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.
Macau Legislator, Au Kam San is currently inquiring as to whether the government plans to approve Coloane casino plans. Coloane is located next to Cotai, as a small district at 7.6 sq km. The inquiry was made d...
About a dozen members of Thailand's National Reform Council (NRC) have signed on to an idea to legalize casinos in the predominantly Buddhist country. The news site The Nation reports that Major Arnun Watcharot...
Hundreds of thousands of players have arrived to Las Vegas Nevada to take part in the 2015 World Series of Poker. This year’s series features 68 tournament events and each day, a new tournament begins, with tho...
As the Local 54 of UNITE-HERE continues to battle the Taj Mahal for worker benefits, the casino union is planning a massive protest effort for tomorrow. A display of ‘mass civil disobedience’ is planned for tom...
U.S. House Bill 308 and Senate Bill 152 would bar the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino on their trust land in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. Last week Navajo lawmakers voted 18-0 to support the bil...
The government of France may have ruled out the possibility of building full scale casinos in Paris. However a plan to allow exclusive clubs, like those in London, is moving forward according to local reports c...
A new proposal in Pennsylvania would allow casinos to open satellite facilities across the state. Mount Airy Casino in Mount Pocono is strongly opposed to the idea. The Senate bill's main thrust is to legalize ...
On June 12, 2015 California Governor Jerry Brown appointed his Chief Deputy Press Secretary, Jim Evans to head up the California Gambling Control Commission. Evans has served as chief deputy press secretary in ...
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will unveil their new $43 million casino on Wednesday on a hill overlooking Omak and the Okanogan Valley in Washington. The tribe's Okanagon Casino on Apple W...
In an effort to move more money to the Maryland casinos, gaming operators of the state have requested a reduced payout to be required for slot machine gaming. If approved, tens of millions in cash would shift f...
According to a report on GGRAsia quoting a Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing, the Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd, plans on spending at least $7 million on a new project in Saipan. The company will be...
The $3.5 billion Baha Mar Caribbean resort and casino in Nassau, Bahamas was originally set to open in December 2014, and has missed various projections including a March 27 soft opening. Conflicts, including a...
Estoril Sol is owned by Portuguese operator Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM). The parent company saw their profits drop by 95% in 2014 and they blame those losses on increased taxes from the gov...
Thursday—June 11, 2015 was a busy day for Rockland, New York District Attorney Thomas Zugibe when "Operation Rock Bottom" proved useful in eight arrests. The 10-month long investigation focused on Internet off-...
The Scarlet Pearl Casino in D'Iberville, Mississippi held a topping off ceremony on Friday June 12, 2015 to mark the event of placing the final construction element atop the 18 story hotel casino. Construction ...