World Casino News covers breaking news from around the globe. In this section we cover casino news. This is our main category which contains about 75% of all articles so you may see the same articles also appear in sub-categories or additional sections if more than one subject is prominent in the story.
This is a great section for readers to follow the progress of their favorite up and coming new casinos. We report on new casino proposals as the stories break and keep you in the loop if they hit snags. As the projects move from the drawing table to groundbreaking, and when construction and other milestones are reached, we'll let you know with casino project updates. Look for opening date announcements and coverage of grand openings here as well.
In this section, we also cover expansion projects, new hotel announcements, and casino closures. Look for the occasional cruise ship news here too. This is the section you will want to bookmark to stay abreast of all the Latest Casino and Gambling News, as it happens, anywhere in the world.
Before the December numbers come out and are added to the year, Mississippi casinos have posted up $1,950,495,795.55 in adjusted gross gaming revenue for 2016. The best month was Feb. with over $190 million and...
As part of a civil forfeiture court case unfolding in United States District Court for The Eastern District Of Michigan, the federal government is alleging that a suburban Detroit man scammed investors out of h...
The Kansas Supreme Court has scheduled opening arguments in the case of Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel in the southeast portion of the state. Kansas Crossing and the state lottery board are being sued by Cast...
In Canada, a lobby group opposed to a plan that would bring a casino to the small Ontario city of Peterborough has reportedly stepped back as an official party to the legal battle against the envisioned develop...
Just a few days ago, the first full casino of the Yantarnaya gambling zone in Russia's "Amberland" opened with work still underway but the venue operating in what is being called ‘technical mode’. The casino go...
Starting on the 31st of December, pokie players in South Australia would find that the maximum wager that can be placed on the gaming machines has been cut in half, now down to $5 a spin. This is a big cut to t...
On December 27th, the Ute Mountain Casino and hotel located in Towaoc unveiled the first exterior upgrade to the facility since opening. The remodel cost $5.5 million, with the work revealed during an evening t...
In 2015, a proposal was released by the Internal Revenue Service which would have seen changes made to the tax reporting requirements involving slot winnings. The changes would have been hard on the gaming indu...
After selling off a significant portion of its estate in the summer, electronic gaming machine operator Entertainment Gaming Asia Incorporated has now offloaded the remnants of its assets in Cambodia for $900,0...
In Arizona, the mayors of eight cities have penned an open letter in support of a proposal from the state’s governor that would craft a new deal with local Native American tribes and restrict the opening of any...
In Singapore, a voucher system that sees mainland Chinese gamblers at the Marina Bay Sands permitted to use their China UnionPay bank cards to purchase casino chips has reportedly upset officials in Beijing.
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Over the past few weeks, several casinos in the state of Pennsylvania have agreed to pay a host fee to the host municipality despite a ruling back in September in which the fee amount was considered unconstitut...
The Hotel Ramada of India would like to be able to offer organized poker events at their establishment. To do this, the hotel would have to be given approval since there is a ban in place. Officials of the hote...
The government of Macau has reportedly revealed that it raked in $9.11 billion from gambling taxes over the first eleven months of 2016 with the amount accounting for some 77.8% of all revenues.
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British online casino and sportsbetting operator William Hill has formally left the Czech Republic market only days before new legislation comes into effect that would force the London-based firm to obtain a lo...