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.
The second season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) started its 2008 run with live broadcasts from the Grand Waldo Casino in Macau. 538 players showed up, boosting the prize pool to $1,620, 897. Both nu...
Aruze has long been a player in the gambling industry but mainly behind the scenes before now. The Japanese manufacturer of gaming machines also owns almost a quarter of the shares of Wynn Resorts and now h...
Online poker buffs thought they had a victory when the Republican Party struck language out of their platform that spoke against online gambling. Unfortunately, the two sentences in question were put back i...
Not all Republicans are against online gambling. A bill was introduced before Congress recently by Republican Congressman Pete Sessions that would redirect the focus of the UIGEA to online sports books. The bil...
Factory pre-shuffled playing cards are a clearly growing trend in the Asian gaming market. While there are a few reasons for this, the main ones are efficiency and reliability for operators.
Pre-shuffled...
Playtech the online gaming software developer, provider, and licensor has announced a deal with Snai who manages over six thousand Italian betting shops. Snai will become Playtech's first Italian licensee on it...
Twenty-seven years after the original Playboy Club closed, the bunny girls are set to come back to London with the new club to be opened by 2010. The original club was shut down in 1981 after a police raid ...
World Poker Tour (WPT) has signed a deal with India's first private sports channel Zee Sports, part of the Zee Network. WPT will begin airing in September to an estimated five hundred million viewers.
The Ze...
A British landmark visited by everyone from David Beckham to Winston Churchill to Brad Pitt has been given its death note. The Walthamstow Stadium will be closing after over seventy-five years as a archetypal g...
The construction of the Majestic Star Casino will be back under way after a takeover of the investment by Walton Street Capital and other investors. Don Barden admitted he would not be able to carry through and...
The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians has the right idea for keeping business going despite the trying US economy. They sponsored a huge promotion for their V Club Members called “Splash into Cash” for the month ...
Las Vegas Sands, Corp, which is the world's largest casino company by market values, posted second quarter losses on costs to run the new Venetian Macao and the Palazzo in Las Vegas and higher interest cost...
In India this has been the month of Shravan - the most important month of the year. There are holidays and celebrations throughout the auspicious month and the culmination of all the festivities is Janmashtami,...
After almost two years of being close-mouthed, Pinnacle Entertainment has finally revealed that the new casino complex planned for Atlantic City will have a “beach house” theme.
"We have a beach here, and th...
As Taiwan seems to be moving every closer to legalizing gambling, at least for tourists, the island county of Penghu is gearing up to become the nation's premiere location for casinos. Already a popular tourist...