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 Sycuan Casino in California will be going ahead with plans to expand the casino, with a new hotel and gaming space added. The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation has plans to create a hotel with 300 guest ro...
Soboba Casino has recently announced the upcoming launch of a new casino room in cooperation with Aristocrat Technologies. The new area will be a special part of the casino that would be exclusively powered by ...
After being defeated in a state-wide ballot on Tuesday, proponents of a New Jersey measure that would have expanded casino gambling outside of Atlantic City have revealed that they could now push for far more s...
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) has chosen Delta as the location for their upcoming casino project south of Fraser River. The new casino is to be a relocation of the Newton Community Gaming Cent...
Update 11/11/2016 Rhode Island casino proposal becomes a reality
In Rhode Island, voters could discover as early as later today whether Twin River Management Group Incorporated has won approval to relocate t...
The Spokane Tribe sent in a casino proposal in 2006 to develop an off-reservation casino but had to wait for nine years to get approval from the U.S. Department of Interior. The tribe received permission in 201...
TEN Casino has recently announced the clearing of yet another obstacle that would bring the gambling venue closer to its projected 2017 opening. According to the official statement, the casino has hired new ex...
Three states had ballot measures asking voters whether or not they approved of expanded gambling in their states. All were dubbed, "Question 1". Arkansas voters earlier had their ballot measure stricken by the ...
November 9, 2016 -- Roseland, Meadowlands, USA
Ron Simoncini, Executive Director for The North Jersey Gaming Advocates, Inc. issued the following statement regarding voter rejection of Ballot Question #1, wh...
November 9, 2016 -- Newark, NJ
Today, Trenton's Bad Bet issued the following statements:
"We are glad to see the overwhelming support across New Jersey opposing casino expansion. We attribute our success ...
A casino, hotel and conference center have been proposed for construction on Great North Road, along the waterfront of the Parry Sound by the Shawanaga First Nation as well as nine additional First Nations in C...
The SYNOT Group has announced that they are continuing their efforts in casino operations in the Asian market by opening a second gaming venue in Vietnam. This time, the Czech-based group will be offering casin...
As negotiations to bring gambling to the Crimea region of Russia continue at pace, local officials in the southern city of Sochi have this week granted a first casino operating license to a company called LLC D...
It was announced in July that Station Casinos LLC was given approval to create a casino in the city of Reno. The gaming venue would be located across from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, a piece of property ...
La Villa Mediterranean (pictured) will not become Marseille’s first ever casino as Mayor Jean-Claude Gaudin has acknowledged that the venue lacks the space for a proper gambling floor, according to a report on ...