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.
Despite having its updated gambling compact approved by Democratic governor Jerry Brown late last month, the Buena Vista Rancheria Of Me-Wuk Indians still faces a fight to open a casino in Amador County.
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New Jersey legalized online poker back in 2013 and is one of the three states in America to have regulated online poker. The revenue generated from the online poker market in the Garden State has not come anywh...
Philippines state gambling regulator PAGCOR, has allowed a month to month license renewal for online gaming operator PhilWeb. Share prices for the Realtime Gaming Asia (RTG) e-gaming station provider were down ...
Vietnamese property developer Saigon Cuu Long Corporation has signed a deal that will see Hilton Worldwide manage the hotel operations at its new casino and hotel property in Ho Chi Minh City.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is standing by the Bureau of Indian Affair’s (BIA) decision in September which granted the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s land-into-trust application for 151 acres in Taunton for the t...
An investigation from the state-run Commission On Audit (COA) has reportedly found that the Philippine Amusement And Gaming Corporation owes the government just over $327 million as a result of an under-remitta...
On Wednesday, the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino is planning to host a job fair with several positions available. The event will take place from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. with the venue seeking individuals to work i...
The fate of the state’s online gambling bill that sits in the Senate is no closer to being decided, as Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced Sunday night that he would let a $31 billion spending bill passed ...
MGM Resorts International has been unhappy ever since Connecticut’s Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Sun tribes proposed to build a new tribal casino near the Connecticut and Massachusetts state border. The trib...
In July 2015, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada launched a nonprofit initiative in its continuing effort to support the local community, and on Friday, July 8, the second annual Music for a ...
The Hollywood Park Casino Company announced on Friday that the new Cary Grant Pavilion at its new Hollywood Park Casino (HPC), located adjacent to the City of Champions Revitalization Project just steps away fr...
On the morning of Friday, July 8 at approximately 6am, about 900 Local 54 UNITE HERE hospitality workers from the Trump Taj Mahal entered week two of the strike against the casino once owned by presumptive Repu...
The owner of Rivers Casino is suing the Pennsylvania Department Of Revenue in order to challenge a local share tax that it has paid to Allegheny County and the city of Pittsburgh since opening in 2009.
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The BJP ruling government in the state of Goa continues to be pressured to ban the casino industry in the state and to immediately re-locate all offshore casinos on the Mandovi River. The issue has been discuss...
The Netherlands could soon become the latest nation to legalize online gambling following the passage of historic legislation by the European country’s House Of Representatives on Thursday.
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