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
Just weeks after defending an MGM Springfield redesign scrapping the marquee 25-story glass-tower hotel and proposing instead a street-accessible 6-story hotel that offers the same number of rooms but at a subs...
In a race to put a third Connecticut casino into operation at least one year before the MGM project in Springfield is scheduled to open, the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes are asking for casino proposal...
Visitors to the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway will now have more gaming options thanks to the addition of electronic Three Card Poker and Blackjack. After a provision was approved on the first of April ...
Europe’s first ever integrated casino, hotel, shopping, conference, cinema, and entertainment complex opens today with a “coming to life” daytime-only shopping experience. The entertainment and event center sta...
MGM is planning a development in Springfield, Massachusetts which will include a casino and entertainment space. The company has just announced they are now planning on reducing the size of the development, whi...
Melco Crown Entertainment’s Studio City will launch with 250 gaming tables which were granted by the Macau government for its scheduled October 27 opening, in addition to 1,233 gaming machines, according to Lio...
In the most recent Resorts Casino Hotel management agreement update, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (NJCCC) will allow the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA) to invest in Resort’s online gambling ...
Last week over 8,500 employees at three staff rallies were witness to Melco Crown Entertainment’s unveiling of its Studio City Events Center.
COO Ted Chan along with other senior company executives were in a...
After Echo Entertainment was chosen over competitor James Packer’s Queens Wharf Greenland Crown project to redevelop the Brisbane Queen’s Wharf precinct in July, a group of architects has expressed concerns abo...
In a conference call Thursday that saw a candid Steve Wynn refer to an ongoing feud with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh as something of a perverse comedy, the chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts Ltd also criticized the...
The MGM Springfield has been granted approval from the Springfield, Massachusetts historical commission for its revamped hotel design and location.
Citing “skyrocketing” construction costs, last month MGM Re...
Aquis Entertainment, a group based in Hong Kong, purchased the Australian Canberra Casino in September, planning on revamping the property with $330 million, creating a new and exciting gambling and entertainme...
Describing the property as a dormitory, the new owners of the Tropicana Las Vegas are planning on making a few changes since paying $360 million for the property. Tim Wilmott, the CEO of Penn National Gaming, t...
A hearing is scheduled for Monday in Minden in a $6.9 million lawsuit seeking remuneration for work done to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Stateline, Nevada.
Thursday’s suit in Washoe County claims that...
The battle between Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Wynn Resorts chairman and billionaire continues to remain in the spotlight as both parties continue to engage with the media and state their point of view on the...