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 economic downturn in the United States has had its impact on the casino industry there. Las Vegasand Atlantic City, traditionally the leaders in the US market, have taken big hits financially. Stalled expan...
Casinos Austria International (CAI) opened it's latest casino on July 29 with a official opening ceremony and reception complete with local dignitaries, gaming authority representatives and select guests. The G...
Seventeen people have been arrested on charges relating to illegal gambling in the Philadelphia and Delaware County area. The investigation started in February of 2002 when a man was brought in on bookmaking ch...
The National Indian Gaming Commission has issued a warning to the Soboba Indian tribe that it could ultimately be forced to close their casino on their reservation in Riverside County, California, if violence c...
William J. Yung III has officially stepped down as CEO of Tropicana Entertainment Holding LLC amidst outcries demanding his removal by creditors and bondholders. Scott Butera, who's been serving as president of...
Although tribal gaming revenues was down considerably over previous years, revenues still grew by about 5% nationally. This is phenomenal in relationship to Las Vegas which increased less than 2% for 2007. In a...
Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is promoting a proposal to build what he billed as an "entertainment complex" near the Suvarabhumi Airport where it is believed that it would attract more business to eastern Ban...
Table Trac has announced a contract with the Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes for installation of Table Trac's casino management systems at four of the tribes' casino properties. Table Trac is a patented real-time m...
BLB Investors LLC who is behind the Twin Rivers Casino in Rhode Island is in financial woes and asking the state to help out with a lower required contribution. Right now they contribute 0.61 out of every dolla...
Although the online gambling took place prior to the 2006 passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, one online gambling site opted to pay an exhorbitant fine to the US in order to put the whole...
There has been ongoing debate in Goa over the agreement to license five casino ships to operate in the Mandovi river. Many have not opposed the casinos so much as their location citing congestion in the river h...
Norway has recently adopted stringent regulations for video gambling machines in an effort to save people from ruin by reducing compulsive gambling. The country has a national gambling hotline that reported a h...
Many of the major gambling brands are expanding their businesses in non-gambling directions. To that end, MGM Mirage has announced that they are involved in a deal to develop and operate a luxury hotel and offi...
Lorenzo Fertitta has resigned as President of Station Casinos to go full-time with the UFC. He, his brother and his best friend had purchased the UFC several years ago but the main operations of the MMA sports ...
Al Garrett isn't an art hater exactly. He just doesn't agree with the possible message conveyed by the 15 foot statue of Lenin in front of the Red Square restaurant at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlanti...