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.
Wynn Resorts is in the process of developing its $2.1 billion Wynn Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Massachusetts and is expected to open the casino in June 2019. According to local media reports, Wynn Resorts ...
The head of Macau’s Gaming Inspection And Coordination Bureau regulator has reportedly announced that none of the 18 employees of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited arrested and detained by Chines...
Japan has contemplated for years about changing its gaming laws that would allow integrated resorts (IR) consisting of casinos, hotels and malls to be developed in the country but so far a favorable decision ha...
The WrB Eastern Europe conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland on November 3, 2016. Attendees can expect about 100 decision makers to be there for robust presentations and discussion on a range of important i...
In Russia, the Ministry Of Finance has published proposed amendments for the nation’s gambling laws that could see bookmakers and tote operators required to hand over a significant portion of their quarterly pr...
In Massachusetts, the federally-recognized Wampanoag Tribe Of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is set to head to federal appeals court in December in order to again argue for its right to operate a Class II gaming facility ...
Sweden’s Evolution Gaming recently report a 47 percent increase revenues during the third quarter of this year as a result of closing some key deals with land based casinos in Europe. Evolution Gaming is one th...
The plan to build a new 65,000-seat stadium in the southern Nevada desert in order to entice the Oakland Raiders NFL franchise to relocate to Las Vegas could be in jeopardy due to a disagreement between the wan...
In a press release on Tuesday, October 25, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, operator of Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun, announced the hiring of Robert Rubenstein as its new senior vice president and general coun...
The Macau Health Bureau under the leadership of its director Lei Chin Ion proposed a number of changes to the Tobacco law back in July 2015 which initially included a complete ban on smoking inside casinos. The...
Hong Kong-listed Galaxy Entertainment Group has released its unaudited financial results for the third quarter showing that it experienced a 5% increase year-on-year in overall revenues to $1.66 billion while r...
Mayor Don Guardian and Atlantic City legislators submitted a proposed financial recovery plan that was a 125 pages long outlining what the beleaguered city plans to do in the next 5 years to reduce its $500 mil...
State regulators in Maryland are being asked by Hollywood Casino Perryville to allow the expansion of its gaming floor to include an area outside where smoking is permitted, according to The Baltimore Sun.
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The state gambling regulator in Nevada is reportedly investigating allegations that giant casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation allowed high-stakes Chinese players to bet millions of dollars using other p...
In a 47-1 preliminary vote on Tuesday night, the Pennsylvania Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to temporarily reinstate a mandate that requires casinos to pay host communities millions of dollars, aft...