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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After earlier this month agreeing a 13-year deal to supply the Florida Lottery with selection of solutions and services, gaming technology innovator International Game Technology (IGT) has now inked an agreemen...
The two top-tier creditors agreed Tuesday to Caesars Entertainment Corporation's (CEC) terms to restructure the company's debt, leaving about US$1 billion on the table in exchange for protecting top executives...
UNITE HERE, the parent union of the Culinary Workers Union, which is the certified bargaining representative of workers at Trump Hotel Las Vegas, on Tuesday, called for a national boycott of all business with t...
Expanding its footprint into North Las Vegas, on Tuesday, Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD) announced the completion of its $380 million purchase of the Aliante Casino & Hotel.
The acquisition of the n...
G2E 2016 kicked off Monday at the Sands Expo in Las Vegas with a full day of education sessions covering everything from eSports and skill-based gaming, to AML guidance for commercial and tribal casinos, regula...
Land is worth a pretty penny when located along the Las Vegas Strip and one developer is trying to cash in on a five-acre portion bought almost ten years ago. Triple Five owns a section of land, totaling more t...
Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is the world's biggest and most anticipated industry event. The 2016 international gaming trade show and conference “by the industry and for the industry” kicks off Monday, September 26...
The American public may soon have another “rescue and makeover” television series to choose from as Gary Green, iconic casino “boss”, author, and television personality searches for casinos to “turn around” whe...
The tourism department in Nevada has worked hard for the last twenty years to open a direct route from China to Las Vegas but it was only last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation approved nonstop fl...
In keeping with his assertion last September that legal sports betting in the U.S. is “inevitable,” former NBA Commissioner David Stern plans to speak at a gambling conference in Las Vegas next week in a show o...
In a unanimous vote on Thursday, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee approved a $750 million public funding proposal for a $1.9 billion NFL stadium in Las Vegas.
The vote is the first step i...
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) said that on Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved Hainan Airlines’ application to launch the first-ever nonstop flights from Beijing to Las ...
The controversial plan to build a new 65,000-seat stadium in the southern Nevada desert in order to entice the Oakland Raiders NFL franchise to Las Vegas has taken another step forward following the release of ...
The Bellagio Resort & Casino of Las Vegas now has a few new gaming options for patrons to enjoy thanks to International Game Technology. IGT has installed their Dynasty cabinets at the casino which will fea...
The Nevada Gaming Control Board voted unanimously on September 7 and approved the acquisition deals for both the Palms Casino and the Aliante Casino Hotel. A subsidiary of Red Rock Resorts is acquiring the Palm...