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.
World’s leading live dealer casino platform provider Evolution Gaming announced that it’s going to buy the company that owns its studio building in Riga, Latvia. The provider revealed that the acquisition will ...
Representative George Dunbar of Pennsylvania has a plan to see daily sports fantasy sites working with the casinos of the state. During a meeting last week of the House Gaming Oversight Committee, it was discus...
A community center that has been unused for a long time, owned by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, cannot be used as a gambling hall according to a recent ruling by a United States District Court Judge. Judge F...
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the figures for the month of October in regards to the revenues earned by the casinos of Atlantic City. Based on the information, the casinos earned 1.3% l...
The Strip will get its first W branded hotel by way of a deal between lodging giant Starwood Resorts Worldwide and the SLS Las Vegas. The acquisition could help elevate the financial profile of both the North S...
This week, on November 19th, the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino will be hosting a job fair for table game dealers. The fair will take place this Thursday at the Senaca Niagara Resort in the Hawk Meeting Roo...
The $3.5 billion Baha Mar Resort in the Bahamas was so close to opening in March that people were booking rooms. However disputes between the developer, contractor, and financier resulted in a construction slow...
In the Philippines’ Clark Freeport Zone of Angeles City, a recent acquisition has begun with the Casablanca Casino and Stotsenberg Hotel soon to be owned by the Frontier Capital Group of Australia. Last week, t...
A union is opposed to the proposed sale of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.’s casinos to Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. and at a meeting on Thursday asked the Indiana Gaming Commission to nix the plan, on the ...
On Tuesday, November 10, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman threw down the proverbial gauntlet and instructed daily fantasy sports (DFS) giants DraftKings and FanDuel to cease-and-desist operations in ...
Last week Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive order saying that gambling enforcement should be handled by district attorneys and local sheriffs and on Tuesday he said he believed it would clarify “the r...
Station Casinos was founded by Frank Fertitta Jr in 1976 and has built a strong presence in Nevada during the last forty years. The company which is still run by the Fertitta family currently operates 19 casino...
A first glance of the $300 million SkyCity Adelaide Casino Expansion has been revealed by SkyCity Entertainment in Auckland today at its yearly general meeting.
Following the October resignation announcemen...
Judge Choo Han Teck of the High Court found the Resorts World Sentosa guilty of wrongful imprisonment and ruled in favor of Goel Adesh Kumar, a 43 year old who filed a private suit against the company based in ...
Both South Korea’s state-run casino operator Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) and Hong Kong-listed NagaCorp have announced that they have abandoned plans for building an integrated casino on Korea’s Yeongjong Island, ...