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.
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The governor for the Commonwealth Of The Northern Mariana Islands, Ralph Torres, has reportedly revealed that his administration will likely grant casino operator Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited...
In the Bahamas, the scheduled April 21 opening date of the beleaguered Baha Mar Casino And Hotel has been put in doubt after local customs officials reportedly revealed that they have initiated an investigation...
A $500 million casino resort has been given the green light by the Philippine gaming regulator, making the project on the central island of Cebu the country’s first integrated gambling destination outside of th...
In Paraguay, the National Ports Authority has reportedly announced that it intends to report the nation’s president to the public prosecutor over a plan to use its land in order to build a new hotel and casino ...
After taking on the role as president of the Philippines in 2016, Rodrigo Duterte quickly began to make changes to the gambling industry of the country. The president began by taking on online gambling, vowing ...
In Canada, opponents of a plan that would bring a casino to the community of North Bay are reportedly set to meet with local council officials tomorrow in hopes of convincing them to rethink a 2012 decision tha...
In southern Florida, global casino operator Genting Group reportedly won unanimous support from an influential Miami-Dade County committee last week for its plan to build a 300-room hotel on a small plot of lan...
Having reportedly lost interest in developing its second hotel and casino in the Dominican Republic, Hard Rock International has decided to pull the plug on the project it revealed plans for in January 2016.
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Although other casinos have tried the program on a limited basis for special VIP guests, the newer Lucky Dragon Casino in Las Vegas is the first to offer a rolling chip program on a regular basis. Rolling chips...
While keeping with their latest Grand Opening date of April 8, 2017, Kansas Crossing Casino has now announced that special guests will receive 'sneak peeks' throughout the last week of March and all of the publ...
In Mississippi, the state gaming regulator has reportedly denied permissions to build two new Gulf Coast casino resorts amid concerns that the sites for the proposed developments did not sit far enough away fro...
In Mississippi, the future of two proposed Gulf Coast casino resort projects will reportedly be decided later today during a meeting of the Mississippi Gaming Commission being held at the Hard Rock Hotel And Ca...
In Australia, Casino Canberra has reportedly released its financial results for 2016 showing that its loss has widened to approximately $5.9 million while it is now standing in a negative net asset position wit...
After a winter blizzard dumped 18 inches of snow on Connecticut yesterday and forced the state government to temporarily shut down, governor Dannel Malloy has reportedly announced that things are set to return ...
After Typhoon Soudelor (Hanna) the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season took its toll on the early construction of Imperial Pacific's Phase I casino resort project in Saipan, myriad oth...