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 debate taking place in Toronto, Canada is about to start up again and this time, it will be focused on expanding the gaming that is offered at Woodbine Racetrack. Right now, the track offers horse racing an...
The Galesi Group of Rotterdam is set to meet with the Planning Commission of Schenectady, New York by the end of March to discuss further the plans for a new building project to be located along the water front...
The National Indian Gaming Commission recently approved the Downstream Casino of Quapaw Oklahoma to expand into Kansas, a decision that that Kansas officials are not happy with. A motion has been filed to see t...
The Seminole Casino Immokalee opened in 1994 as a bingo parlor and has had several expansions and renovations since then. Now some 20 years later they will be opening the first upscale hotel in the Immokalee ar...
After an initial offer to purchase Pinnacle real estate assets in January, Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., has offered another proposal totaling $4.1 billion. The companies failed to come to terms of eng...
Canadian based Amaya Gaming was relatively unknown until it decided to acquire the Rational Group which is the parent company of PokerStars, the biggest online poker website and Full Tilt Poker, one of the most...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) as per law has to pay only 5% franchise tax from its gaming operations and normal income tax on the operations generated from regular services. The Burea...
The World’s Top Billionaire’s List was recently released by Forbes and placed Sheldon Adelson of the Las Vegas Sands as the top earning of the gaming sector. Adelson made it to the top 20, with a net worth of $...
On Monday, the Seminole Tribe of Florida released another television campaign to try and urge the state to extend the current gaming compact. The compact between the state and tribe will end on July 31st and th...
Government officials wanted to transform the public square in the city of Cleveland, Ohio and estimated the entire cost to be around $32 million. The proposal faced a lot of opposition and criticism because the...
Echo Entertainment and James Packer are currently battling it out to see who wins the rights to build a casino in Brisbane, Australia. Echo plans to construct a Destination Brisbane Consortium at Queen's Wharf ...
Macau’s casino industry lost over $100 billion in 2014 and the market is still in decline as the Chinese government continues its anti-corruption campaign. The government has issued an official notice to casino...
Atlantic City casinos were expecting a tax relief plan to be approved before the 1st of April allowing them to benefit from a tax break. The tax relief plan was earlier known as the Casino Property Taxation Sta...
The building site for the MGM Casino Cotai was the location of a fatal accident last week as a Mainland Chinese worker was hit by a concrete pump on the site. While receiving medical treatment, the worker pass...
Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino Hotel in Elizabeth has temporarily closed their hotel accommodations due to rising water levels in the Ohio River. When it is forecast that the river will rise above 55.5 feet ...