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.
Station Casinos, like a number of other gaming industry leaders, is experiencing difficulties in the current economic climate. Huge debt loads and tight credit markets have reduced the gambling giant to the bri...
Traffic snarls and no show celebrities didn't put a damper on the grand opening of the Indiana Live Casino on March 13. People showed up in such numbers that the casino reached its 8,000 person capacity at ...
The lack of available credit has been hurting the majority of gaming companies in the country, and Donald Trump has been one of the hardest hit, although he is hardly a stranger to debts. Mr. Trump has been giv...
For a casino that didn't even have a poker room for most of its life, the Venetian has built up a respectable reputation for itself for great poker play through Some pretty impressive poker tournaments. The...
Because of the recent financial difficulties being felt all around the country, many casinos are starting to consider offering gambling online, to bring in better profits. Casino experts have long considered on...
The largest poker site in the world made the record books during the last weekend in December during it's Sunday Million poker tournament -twice! The first record was for the most players taking part in an onli...
Major League Baseball (MLB) officials have loosened some of the restrictions that barred baseball teams from making any kind of deal with a gambling business. For a very long time, this was a touchy subject for...
The M Resort, soon to open in Henderson, NV, will be the furthest south of all the resorts in the Las Vegas Valley. Developer and chief executive Anthony Marnell III has grown up in the business as the son of t...
The ruling came down from Pennsylvania Judge Thomas A. James Jr. of Columbia County who was presiding over a case where a man was prosecuted for running a low stakes NLHE game out of his garage. Walter Watkins...
After Governor Steve Beshear of Kentucky seized 141 domain names as “gambling devices”, the gambling industry has been up in arms over the dangerous precedent that could be seen. Not only did the suit on behalf...
The latest casino for Jupiters will be a glamorous boutique casino located in the Sebel Port Vila. The casino, set to open in February, features two floors of elegant gaming that includes 8 table games and 96 ...
After intensive lobbying by the gaming industry, the UK Gambling Commission approved the second raise in two years for slots payouts. The maximum bet rose from 50 pence to 1 pound and prizes also doubled from 3...
Even with the gaming industry having a bit of an off year in 2008, the holiday crowds still managed to surprise many, and have generated some new hope among casinos that the new year may go better for them. The...
Everyone remotely connected with the gambling industry is familiar with the UIGEA and the effects that this legislation has had. Passed back in 2006, the law has yet to be enforced due to the ambiguity of what ...
When the Seneca Nation of Indians’ made their surprise announcement of a new casino project earlier this month, it caught many people entirely by surprise. Not the least of which was Anthony P. Cellini, Supervi...