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.
November 14 , 2016 -- Sofia, Bulgaria
EEGS is the most prestigious forum in the gaming industry in Eastern Europe and will be held on 22 - 23 November at Inter Expo Center in Bulgaria's capital - Sofia. The ...
The city of Pittsburgh announced in early October that it had requested the Rivers Casino to voluntarily remit $10 million in gambling taxes. City officials stated that discussions between casino officials and ...
Proposed legislation that would legalize casino gaming in Japan is reportedly not likely to pass through the current session of the Asian nation’s parliament this year due to time constraints and the effects of...
Today, local leaders and citizens who support a plan to expand and transform Walker’s Bluff from a winery and restaurant into an entertainment and lodging complex in Southern Illinois will travel to the state’s...
David Baazov, former CEO and Chairman of Amaya Gaming has made an official bid to buy the Canadian gaming and gambling company to a total price of C$3.48 billion, or C$24 per share. His bid is a 30.9 percent pr...
Expected to open in the spring of 2017, the $500 million Ilani Casino Resort being developed by the Cowlitz Tribe and Salishan-Mohegan near the town of La Center, Washington, is gearing up for a major hiring s...
The boss of American casino operator Pinnacle Entertainment Incorporated has reportedly declared that the firm would consider acquiring a property in the Las Vegas area if the right deal came along but at prese...
After publicly endorsing Hillary Clinton in August, Jim Murren, Chief Executive Officer for MGM Resorts International, has now speculated that the presidency of Donald Trump could well hurt American casino inte...
After postponing the vote on a new draft of its gambling bill last month, another step has been taken by Brazil towards launching a regulated online gambling market, with the approval of SB 186/2014.
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One of the leading casino software developers of today, Betsoft Gaming, has just launched their new Shift platform which was developed to take advantage of the full benefits of HTML5 technology and set the comp...
Asian casino operator Genting Singapore has reportedly signed a deal that will see it sell its interests in a coming development for South Korea’s Jeju Island so that it can better focus on its Singapore busine...
The on-going legal battle between poker pro Phil Ivey and Atlantic City’s Borgata Hotel and Casino has been well documented over the last couple of years. Towards the end of October, U.S. District Court Judge N...
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, caught the nation off-guard when he announced on November 9 that 500 and 1000 rupee notes would be demonetized from November 10 and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) wo...
The Casino Rama Resort in Ontario, Canada announced Thursday that the facility had suffered a data breach that could have compromised information going back as far as 2004. One day later a class action lawyer b...
Financiers of the Deadwood Mountain Grand resort are suing a group of developers that turned the former Homestake gold mining slime plant in overlooking Deadwood, South Dakota into a luxurious hotel and casino ...