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 second season of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) started its 2008 run with live broadcasts from the Grand Waldo Casino in Macau. 538 players showed up, boosting the prize pool to $1,620, 897. Both nu...
Aruze has long been a player in the gambling industry but mainly behind the scenes before now. The Japanese manufacturer of gaming machines also owns almost a quarter of the shares of Wynn Resorts and now h...
Online poker buffs thought they had a victory when the Republican Party struck language out of their platform that spoke against online gambling. Unfortunately, the two sentences in question were put back i...
Not all Republicans are against online gambling. A bill was introduced before Congress recently by Republican Congressman Pete Sessions that would redirect the focus of the UIGEA to online sports books. The bil...
Factory pre-shuffled playing cards are a clearly growing trend in the Asian gaming market. While there are a few reasons for this, the main ones are efficiency and reliability for operators.
Pre-shuffled...
Playtech the online gaming software developer, provider, and licensor has announced a deal with Snai who manages over six thousand Italian betting shops. Snai will become Playtech's first Italian licensee on it...
Twenty-seven years after the original Playboy Club closed, the bunny girls are set to come back to London with the new club to be opened by 2010. The original club was shut down in 1981 after a police raid ...
World Poker Tour (WPT) has signed a deal with India's first private sports channel Zee Sports, part of the Zee Network. WPT will begin airing in September to an estimated five hundred million viewers.
The Ze...
A British landmark visited by everyone from David Beckham to Winston Churchill to Brad Pitt has been given its death note. The Walthamstow Stadium will be closing after over seventy-five years as a archetypal g...
The construction of the Majestic Star Casino will be back under way after a takeover of the investment by Walton Street Capital and other investors. Don Barden admitted he would not be able to carry through and...
The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians has the right idea for keeping business going despite the trying US economy. They sponsored a huge promotion for their V Club Members called “Splash into Cash” for the month ...
Las Vegas Sands, Corp, which is the world's largest casino company by market values, posted second quarter losses on costs to run the new Venetian Macao and the Palazzo in Las Vegas and higher interest cost...
In India this has been the month of Shravan - the most important month of the year. There are holidays and celebrations throughout the auspicious month and the culmination of all the festivities is Janmashtami,...
After almost two years of being close-mouthed, Pinnacle Entertainment has finally revealed that the new casino complex planned for Atlantic City will have a “beach house” theme.
"We have a beach here, and th...
As Taiwan seems to be moving every closer to legalizing gambling, at least for tourists, the island county of Penghu is gearing up to become the nation's premiere location for casinos. Already a popular tourist...