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!
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In 2011, a visitor to the Crown Melbourne was hospitalized and later died after being restrained by casino security guards. According to the Australian State Coroner, the security guards were overly aggressive...
Harry Reid, current US Senate minority leader (D-Nevada), has announced he is not going to try running for re-election. He states it has nothing to do with a fall he suffered earlier in 2015 which broke several...
Richard Davis made a name for himself as a prosecutor during the US Watergate scandal in the 1970's that eventually saw President Richard Nixon resign to avoid impeachment. He has also worked for Weil Gotshal a...
After passing the Senate earlier by more than a 2/3 majority, the Idaho House sent SB 1011 to the Governor's desk with a veto-proof majority of 49-21 to reverse a 2013 law that allowed historic racing machines ...
Indiana lawmakers want to control any process for approval of casinos planned on tribal lands. An amendment to House Bill 1540, allowing riverboat casinos to move onto land, would see the way gaming compacts in...
The Deputy Director of the Ministry of Economy Finance Industry Department has reported that the border of Cambodia to Vietnam will now be the home of three new casinos. Ros Phearun spoke with the Phnom Penh Po...
Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore, recently passed away and to pay their respects, several casinos of Singapore and elsewhere will be closing during a specific time period. The state f...
Despite being late to the party, a Georgia legislator has introduced an amendment to the constitution that would expand options for gambling within the state to horse racing and casinos. With the tax revenue fr...
The Cherokee Nation tribe built the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa, Oklahoma back in 2004 for an estimated $80 million. The operation was a success and the tribe decided to expand the facility in...
On Thursday, the approval was made to allow casinos to negotiate the price of horse race broadcasting, allowing simulcasting to remain available. The bill will soon head to the desk of the Governor for a final ...
VinaCapital, a Vietnam based company, is going to gain two new partners for their Vietnam casino resort project. Genting Malaysia was originally a 20% stakeholder in the project, with VinaCapital holding the ot...
A Sun International spokesperson told media on March 26, 2015 that they are going ahead with transferring their Morula Sun Hotel and Casino license to their upcoming Time Square Casino in Menlyn Maine in Pretor...
Yesterday we ran a story about SM Investments Corp considering the possibility of developing a casino on Cebu. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission the company has clarified their position, s...
The House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 308 by a voice vote on Wednesday. Without naming any tribes specifically, if passed by both houses and signed by the president, or slipped into another bill a...
Update 3-27-15: SMIC has issued an official clarification with the PSE Securities And Exchange Commission clarifying that, "At the Latham and Watkins Conference, we only mentioned the possibility of having a g...