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.
Warren Cloud, online casino pioneer and South African died on his yacht near the party island of Ibizaunder questionable circumstances leaving a couple of creditors less than happy.
A mere two weeks after hi...
Anticipation is ripe in the air as patrons await the opening of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Project Sunrise which will unveil a new 300,000 square foot complex which has been kept under lock and key. No repor...
The New York Racing Association has been granted another extension by a state government oversight panel that will last through August 28. While many had hoped the details for the new 25 year franchise agreemen...
Along with the opening of the Casino of the Wind expansion Mohegan Sun in Connecticut will will be once again welcoming live poker tables at the casino and is hard at work training dealers at their dealer schoo...
After an impressive opening weekend Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs is trying to be realistic. The weekend revenue was $35 million over the opening weekend up from $20 million the prior two weekends. After everyone...
Macau has made a move to help its industry continue to draw in VIP players. Government officials have agreed to put a ceiling on the commissions paid to promoters. Recently a new generation of promoters have be...
Las Vegas based Sands Corp. was one of five vying to build a casino in Wyandotte County in northeast Kansas but on Tuesday July 22 it said it will no longer be pursuing a gambling license in the state. Among th...
That the housing and real estate market is all over the place is nothing new as the sub prime lending effects are truly found out. However in some places values should be holding, such as Las Vegas. This is the...
Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed a gaming compact with the Seminole Indian Tribe allowing them to have Las Vegas-style slots and games such as black jack and baccarat which are currently illegal in the sta...
Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino complex located in Santa Fe, New Mexico was opened to the public August 12 but you haven't missed the grand opening celebration. That will begin on September 3 with the off...
Many online gamblers are chewing their nails over the news that Paypal is opening its payment records to perusal by the US Internal Revenue Service. Ostensibly the IRS is looking for those who have hidden a...
Contract negotiations started July 8th at the Isle Casino in Pompano Beach, Florida after the workers secured affiliation with Unite Here on June 11th after an almost year long struggle to unionize. The negotia...
At the beginning of the month, Boyd Gaming Corp. announced that they were suspending work for up to a year on The Echelon, a $4.8 billion dollar complex in Las Vegas. Ground had been broken on the project last ...
Eighteen months ago Caesar's Indiana started a renovation project to transform the riverboat into a whole new casino. The characteristic Roman heads were replaced by golden horseshoes to represent the new face ...
Harrah's Entertainment and Penn National Gaming submitted to questions about their proposed casinos in two different sites in Kansas on July 11th in a Belle Plaine High School auditorium that included over four...