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.
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...
Although the online gambling took place prior to the 2006 passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, one online gambling site opted to pay an exhorbitant fine to the US in order to put the whole...
There has been ongoing debate in Goa over the agreement to license five casino ships to operate in the Mandovi river. Many have not opposed the casinos so much as their location citing congestion in the river h...
Norway has recently adopted stringent regulations for video gambling machines in an effort to save people from ruin by reducing compulsive gambling. The country has a national gambling hotline that reported a h...
Many of the major gambling brands are expanding their businesses in non-gambling directions. To that end, MGM Mirage has announced that they are involved in a deal to develop and operate a luxury hotel and offi...
Lorenzo Fertitta has resigned as President of Station Casinos to go full-time with the UFC. He, his brother and his best friend had purchased the UFC several years ago but the main operations of the MMA sports ...
Al Garrett isn't an art hater exactly. He just doesn't agree with the possible message conveyed by the 15 foot statue of Lenin in front of the Red Square restaurant at the Tropicana Casino and Resort in Atlanti...
Isle of Capri Casinos in Davenport Iowa has closed twice in the past couple months due to flooding of the Mississippi River caused by higher than normal rainfall. April 27th the casino closed due to the river r...
Ireland may be the next European country to stop trying to fight against gambling and instead try to regulate the industry. In a recent statement given to The Irish Times, Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern said...