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.
Carl Icahn, a multi-billionaire businessman, is the new owner of the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, who was planning on investing $100m into the property. However, Icahn is now stating that he will not invest the ...
Nearly 20,000 temporary and permanent jobs could be at stake in Florida if the Legislature can't come to terms with passing a gambling bill. Governor Rick Scott told reporters following a Cabinet meeting today ...
The story today seems to be much as it was in December when Larry Gandler, a gaming analyst for Credit Suisse noted in a research report that Crown Resorts was trying to fund their Las Vegas Strip Alon Resort d...
Part of the Island Resort and Casino’s $8 million expansion, the Drift Spa will debut in spring 2016, the exact date to be announced soon.
The expansion project for the Harris, Michigan facility includes an ...
The New York State Gaming Commission accepted a deposit of 10% of the minimal capital investment for the Empire Resorts casino development in upstate New York this week which made the casino license awarded in ...
Having been fully translated from English into Greek, regulations for the first legal casino in Cyprus are set to be heard before the full House of Representatives on March 10. The delay is seen to have been ca...
Casino workers located in Macau would like to see a salary increase for their efforts. Employees are represented by various associations who have now asked the city government to help persuade operators of casi...
It looks as though Georgia residents who wish to gamble will have to continue to do so outside of their state after lawmakers failed to bring the casino legislation to the House floor for vote by a key deadline...
Canberra Casino is owned by Aquis Entertainment, a company based in Hong Kong, who would like to see the venue begin to offer pokie gaming (slots and video poker). Aquis would like to see the Australian Capital...
There were once over 30,000 legal and illegal casinos operating in Russia, with as many as 4,000 of them being sanctioned. In 2007 special gambling zones were created, mostly away from population centers, and i...
A “proposed committee substitute” to be considered today by Florida's House Finance and Tax Committee would keep most of the proposed Seminole compact intact and expand gambling in more areas of the state. It ...
Another shortlist of operators who may be selected to enter the final round of competition for the sole casino license to be issued in Cyprus later this year has possibly been leaked, this time to the Greek lan...
A bill floated on behalf of West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin would strip funding from the state's horse tracks four years earlier than planned, reaping an estimated $9 million a year for the general reve...
Mohegan Sun's partnership with KCC Corp paid off this week when the consortium was given a green light by the South Korean government to construct their Inspire Integrated Resort on Yeongjong Island. With licen...
A final administrative action on Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino's forfeiture of $2.5 million was announced this week by the U.S. Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.
U.S. Att...