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 northeastern Australian state of Queensland and a trio of casinos have reportedly been forced to suspend operations for three days owing to a local outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The gaming regulator for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has reportedly cut its workforce by over half owing to the lengthy closure of the American territory’s Imperial Palace Saipan property.
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French casino operator JOA Groupe has reportedly announced that it will not be re-opening its sole property in Paris after the nation’s gambling industry fully emerges from its coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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Years ago, card players could easily find a game room in San Diego. The city offered several options to choose from, with over 100 card rooms in operation at one time. For many years, old-style card room owners...
Asian casino operator NagaCorp Limited has reportedly announced the implementation of a series of ‘proactive measures’ concerning its NagaWorld facility in Cambodia that are to involve extensive job lay-offs an...
Cambodian officials are reportedly continuing to prohibit the southern seaside resort communities of Sihanoukville and Prey Nop from re-opening their casinos following the implementation in October of a complet...
In South Korea and local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly been hit by news that the impressive 680-room Seoul hotel housing one of its Seven Luck-branded venues may soon be dem...
In South Korea and local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Company Limited has reportedly released its first-quarter financial results showing that its loss for the three-month period had increased by over 35...
Okura Holdings Ltd is a pachinko hall operator in Japan which recently announced that two of its halls are closing permanently. The two facilities were impacted greatly by the COVID-19 pandemic, so much so, tha...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCor) has reportedly announced that its aggregated gross gaming revenues for the first three months of the year dropped by 51.4% on a comparative basis to just...
In the Netherlands and state-owned casino operator Holland Casino has released its financial results for 2020 showing that it experienced a loss of €80.7 million ($97 million) owing to restrictions associated w...
In the Philippines and the operator behind the giant Okada Manila integrated casino resort has reportedly detailed that the 993-room property saw its first-quarter gross gaming revenues decrease by some 42% yea...
In the Philippines and President Rodrigo Duterte has reportedly announced the partial easing of a strict set of quarantine measures brought in some two weeks ago in order to help stop the spread of the coronavi...
In western Canada and a pair of tribal casino operators are reportedly suing the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission regulator amid claims that the body’s recently-launched PlayAlberta.com domain is ...
In the Philippines and the owner of the giant Okada Manila casino resort has reportedly announced the termination of a deal that was to have seen it sell an adjacent nine-acre plot of land for approximately $27...