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
On Monday, CIMB Securities Ltd announced that Genting Malaysia Bhd had decided to postpone the opening of a theme park for Resorts World Genting. The resort area, also known as Genting Highlands, is the only ar...
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) tribe owns and operates the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel which is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The tribe recently announced that it plans to add a brand new hot...
Genting Group's highly anticipated Resorts World Birmingham will begin a phased opening of their £150 million property in the populous city on October 21st. The company has mega-resorts in Manila, Singapore, Ge...
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The three-member New York Gaming Facility Location Board voted unanimously to recommend a casino license go to Tioga Downs today. The final fate of the application lies with the New York St...
On October 2nd, a circuit court judge ruled that the state of Alabama had no cause to take 1,600 electronic bingo machines from the VictoryLand racetrack in Macon County. The confiscation of the gaming machines...
To finance their long-awaited Vegas-style casino resort complex, the Cowlitz tribe, located in southwest Washington State, has assumed $485 million debt due in 2020. Moody’s Investors Service has given the proj...
Echo Entertainment and James Packer’s Crown Resorts battled it out to secure rights to construct a $3 billion mega-casino resort at Queen's Wharf, Brisbane. The Queensland government eventually decided that Ech...
Just days after plans were presented to Mackinaw City officials, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians are hoping to break ground on their new casino. The tribe would like to begin breaking ground on t...
After years of unsuccessful efforts by the state to prevent the Tohono O’Odham Nation from opening a casino in Glendale, Arizona, and its attempt to dictate and manage the type of gambling the tribe is permitte...
Plans to award the winning proposal for two casinos in Asunción and the Central Department have been announced by Javier Balbuena, the president of Paraguay’s Gaming Commission.
According to Balbuena, an inf...
Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun have been given the go-ahead to develop a jointly run casino in Connecticut in order to fend off competition that will come from MGM Springfield's nearby Massachusetts casino in a few s...
Minnesota's Otter Tail County has a new director of economic development and tourism. Nick Leonard recently fielded questions from the Otter Tail County Board of Commissioners about a proposed casino by the Wh...
The Viejas Casino & Resort’s newly expanded section of gaming floor which officially opened at midnight on October 9, includes the addition of 1,000 new slot machines.
The casino located in Alpine, Calif...
All eyes are on Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, the regulators who will decide the number of tables to be allowed at Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd’s Studio City Macau when it opens later this...
The former site of the Thunder Falls Water Park is currently being looked at as the place for a new casino in Mackinaw City, Michigan. City officials met this week to discuss building the new casino and this p...