Although there are fewer casinos there than just a few years ago, Atlantic City is still a vibrant and important gaming center in the U.S. market. World Casino News brings you up to the minute developments as multi-billion properties such the former Revel open close and are sold. We deliver breaking news on plans for gambling expansion and follow the burgeoning regulated online casino industry there as its momentum increases along with revenues.
Follow the headlines here to find out when derelict properties are going to be demolished or when they are sold and revitalized by new operators with fresh eyes and eager minds. Watch for job fairs, important sports betting updates, the health of the horse racing industry, and moves by legislators, regulators, and mediators that affect operators' bottom lines.
The Meadowlands Liberty Convention & Visitors Bureau (MLCVB) a proponent of expanding casinos into the northern part of New Jersey released information Friday afternoon pointing to a possibility that the od...
As the November 8 deadline approaches for voters in New Jersey to decide whether they want the North Jersey casino referendum approved or not, campaigns for and against the referendum continue to spend heavily ...
In New Jersey, two state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would repeal all local laws and regulations that prohibit and regulate sportsbetting in order to circumvent the federal ban instituted in 1992...
Atlantic City submitted a 5 year fiscal plan to New Jersey state officials towards the end of October laying out steps that the city would take to reduce its $500 million debt, increase funding for its yearly b...
A little over a month after receiving permission to re-brand the former Revel Casino Hotel as Ten and the property’s owner, Polo North Country Club Incorporated, has been ordered to take any further matters con...
Mayor Don Guardian and Atlantic City legislators submitted a proposed financial recovery plan that was a 125 pages long outlining what the beleaguered city plans to do in the next 5 years to reduce its $500 mil...
Poker Pro Phil Ivey is considered to be one of the best poker players of all time, having won 10 World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and more than $23 million in career prize money. Ivey, who is ranked 5th i...
In New Jersey, a developer wants to add a site in the city of Newark to the list of potential sites for a new casino should voters in the eastern state approve an expansion referendum next month.
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In New Jersey, proposed legislation that would alter the current licensing protocols for casinos in Atlantic City and disqualify for five years any applicant that had “substantially closed” a property has passe...
Earlier this month Senate President Steven Sweeney had stated that his bill S-2575 which seeks to revoke the license of closed New Jersey casinos and prevent owners from reopening their casinos under a new name...
The referendum to move casinos outside of Atlantic City goes to vote in November but Assemblyman Ralph Caputo is not waiting for the official results as a number of polls have already shown that New Jersey resi...
The author of the Casino Control Act and chairman of the State of New Jersey Casino Control Commission from 1990 to 1994, Steven P. Perskie, is scheduled to speak at a North Jersey casino forum at The Village G...
Gaming regulators in the state of New Jersey have released the figures for September, which revealed that casinos in the Garden State saw a decrease in revenue earnings when comparing the month this year to las...
As New Jersey voters prepare to go to the polls next month to decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment permitting two new casinos for the north of the state, legislation detailing exactly how any fu...
The Associated Press recently stated that it had records in its possession which showed that the combined spending by those for and against the November referendum to develop casinos outside of Atlantic City ha...