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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New laws went into effect the first of September that allowed cash poker games to be played in Italy legally. Since over two million citizens had played at an online poker site at least once when it was still a...
The rumors have been flying for months in New York and Las Vegas but weren't officially confirmed until August 27. Las Vegas Sands Corp. bought back the leased space from the club's owner, Jay-Z, for an und...
Tight credit markets have forced yet another gambling company to postpone beginning a project in the United States. MGM Mirage is delaying the start of construction on the $5 billion dollar MGM Grand Atlant...
Known as the “father of riverboat gaming”, Bernard “Bernie” Goldstein is the current chairman of the board of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. Goldstein was instrumental in lobbying for the original riverboat gaming ...
Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson has often gone in the opposite direction of the rest of the gambling industry and he's continuing that tradition even in these uncertain economic times. While casino projects ...
In a game of semantics, Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky called the online gambling domains “gambling devices” which are illegal in the US state. Beshear, through Secretary of the Justice Michael Brown, filed...
Sofitel has brought it's luxury brand and signature style to Macau's historic waterfront district with the opening of Sofitel Macau. The new development includes the ultra luxurious hotel with spa facilitie...
First Hurricane Gustav roared into the Gulf of Mexico and shortly behind Gustav came Hurricane Ike. With both storms being touted as having the potential to come ashore as Category 4 storms, evacuations wer...
The Clairvest Group Inc. has announced a $16 million USD investment to purchase 50% ownership in the Plaza Sol de Los Lagos casino that it being built in Osorno, Chile. The Clairvest investment will make them ...
The Commission of Economic Development, Industry and Commerce (CEDIC) has given its approval to a proposal that would allow casinos within that country. The House of Representatives sponsored commission provide...
From October 2nd through October 5th, poker players have the opportunity to see if they have the luck of the Irish at the Irish Poker Festival. The festival events will take place at the Irish National Events C...
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...