World Casino News works hand in hand with the World Casino Directory to bring you news and details about casino properties that have received regulatory approval, a license, and are scheduled to open. The news follows each property's progress from the drawing board to the golden shovel, topping off ceremony, and grand opening.
The dates may change in the Coming Soon section due to construction delays, regulatory matters, or roadblocks created by competitors or community leaders. Follow your favorite new casino's path to opening by staying on top of Casino Project Updates as well as Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation
In Japan, yesterday reportedly saw the pro-casino incumbent Governor for Wakayama Prefecture, Yoshinobu Nisaka (pictured), win over 80% of the vote in order to secure a fourth consecutive four-year term in offi...
In North Korea, construction of a new 30-story hotel and casino for the northwest of the impoverished Asian nation has reportedly been suspended amid rumors that the government of China had lodged a formal obje...
The addition of a casino on Phu Quoc Island in South Vietnam has reportedly been given the green light by authorities there.
According to a Thursday report from Vietnamese online newspaper, VnExpress, the Pe...
In Pennsylvania, Greenwood Racing, Inc. is selling its 50 percent stake in the planned Live! Hotel & Casino to their partners, Baltimore-based Cordish Companies, operator of Maryland Live! Casino.
The tw...
In Arkansas, the firm behind Oaklawn Racing and Gaming has reportedly unveiled a plan that is to see it spend approximately $100 million in order to add a 200-room hotel and a 14,000 sq ft events center to the ...
The Sands China Limited subsidiary of American casino giant, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, has reportedly announced that it has agreed an unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders worth som...
After what President and Chief Operating Officer for MGM Springfield, Mike Mathis called a "solid visitor volume" for the new casino's first full month of operations, a recent report reveals that players at bot...
On the heels of its $70 million entertainment destination, Cascades Casino Delta receiving final British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) approval, Canadian gaming company, Gateway Casinos & Entertainmen...
In western Canada, Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Limited has announced that its plan to spend approximately $53 million in order to build a new resort casino in the city of Delta has been endorsed by the Br...
A Tuesday announcement by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma confirmed that ground will be broken in late spring 2019, on what will be the fourth expansion of their Durant, Oklahoma casino resort since the property...
After having submitted an application to the Department of the Interior in 2016 for review by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) this year, the Ho-Chunk Nation's planned $405.5 million casino resort project is ...
In the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has reportedly declared that he does not need to issue an executive order so as to maintain his casino prohibition for the small island of Boracay.
Ba...
American casino giant Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly announced plans that will see it add a further 1,371 rooms to its Wynn Palace Cotai integrated casino resort in Macau via the construction of a pair of ...
In the Philippines, a Chinese conglomerate has reportedly signed an agreement that is to see it spend at least $100 million in order to bring a new integrated casino resort to northern Luzon’s Cagayan Special E...
Those interested in the future landscape of gambling in the United States will reportedly be taking a keen interest in tomorrow’s ‘mid-term elections’ as five states are asking voters to cast their ballot on lo...