Casino News

Our Casino News section is where you will find breaking news and updates on important developments as they unfold. Look to this section to learn what is happening today and beyond with casino proposals, project updates, openings, expansion projects, closures, and even casino cruise ships. We cover the entire world in this section with the latest news front and center. As new articles are published, they take the top positions.

Stay on top exciting new prospects or follow along as controversies bubble up or the tug of wars develop. Often you'll see casino project updates appear in another section as well when lawsuits and litigation rear their heads. And sometimes you can follow a proposal through all of its steps from concept to licensing to the grand opening announcement and celebration. Looking for a topping out ceremony? This is the place!

Most casinos don't last forever. Sometimes they'll move from the river to land, they might be imploded to make room for something fresh and new, or what may have seemed like a great concept just can't make the numbers and closes after a year. Look for breaking and sometimes sad news about casino closures in this section.

maryland

Maryland Online Casino Legalization Shifted to 2024

Gamblers and players in Maryland have expected the legalization of online casinos for a very long time, and this year their dream was supposed to come true. Even Senate Bill 267 approved it, but it seems the ca...

Bragg Gaming Sees Growth In Switzerland Following Grand Casino Basel Partnership

Bragg Gaming, a provider of content-based iGaming technology based in Toronto, Canada, signed a fruitful agreement with Switzerland-based Grand Casino Basel. The agreement includes the official integration of B...
william hill group

£19.2 Million Fine for William Hill Group’s Businesses

William Hill Group’s brands WHG (International) Limited, Mr Green limited, and William Hill Organization Limited have to pay a fine of £19.2 million in total for violations and failures related to social respon...

Tilman Fertitta Acquires Lake Tahoe Casino Resort to Expand in Northern Nevada

Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the Golden Nugget brand, announced the acquisition of the Hard Rock hotel-casino resort at Lake Tahoe to expand the brand further in Northern Nevada. The Houston billionaire did no...

Philippine Senator Recommends Banning POGOs Within 3 Months

Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Ways and Means, recommended the country's government to officially shut down Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), which are ...

Dutch Gaming Authority Imposed EUR 25,000 Conditional Fine on Winning Poker Network

In September 2022, De Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), the Gaming Authority in the Netherlands, determined that one of the busiest Dutch gaming networks, Winning Poker Network (WPN), violated its rules. The regulato...

Genting Gets US$1.5 Billion Bid for Miami Property, Continues New York Developments

Malaysian top-tier gaming operator, Genting Berhad, has recently announced the sale of 16 acres of land of its premium Miami real estate property. According to the Bloomberg report cited by IAG, the casino gian...

Pickering To Split Casino Profits With Durham For Social Housing Projects

The city of Pickering, Ontario, Canada has officially signed an agreement to give a portion of its casino gaming profits to Durham Region, becoming the first city in Ontario to do so. Furthermore, Durham sho...

Join The Adventure Of Your Favorite Cartoon Characters In OneTouch New Release: Megaways™ Wild Coyote

OneTouch Games, a globally renowned provider of slots, table and live games based in Tallinn, Estonia, has officially released Megaways™ Wild Coyote. A slot that depicts our childhood and the most innoce...

Get Ready To Become An Outlaw In Play’n GO’s New Release: Wild Bandolier

On March 23, Play'n GO, a leading Swedish-based iGaming supplier, released Wild Bandolier, a slot that depicts the Wild West and cowboy culture, with a bandit who is a thorn in the sheriff's side and the latter...

Yggdrasil and ReelPlay’s New Release Big Bucks Buffalo GigaBlox™

The path-finding iGaming development studio, Yggdrasil, has invested its iconic GigaBlox mechanics into the latest B2B partnership with ReelPlay, an Australia-based software and game developer in the jo...

Queens Assemblyman Files Bill To Transform Mets’ Citi Field Parking Lot Into Casino

On Wednesday, March 22, Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry (D-Queens) officially submitted legislation that would permit New York city to construct on the parking lot at Citi Field, which would further aid Mets owner S...

Marina Bay Sands US$3.3 Billion Expansion Project Postponed to April 2024

The kick-off of the US$3.3 billion expansion project announced in 2019 for the exclusive hotel-casino resort Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands has been postponed by 12 months again. The project having been scheduled...

Everygame Poker Rewards Players With Free Spins On Famous Slots; Free Blackjack Bets Also Included

From March 25th to March 30th, Everygame Poker, the leading poker room on the Horizon Poker Network, is rewarding its players with free spins on its two famous tiger-themed slots, Tiger’s Claw and Jungle Stripe...