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.
Donald Trump is once again in control of the Atlantic City casino empire that bears his name.Mr. Trump, his daughter Ivanka, and the Dallas-based Beal Bank bought the company out of bankruptcy late Monday, Augu...
On July 31st, three additional Democratic state representatives signed up to co-sponsor Barney Frank's HR 2267 proposal to legalize and regulate online gambling in the United States.The newest co-sponsors are R...
Brazil is battling out the online gambling war this summer and seem to be trying to follow in the US footsteps of UIGEA. One proposal that was introduced recently would be exactly like the UIGEA in that it woul...
Casinos all over the country are experiencing revenue drops and fewer visitors but the Oklahoma tribal casinos are not seeing so much of that. The state has seven tribes operating casinos and while four of thos...
Barney Frank, Democrat from Massachusetts, has been a highly vocal opponent of the UIGEA from the time it was being discussed in the legislature. He has been creating proposals and rallying support to overturn ...
The head of the United States House Financial Services Committee, Representative Barney Frank, is the biggest supporter for online gambling legislation in the United States. He has introduced legislation that ...
Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods have launched a joint advertising campaign to position southeastern Connecticut as a worth gambling destination. The tribes that own the casinos are traditional enemies as well as compe...
The British gaming company NetPlay has signed a new television distribution deal with the commercial broadcast company STV Group Plc. The companies will partner to launch the first live interactive television ...
Fernando Chui will officially take over the running of Macau from Edmund Ho on December 20. Since he was the only candidate, it was no surprise when he was elected with 94% of the vote of the 300-member Electio...
Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp. says the US casino operator needs about $2 billion to complete five separate hotel projects in Macau. These projects were put on hold tem...
Chairman Sheldon Adelson announced that the new Singapore development will be delayed until January or February due to there being difficulties getting the needed construction materials such as sand and steel. ...
Bernie Goldstein, one of the founders of Isle of Capri Casinos and a pioneer in riverboat gambling, passed away from cancer on July 12. Goldstein was known as a consummate businessman in any venture he was invo...
The government has given the Hong Kong Jockey Club permission to have horse races on five more days this year as well as adding fifteen simulcast days to the racing schedule. This decision was made in an attemp...
The North Carolina development has broken ground on the addition of a third hotel tower, part of a $663 million expansion that is scheduled for completion by 2012. The end result of the project will make Harra...
Prior to the year 2000, the Greenbrier Resort located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, had the prestigious five-star Mobil Travel Guide rating. In May of this year, businessman Jim Justice purchased th...