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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Aussie billionaire James Packer and his Crown Resorts have been in the limelight for the last week as the Melco Crown recently opened Studio City, a new casino estimated to be around $3.2 billion in Macau and h...
Tohono O’odham Nation officials have announced that the new Diamond Desert West Valley Resort will be opening its doors on the 20th of December. The new hotel and casino property has already seen the first gami...
On Thursday, regulators will revisit the southeastern Massachusetts casino issue, and while able to envision a scenario where a commercial casino and a tribal casino operate and compete within close proximity o...
The Blue Horizon Casino Cruise ship is set, once again, to sail out of the Port of Palm Beach Friday October 30th. After several delays including a complete shutdown and trip to a Jacksonville dry dock to repla...
In 2005 the Grand Biloxi Hotel Casino & Spa was completely devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The property was rebuilt from the ground up and opened again in 2006. On the first day of summer last year, Caesar...
Tioga Downs Casino & Racing will have its ground breaking ceremony this week now that the New York Gaming Facility Location Board has selected it to be the state’s final full casino and recommended it be gr...
Yonhap News Agency, tasked with promoting Korea’s image and dispatching news and information to international media organizations, has recently released excerpts from a written interview with Mohegan Tribal Gam...
The Cotai Strip's Studio City Hollywood-themed leisure resort and casino enjoyed a star-studded grand opening yesterday. Melco Crown Entertainment’s (MCE) $3.2 billion resort will focus on the mass market throu...
The countdown is over, Melco Crown Entertainment’s (MCE) $3.2 billion cinematically-themed leisure resort and casino, Studio City, celebrated its grand opening today in what marked the beginning of a “new era” ...
Although the development company hasn't made a major media announcement, electronic billboards in D'Iberville, Mississippi are announcing that Scarlet Pearl Casino will open on December 9th. Even before the $30...
Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Yury Trutnev visited the newly opened Tigre de Cristal casino recently along with Primorye Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky. The o...
On Monday, officials of Schenectady, New York as well as developers of the former ALCO site were on hand to take part in a ceremonial ground-breaking to begin the Courtyard by Marriott hotel. The 124 guest room...
Preparations are in motion for one of metropolitan Portland’s largest capital projects – the new Cowlitz 100,000 square foot casino. The 152-acre site located about 25 miles due north from the Portland Internat...
When Melco Crown Entertainment decided to build yet another casino in the biggest gambling hub in the world, there were a number of wealthy investors happy to invest into the $3.2 billion project in Macau as th...
The former Isle of Capri Casino Hotel had planned on being closed for only two days to reopen as the Magnolia Bluffs Hotel, but has now released a statement, saying the closure will be until November. Kevin Pre...