Although Macau surpassed the Las Vegas Strip in 2006 and is still the reining revenue champion, Las Vegas is still king of the game in many ways with more visitors arriving each year, as well as pioneering the concept of integrated casino resorts. Three of the four US-listed companies that operate in China also call Las Vegas home - Las Vegas Sands Corp., Wynn Resorts Ltd., and MGM Resorts International. Any move by the big players in Sin City has an effect on operations all over the world. World Casino News covers The Strip and Glitter Gulch as casinos open and close, C-Suite Executives rise and fall, and as Downtown is revitalized by important operators into a more sophisticated gambling and entertainment zone.
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Recently, Golden Entertainment Inc., a flagship operator of slot routes, casinos and taverns based in Las Vegas, revealed that it has finalized the formerly mentioned sale of Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Maryland...
Interblock, a Las Vegas-based leader in the creation and delivery of prizewinning electronic table games (ETG) products, is excited to reveal the strategic purchase of electronic table gaming assets from Aruze ...
The 2023 World Series Of Poker (WSOP) Tournament has officially named its Main Event winner!
Today, July 18, it was revealed that Daniel Weinman, an American poker player from Georgia who started his career ...
Today, July 17, Play Sinergy, an Empire Technological Group, a flagship developer of live table games based in Las Vegas, disclosed the pending acquisition of Aruze Gaming America’s slot operations, involving o...
It was recently unveiled that Aruze Gaming America, a Las Vegas-based casino equipment manufacturer, is set to close its Las Vegas head office next month and discharge 100 employees, according to a report filed...
Yesterday, July 12, Light & Wonder Inc., formerly Scientific Games Corp, a flagship developer of land-based and digital games based in Las Vegas, Nevada, along with its affiliates, revealed an extended mult...
Top executives of two top Las Vegas Strip casino destinations scheduled to open in December 2023 revealed their plans for the renovation of the Rio resort opened in 1990 and, respectively, the continuation of t...
On Sunday, July 9, it was announced that the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event broke the record as the biggest of all time. But that's not all; since it is also the first to achieve 10,000 applications.
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As reported by PokerNews, Phill Hellmuth, one of the best poker players in history, despite notching nine cashes, still endured a somewhat frustrating 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP), according to insiders cl...
It was recently announced that Rio Hotel & Casino would go through a complete renovation process at the end of the year. After the transition of the casino operations from Caesars to the current owner Dream...
As Review Journal (RJ) reports, the gross generated revenue of the Nevada casino industry reached the level of $1.29 billion in May 2023, according to the data of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Although Clark...
After selling the Cosmopolitan Casino and Hotel Las Vegas to MGM Resorts in 2021 and agreeing to sell its half stake in the MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay resorts to partner VICI Properties Inc., on June ...
The Board of Directors of the largest gaming technical standards development organization, The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA), unanimously approved the formation of a Responsible Gaming Commi...
Casinos and gambling companies have been struggling to draw younger populations to their resorts for a long time. Various measures were conducted, including special areas with music and serving food and drinks ...
Following the recent $9 billion acquisition of the Crown Resorts, the New York-based real-estate giant Blackstone is planning a major investment in the the casino and hotel operations in the Melbourne site to m...