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.
Alabama is one of the six states in the nation to not have a state lottery and Gov. Robert Bentley is looking to change that by introducing a new bill in legislation which pushes for the state lottery to be leg...
PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world, is being sued by Dutch poker pro Marcel Luske in Nevada’s Clark County District Court for fraud, breach of contract, bad faith, interfering with his pr...
Japanese financial services giant Nomura Holdings is predicting that casinos in Macau are on track to record their smallest monthly year-on-year contraction in gross gaming revenues since February.
The firm ...
SkyCity Entertainment Group has released its financial results for the twelve months to the end of June showing a 13.1% improvement year-on-year in net profit after tax to $145.7 million while its total revenue...
Tokyo’s first woman governor, Yuriko Koike, is in favor of opening a recreational complex, including a casino, in the Japanese capital, however, before that can happen gambling in Japan must first be legalized....
Led by the performance of the 400-room MotorCity Casino And Hotel, the three casinos in Detroit have reported a 3.2% growth year-on-year in aggregate revenues for July to $118.5 million.
Despite representing...
In preparation to fill hundreds of positions that will be needed once the MGM National Harbor opens in Maryland, the parent company of the project, MGM Resorts International, will be hosting a jobs fair today a...
After the government announced plans earlier this month that could see it revoke up to 626 further online gaming licenses, Philippines online games developer PhilWeb Corporation has revealed that it has begun w...
According to a report published by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac), electronic, online and new payment methods were posing “an emerging terrorism financing risk.” Therefore, the...
While there has been a lot of debate and opposition to the proposed MGM Springfield and Wynn Boston Harbor casinos in Massachusetts, Steve Crosby the Gaming Commission Chairman remains confident that the casino...
U.K bookmaker William Hill Plc recently announced that it has turned down an acquisition offer from Rank Group and 888 Holdings. The company was offered 3.2 billion in pound sterling, the equivalent of $4.2 bil...
Today a 12 judge U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck down a New Jersey law that was never implemented allowing Atlantic City casinos and race tracks in the state to offer Vegas-style sports betting...
Continuing pressure on its business in Macau has seen VIP junket operator Neptune Group Limited announce that it expects to remain in the red for the twelve months to the end of June.
The Hong Kong-listed firm...
Cambodian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has released its interim financial results for the first six months of 2016 showing a 24% increase year-on-year in net profit to $125.18 million.
The firm behind th...
Philippines real estate and gaming firm Belle Corporation has released its financial results for the first six months of 2016 showing an over 9.5% increase year-on-year in net profit to $19.54 million.
A sub...