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.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board met earlier this week to discuss a proposal aimed at money laundering regulation for sports books to be tightened. The board conducted a workshop on October 6 to discuss the prop...
In New York, a federal appeals court has upheld the earlier dismissal of a $3 million lawsuit filed by three gamblers amid claims that the Foxwoods Resort Casino had illegally withheld their mini-baccarat winni...
The South Korean casino market is one of the fastest growing gambling markets in Asia and the Kangwon Land casino resort in Kangwon province is the most profitable casino in the country. This comes as no surpri...
After recording two months of year-on-year growth following 26 months of consecutive declines, combined casino gross gaming revenues in Macau are beginning to show sustained performance in October thanks to an ...
Following last week’s ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that struck down the controversial “local host fee”, officials in the city of Pittsburgh have announced that they intend to ask Rivers Casino to ...
After posting total gaming revenues of just over $100.3 million for August, the five casinos in Maryland have now reported takings of almost $97.1 million for September, which represents an 11% increase year-on...
MGM Resorts announced earlier this week that it would open its $1.4 billion MGM National Harbor casino in Maryland on December 8, 2016. The casino operator is also developing its$900 million MGM Springfield cas...
Following its summer recess, the United States Supreme Court is back in session and is reportedly due to hear a case considering whether the sovereign immunity of the federally-recognized Mohegan Indian Tribe e...
Melco International Development Ltd led by Hong Kong tycoon Lawrence Yo confirmed that the Melco International Consortium met the October 5 deadline for submitting its final bid to obtain the single casino lice...
In a highly anticipated announcement, today Penn National Gaming revealed the opening date for the Jamul Indian Village of California's Hollywood Casino Jamul - San Diego. On Monday, October 10 the casino will ...
Hong Kong-listed casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group has revealed that its Galaxy Macau Casino Resort has reported better than expected customer numbers and expenditure over the first three days of the G...
On September 17, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) published the National Gambling Amendment Bill of 2016 (pdf) and it will be open for public comment for a period of 45 days, until November 15, 2016, ...
Officials in Zambia are reportedly soon set to issue new measures that will regulate casinos the southern African nation of 16.2 million people while maximizing business revenues and minimizing any negative eff...
Best Sunshine International, a subsidiary of Hong Kong based Imperial Pacific is responsible for running the Best Sunshine Live on Saipan, which is a part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CN...
The effort to bring casinos to three counties in Arkansas could be in jeopardy after an official appointed by the southern state’s highest court found that numerous signatures collected in favor of a November b...