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.
Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino complex located in Santa Fe, New Mexico was opened to the public August 12 but you haven't missed the grand opening celebration. That will begin on September 3 with the off...
Many online gamblers are chewing their nails over the news that Paypal is opening its payment records to perusal by the US Internal Revenue Service. Ostensibly the IRS is looking for those who have hidden a...
Contract negotiations started July 8th at the Isle Casino in Pompano Beach, Florida after the workers secured affiliation with Unite Here on June 11th after an almost year long struggle to unionize. The negotia...
At the beginning of the month, Boyd Gaming Corp. announced that they were suspending work for up to a year on The Echelon, a $4.8 billion dollar complex in Las Vegas. Ground had been broken on the project last ...
Eighteen months ago Caesar's Indiana started a renovation project to transform the riverboat into a whole new casino. The characteristic Roman heads were replaced by golden horseshoes to represent the new face ...
Harrah's Entertainment and Penn National Gaming submitted to questions about their proposed casinos in two different sites in Kansas on July 11th in a Belle Plaine High School auditorium that included over four...
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...