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Prominent Asian junket firm, Suncity Group, has reportedly inked a multi-layered agreement that is to see it become largely responsible for operating the main casino and hotel inside the Philippines’ coming Res...
After three years of work, the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel opened on Thursday, October 24 in South Florida. The massive 450 ft structure is part of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood's $1.5...
Australian casino operator, The Star Entertainment Group Limited, has reportedly unveiled a three-tier ‘master plan’ that it hopes will help to convince the government of Queensland not to license a second gamb...
The small city of Country Club Hills in Illinois has reportedly become the sixth runner in the race to secure the sole license to build and operate a casino for the southern suburbs of Chicago.
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In Japan and officials in the city of Yokohama are reportedly set to hold a series of 18 public briefings as part of a scheme to educate the local population about their efforts to secure one of the nation’s th...
In the southern state of Georgia and the boss for the Atlanta Motor Speedway has reportedly announced that he would like to bring a resort casino complete with a 700-room hotel to the giant NASCAR facility.
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Three weeks after being selected as the preferred bidder for the license to build and run a new casino in the northern Illinois city of Rockford and Hard Rock International has reportedly announced that it does...
A fourth community in Illinois has reportedly entered the race in hopes of securing permission to build and operate the casino that is being licensed for the southern suburbs of Chicago.
According to a Sunda...
In Japan and the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reportedly approved an ordinance that could see the official regulator for the nation’s nascent casino market established as soon as January.
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New plans are in the works for Gun Lake Casino of Michigan. The facility has announced a $100 million expansion project that will bring new dining options to the property along with entertainment and gaming spa...
In Japan and officials in the city of Yokohama have reportedly launched the request for concept (RFC) phase of their plan to secure one of the nation’s coming trio of licenses to build and operate an integrated...
In the Philippines and President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has reportedly decreed that no gambling is to be allowed within the Entertainment City parcel of land that had earlier been earmarked as the site for ...
In Macau and one of the companies behind The 13 luxury hotel has reportedly agreed a trio of deals that are to see it offload a 50% shareholding in the property for a cash consideration worth approximately $95....
The gaming arm of the federally-recognized Mohegan Tribe has reportedly established an office on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido in an attempt to aid its efforts at securing one of the nation’s three c...
Global credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings Incorporated has reportedly declared that it has ‘increased confidence’ in the ability of American casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corporation to build and run a large Ja...