSiN (Vegas Stats & Information Network) will be preparing for launch with the help...
After admitting they failed to follow federal anti-money laundering laws properly, the Gardens Casino is hoping they will be able to continue to operate in Hawaiian Gardens, California. The casino is a large em...
Putting an end to three months of speculation, Sheldon Adelson (pictured) and his family officially withdrew as investors in a proposal to build a $1.9 billion domed stadium on forty-two acres near the Universi...
In Idaho, a battle is reportedly brewing between the western state’s legislature and governor Clement "Butch" Otter over a suggestion that the Republican’s may be about to institute temporary rules legalizing i...
The Casino Control Commission of the state of New Jersey (NJCCC) will be holding a meeting this week, one that would decide the future of the proposed TEN Casino in Atlantic City. Namely, the meeting will be ad...
The casino law of Saipan, specifically P.L. 18-56, could be amended soon if a new measure introduced by Representative Blas Jonathan Attao is approved. The measure was introduced as a way to amend the casino la...
While the Japanese government’s enactment of “Act Promoting Implementation of Specified Integrated Resort Areas” late last month will allow high stakes gambling in Japan for the first time, currently, public sp...
Casinos located in the seaside province of Sihanoukville have been asked by the deep-water port city’s Governor Yun Min to start enforcing laws that prohibit locals from gambling in Cambodian casinos, according...
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 ...