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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

Affinity Interactive To Start Renovation And Rebranding Of Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino

Marija Malenovic
Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Las Vegas, New Hotels, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Nevada
Affinity Interactive, an omni-channel online, media casino and gaming firm based in Paradise, Nevada, is excited to reveal that its Silver Sevens Hotel & Casino, located east of the Las Vegas Strip, will go...

Supreme Court Invalidates Lease Agreement for Sands $4 Billion Casino Development In Nassau County

Radosav Milutinovic
U.S.A., Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, World Casino News, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Licensed online casinos in USA, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Licensing, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York
After Las Vegas Sands had officially paid on 27 October 2023 an overall price of $241 million to Nassau County under the 99-year lease agreement to develop a $4 billion casino complex at the Nassau Coliseum sit...

Melco Relaunches Studio City in Q1 2024 Following the Record Casino Performance

Radosav Milutinovic
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Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, chairman and chief executive of the casino operating group Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd announces that the group's Macau complex Studio City will be launched in the first quarter ...

Richmond Voters Reject A Proposed Casino Project For The Second Time

Marija Malenovic
Virginia, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, North America Casino News, World Casino News, New Hotels, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Licensing
The do-over referendum for the Richmond casino project was unsuccessful at the ballot box by a much wider margin compared to the first casino referendum that was held two years ago, back in 2021. The primary re...

Mark Cuban Shares His Desire For Casino-Centered Resorts In Texas

Marija Malenovic
Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, North America Casino News, New Hotels, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Texas
At Chase’s Make Your Move Summit that occurred during the last week, Mark Cuban, the leader and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, expressed his wish for a casino-centered resorts to be located in Texas, according ...

Mets Owner Partners With Hard Rock For $8 Billion Casino Development Proposal in Queens

Radosav Milutinovic
U.S.A., Casino proposals, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Licensed online casinos in USA, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Licensing, New York
The withdrawal of the Vornado Realty Trust from the race for the last midtown New York casino license seems to have raised the spirit of the remaining four major potential bidders. One of them, New York Mets ow...

Pagcor to Upgrade Casino Filipino As Country’s Gaming Revenues Head to Exceed the 2019 Record

Radosav Milutinovic
Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino Destinations, Casino News, World Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Casinos of the Philippines, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Asian Casino News, Online Gambling News, Financial Press Releases, Philippines
Following the recent move to transform the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) into an exclusively regulatory entity, this governmental agency's chairman and chief executive Alejandro Tengco...

Dubai Puts On Hold Plans To License Casino Operators, While Ras Al Khaimah And Abu Dhabi Push Forward

Marija Malenovic
United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino Destinations, Casino News, World Casino News, Casino openings, Gaming Industry News, Middle East Gaming News, Licenses, Licensing
Following the formation of the framework responsible for legalized gambling by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) two months ago, aka during September, it appeared that Dubai would move quickly in terms of starting...

Lottomatica’s Vertical Acquires 100 percent of the SKS365’s Share Capital

Radosav Milutinovic
Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mobile gaming, European Casino News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Italy, Malta
Following the Italian lawmakers' announcements of the regulatory changes proposed to channel almost $1 billion of the illegal online gaming revenues to legal gambling operating streams, the major online gaming ...

WarHorse Gaming Launches Sports Wagering Window in Omaha For the First Time

Radosav Milutinovic
Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., World Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Licensed online casinos in USA, Horse Racing, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Iowa, Nebraska
WarHorse Gaming LLC, owned by Ho-Chunk, Inc., opened its sports betting facility on November 1, 2023, in Omaha to debut legalized sports betting in the city. The operator launched its sports book in a build...

Vornado Withdraws From Midtown New York Casino License Race

Radosav Milutinovic
Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Casino Destinations, Casino proposals, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Licensing, Financial Press Releases, New York
Vornado Realty Trust, one of the leading New York developers, announced on 26 October 2023 that the company would step out from the race for a casino license in New York City. The developer's decision has repor...

Arkansas Supreme Court Sends Cherokee Nation License Process Back to the State Racing Commission

Radosav Milutinovic
Tribal Gaming, Arkansas, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Casino proposals, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Licenses
In an exhausting casino license process including Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) and Gulfside Casino Partnership, Arkansas Supreme Court ruled on 26 October 2023 to send the casino license case back to the Ar...

Illinois Gaming Board Grants Permanent Gaming License To Bally’s Casino

Marija Malenovic
Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Casino News, New Hotels, World Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Licenses, Illinois, Licensing
Following the waiting process that lasted for an entire year, Bally’s Corporation has been granted permission to officially open a permanent gaming establishment in Chicago. New license: On October 25, th...