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On March 1st, the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Gold Eagle Casino in North Battleford, in west central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Zane Hansen, president an...
A federal judge ruled this week that the Legislature acted in bad faith in its failure to approve a gaming compact with the Enterprise Rancheria of Maidu Indians. In December 2015, the federal government, along...
In the Cotai district, the Parisian Macao resort is not near completion, despite having a requirement to be completed by April of this year. The Macau government has now given Sands China Ltd an extension to co...
Georgia is one of the least friendly gambling states in the America, but legislators have been discussing the possibility of legalizing gambling in Atlanta, the capital city. The state currently only permits a ...
Even after various legal set-backs, an anti-casino activist group is continuing its push in federal court to stop the development of a $360 million Native American casino hotel under the Hollywood brand from go...
The building of a new Town Pump Casino in the Billings Heights has recently been approved by the Billings City Council; a nod that was met with groans online.
More than 1,400 licensed gambling operations, wi...
In a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week MelcoLot Ltd, a subsidiary of Lawrence Ho's Melco International Development Ltd announced that they are no longer seeking an agreement to build a casino i...
Casinos in Aqaba, the Jordanian port on the Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba, as well as other areas of development are being considered to be licensed by Jordan’s Vice Prime Minster Ali Abu al-Ragheb. The casinos would...
Plans for a $400 million casino complex near Rum Village in South Bend, Indiana should not be disrupted by a new federal rule that protects a threatened bat species.
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians pl...
According to Maybank (Malayan Banking Berhad), in return for managing fees and interest income, Genting Massachusetts may help the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe build and manage its $500 million First Light Resort an...
The Indiana Gaming Commission will hold a meeting this month and discuss the fate of the Tropicana Evansville moving to land. The riverboat casino is currently docked on the Ohio River and plans to move ashore ...
Washington state’s Cowlitz tribe broke ground on the 14th of February 2016 for its proposed $510 million casino-resort that will be constructed west of the La Center. The tribe specifically chosen Valentine’s D...
Renato Hamel, the head of the Chilean Gaming Control Board (SJC), will resign, and according to local press, the reason could be due to the growing controversy surrounding the awarding of the license for the ne...
Upon completion sometime later this year, the ribbon will be cut by MGM Resorts International on its long-awaited $1.3 billion MGM National Harbor Resort & Casino just four miles from Alexandria, in Prince ...
The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan are now stating they have enough land to be able to gain federal approval to create a casino in the state. The tribe submitted an application in 2014 w...