Not all casinos will stay open as long as Casino de Spa in Belgium which opened in 1763 or the 400-year-old Casinò di Venezia on the Grand Canal. Sometimes the slots and tables will move from a riverboat to land as they did in Indiana, sometimes the casinos simply fail due to market forces or mismanagement as many have in Atlantic City. And while rarer, some will simply not open with a viable concept and close within a year as happened in Las Vegas in January 2018.
While not all closures result in the property being imploded, we cover those spectacular events here as well. In some instances a story in this section will lead you to more information in Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships; Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation; or Casino Sales. Whatever the future holds for the places haunted by Lady Luck, you will find their stories here.
In the US, as commercial casinos are increasingly mandated to close due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the number of tribal casinos that are voluntarily closing is also growing.
Casino leaders aroun...
Colorado-based gaming company, Century Casinos, Inc. (CNTY:NASDAQ CM), announced Monday that its subsidiary Casinos Poland Sp. z o.o has closed its casinos in order to comply with the Polish government after it...
Only two days after ordering all of the casinos in metropolitan Manila to close and authorities in the Philippines have now reportedly extended this temporary shuttering to encompass gambling venues nationwide....
In the United States and the National Football League (NFL) has reportedly announced that its upcoming player draft will not be held as a public event in Las Vegas as was originally planned due to continued fea...
In the Philippines and the nation’s gaming regulator has reportedly ordered the temporary shuttering of all casinos in metropolitan Manila in an attempt to help stop the spread of a coronavirus strain that has ...
There will be a little less "sin" in Sin City for the foreseeable future after two of the biggest operators in Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts, announced they would be closing their flagsh...
In New Jersey and the mayor for Atlantic City has reportedly filed a court order seeking permission to immediately demolish the shuttered building that once housed the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.
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Italy’s recent decision to counter its coronavirus outbreak by extending a range of severe lockdown measures nationwide is reportedly expected to severely hurt its retail gaming industry.
According to a repo...
In Macau, a leading government official has reportedly detailed that the city has no intention of introducing temporary tax breaks to help local gambling firms recover from the financial impacts of the enclave’...
In northern Oregon and the Wildhorse Resort and Casino has reportedly become the first casino in the United States to be temporarily shuttered as a result of one of its male employees testing positive for the h...
The 39 active casinos in Macau reportedly saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for February plummet by 87.8% year-on-year to just $387.2 million as a direct result of the measures put into place to stop t...
In South Korea and the operator behind the Kangwon Land Casino has reportedly extended its temporary closure of the venue until Sunday as it looks to help stop the spread of the highly-contagious coronavirus st...
In South Korea and the operator behind the Kangwon Land Casino has temporarily closed the venue until Wednesday morning in an effort to help stop the spread of the highly-contagious coronavirus strain.
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The boss for Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Limited has reportedly asked the local government to consider handing out tax breaks so as to help gambling firms recover from the financial impacts of the enclav...
In Macau and casinos hoping to re-open following the temporary 15-day coronavirus shutdown will reportedly be required to reduce the number of gaming tables and slots on offer and disperse staff breaks so as to...