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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About a dozen members of Thailand's National Reform Council (NRC) have signed on to an idea to legalize casinos in the predominantly Buddhist country. The news site The Nation reports that Major Arnun Watcharot...
U.S. House Bill 308 and Senate Bill 152 would bar the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino on their trust land in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. Last week Navajo lawmakers voted 18-0 to support the bil...
The government of France may have ruled out the possibility of building full scale casinos in Paris. However a plan to allow exclusive clubs, like those in London, is moving forward according to local reports c...
A new proposal in Pennsylvania would allow casinos to open satellite facilities across the state. Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono is strongly opposed to the idea. The Senate bill's main thrust is to legalize ...
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will unveil their new $43 million casino on Wednesday on a hill overlooking Omak and the Okanogan Valley in Washington. The tribe's Okanagon Casino on Apple W...
According to a report on GGRAsia quoting a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing, the Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd, plans on spending at least $7 million on a new project in Saipan. The company will be...
The $3.5 billion Baha Mar Caribbean resort and casino in Nassau, Bahamas was originally set to open in December 2014, and has missed various projections including a March 27 soft opening. Conflicts, including a...
The Scarlet Pearl Casino in D'Iberville, Mississippi held a topping off ceremony on Friday June 12, 2015 to mark the event of placing the final construction element atop the 18 story hotel casino. Construction ...
Although plans for a new $180 million casino near Muskegon, Michigan (pictured) are still in the approval process, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians is breaking ground Monday on an expansion and renovatio...
The Kansas Lottery Gaming Facility Review Board met with consultants on Wednesday to hear testimony with regards to three casino proposals. The board must choose one proposal based on the amount of revenue each...
On Monday, Senator Linda Greenstein of New Jersey, along with Senator Bob Smith and Christopher Bateman, introduced amendment SCR173, seeking a casino to be placed in north Jersey as well as central Jersey. Mid...
KG Urban Enterprises has been under fire for some time as the group has continued to ask for extensions in their bid to develop a Foxwoods casino in New Bedford Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Gaming Commissio...
The Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee submitted a casino proposal to be located on the Cam Ranh peninsula. In May, Banyan Tree Capital also submitted a casino proposal to be located in Thua Thien-Hue prov...
Tower Holdings has already received approval from the Queensland, Australia government to build its $2 billion Great Keppel Island resort but the company has made it clear to the government that construction wo...
On 5th June 2015 it was reported that on Thursday, Angela Leong On Kei said the multibillion dollar project for the theme park, which is to be situated next to Stanley Ho’s Lisboa Palace on the strip of Macau C...