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.
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American global hospitality and entertainment company, MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), announced Tuesday that together with its real-estate investment trust, MGM Growth Properties LLC (NYSE: MGP), it has...
As of May 25th, 2018 the employment of Anders Holmgren as CEO and President of Cherry will no longer be valid, since the Board of Directors decided to terminate his contract with the company. The process of fin...
The biggest get-together of gambling market experts and workers in Eastern Europe will be held in Budapest this September. The Hungarian capital will be the host for the Central and Eastern European Gaming Conf...
Online casino games developing platform, Pragmatic Play, has announced its latest collaboration with StarCasino.it, an Italian-based branch of the Bettson Group brand. Per the contract, Pragmatic Play will lend...
Additional reporting by K. Morrison
When New Jersey filed briefs with the Supreme Court on the future of sports betting last August, many legal experts predicted that the conservative court would rule in favor...
London-based gaming developer, Gaming Realms, has entered into a licensing deal with Sony Pictures Television. You probably recognize the provider immediately as the creator of several Slingo™ variants, ...
If anyone was ever skeptical that Spain's Hard Rock's Catalan Casino Resort plans would come to fruition, they can rest their doubts now. The colossal €2 billion project has just been given the green light by t...
Last week in the Philippines, fraud and perjury complaints filed in January against Japanese entrepreneur, Kazuo Okada (pictured), by the promoter of the giant Okada Manila integrated casino resort have reporte...
In New Zealand, in an effort to identify problem gamblers, facial recognition technology that monitors patrons as they enter gaming facilities is being tested in some venues.
News outlet, voxy.co.nz, reports...
After last week saw the second senior executive resignation at Silver Heritage Group Limited (SVH:ASE), the Asian casino operator has now announced it has appointed Australian business mogul, James Spenceley ...
You all know and possibly love NetEnt’s progressive jackpot title, Mega Fortune. You’ve probably become used to hearing about it and some of the brand’s other popular progressives in the news with life-changing...
The issue of sports betting is being debated by every state in the U.S. at this moment and lawmakers in Washington D.C. have opened a discussion about legalizing wagering on football, baseball, softball, basket...
Prior to the weekend, the lower parliamentary chamber of Japan’s National Diet, the House of Representatives, passed an anti-gambling addiction bill. The measure was then sent to the House of Councillors, the u...
Independent video slots developer and a multi-channel supplier from Sydney, Lightning Box Games, has just secured approval for entering the market of Portugal via the SG Digital platform which will include its ...
Louisiana’s 15 riverboat casinos can now operate on land after a single vote victory in the Senate approved SB 316 and on May 23, 2018, Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the law into effect.
The final ...