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 India, despite not winning an outright majority in recent Goa state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been invited to form a government for the next five-year parliamentary term while reportedly also...
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released figures yesterday that show the table games at Pennsylvania casinos saw a decrease in gross revenues of 2.8% for the month of February when compared to the same mo...
In North Dakota, controversial legislation that would ask voters to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six state-owned casinos has reportedly suffered its first set-back after being se...
Playtech co-founder and billionaire Teddy Sagi has offloaded a 4.1% stake in the online casino software giant for the sum of £113 million. The Israeli tech-entrepreneur who was linked to 16 offshore accounts in...
Gross gaming revenue (GGR) tax is reportedly not being collected from gaming operator Imperial Pacific International (CNMI), LLC operations on Saipan and a lawmaker there is questioning why, according to Asia G...
Gambling software development firm Playtech has announced the launch of its new Grand Royale live dealer online casino service, featuring a portfolio of five blackjack tables alongside a pair of tables offering...
Station Casinos, a subsidiary of Red Rock Resorts, Inc. (NASDAQ: RRR), has reportedly agreed to a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), making Palace Station the second Las Vegas hotel-casi...
In North Dakota, the Republican lawmaker behind proposed legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six state-owned casinos has reporte...
European game makers Yggdrasil Gaming have partnered up with GVC Holdings, the company that acquired the Bwin.Party brand in 2015, to provide GVC’s Italian sites Bwin.It and Gioco Digitale with the game studio’...
After announcing just before Christmas that it intended to unveil “a new corporate entity” before the end of 2017, Asian casino operator Melco Crown Entertainment Limited has now reportedly settled on a name an...
In Australia, Casino Canberra has reportedly released its financial results for 2016 showing that its loss has widened to approximately $5.9 million while it is now standing in a negative net asset position wit...
After a winter blizzard dumped 18 inches of snow on Connecticut yesterday and forced the state government to temporarily shut down, governor Dannel Malloy has reportedly announced that things are set to return ...
In the United States, Mississippi has become the twelfth state to legalize daily fantasy sports after Republican governor Phil Bryant signed legislation into law on Monday authorizing the online games.
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After Typhoon Soudelor (Hanna) the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season took its toll on the early construction of Imperial Pacific's Phase I casino resort project in Saipan, myriad oth...
Passing enabling legislation to authorize the building of a tribal casino in East Windsor could reportedly leave Connecticut open to lawsuits and jeopardize the eastern state’s current revenue-sharing agreement...