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.
The organization announced the revised rating for Isle of Capri Casinos (ISLE) from Positive to Neutral on October 10. The company owns, operates and develops gaming, lodging and entertainment facilities region...
The Gold Coast Titans is an Australian rugby club that has partnered with Betezy to form a controversial new betting agency. The Titans said that the revenue from the new venture will help to fund the club and ...
Atlantic City had approved a smoking ban back in April which had went into effect on October 15. The regulation had provided for casinos to be able to set up separate smoking lounges away from the slot machines...
The third leg of the SkyPoker UK Tour will arrive in Edinburgh on January 31, 2009. After the Nottingham and Birmingham legs were a huge success with the Birmingham leg selling out a month beforehand and the Ed...
The country of Rwanda was all set to see the country's first casino open on October 21 but the opening has been delayed by unforeseen delays. According to insiders, there is unfinished work at the building wher...
Now that PokerStars has begun it's own LAPT, Vega Promotional Systems Inc. has decided to take their poker tour in a different direction to avoid confusion as well as expand into new markets. Accordingly, they ...
Casino Affiliate Programs (CAP) is a trade group made up of 7,000 online gambling affiliates. They are hosting an annual affiliate marketing conference in the luxurious Shangri-La hotel in Sydney, Australia on ...
When this development was being planned five years ago, town officials and residents weren't all that enthusiastic about the idea. Even the mayor, Michael Montandon, said his “initial reaction was no”. Now that...
The new poker television show ClubWPT launched on Oct. 5. The show features 6 poker amateurs each week from the US and Canada. The players will compete for a chance at cash prizes as well as the chance to becom...
New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez has submitted an act to the US Senate that would definitively classify poker, bridge and mah-jong as a game of skill and set up the framework needed to license and regulate on...
The newly formed Committee to Seek Changes to Discriminatory Law (CSDL) intends to promote a “far-reaching national campaign” in an effort to muster support for an end to laws that allow tourists to gamble ...
PokerStars has announced an expanded schedule for their second season of the LAPT that will begin earlier this year to tie into the highest part of the Latin American tourist season. The first event will be hel...
Casinos Poland began the Mega Jackpot on October 1 and had a very successful first month. The Mega Jackpot is a progressive system that networks slot machines from six casinos to produce larger payouts in s...
After close to a decade of catering to online gamblers, one of the oldest internet gambling sites has ceased operations. The company has been trying for two years to recover from the blow dealt to it when the U...
Our story begins on September 18 when the US state of Kentucky's Governor Steve Beshear ordered an action filed against 141 online gambling operators. The case was officially filed by Secretary of the Justice M...