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 Ltd have invested over $4.2 billion to develop its Wynn Palace casino resort which is scheduled to open on August 22 in the Cotai district of Macau. On the sidelines of a fire drill Friday, Macau’s...
North American casino operator Great Canadian Gaming Corporation has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2016 showing a 25% increase year-on-year in total revenues to $108.2 million.
The...
In Russia, the Ministry Of Finance has begun amending laws governing the local securities market with the aim of stamping out activities that could be considered as illegal gambling.
According to a report fr...
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has renewed Mount Airy Casino Resort’s gaming license for an additional three years after all seven member of the board voted in favor of renewing the license. The board co...
Three months after holding a ground-breaking ceremony for its planned Fire Mountain Resort And Casino in northern California and the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe Of Enterprise Rancheria has now temporarily suspende...
Chinese sports lottery operator MelcoLot Limited has released its financial results for the first half of 2016 showing a 41% increase year-on-year in total revenues to $4.38 million while its net loss narrowed ...
New York State Senator John Bonacic has predicted that the eastern state may allow more gambling venues to open sooner rather than later should voters in neighboring New Jersey pass a casino-expansion referendu...
Casino investor, Royal Time Group recently lost a court case seeking compensation for investments in the Azov City gaming area of Russia's Krasnodar region. The area was designated as a Gambling Zone in 2009. R...
In a latch ditch effort to save Philippine online games developer PhilWeb Corporation, businessman Roberto Ongpin has announced that he will be holding an auction for the 53.76% stake he holds in the enterprise...
In partnership with software developer Miomni Gaming, Paradise, Nevada-based Boyd Gaming has successfully launched its B Connected Race & Sports mobile app, which allows gamblers in Nevada that possess a Bo...
A federal judge has ordered the Arizona Department Of Gaming to turn over internal documents after earlier ruling that a state official had worked with a rival tribe in an effort to prevent the Tohono O’Odham N...
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...