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 Republican governor of New Jersey has reiterated his support for a coming casino-expansion referendum that would allow areas in the north of the state to bid for the right to operate a pair of new casinos.
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The New Jersey referendum that will allow gambling to take place outside of Atlantic City, nearer to New York City, now has more opposition, this time coming from inside New York. A major union of the state as ...
Golden Nugget Atlantic City launched America’s first fully regulated online Live Dealer games on Thursday, August 11 at 6pm EST, via their instate-only online casino. Blackjack, American Roulette and Dragon Bon...
On Friday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the financial results of the gambling industry within the state for last month. Results showed that the land-based venues as well as online gamb...
New York State Senator John Bonacic has predicted that the eastern state may allow more gambling venues to open sooner rather than later should voters in neighboring New Jersey pass a casino-expansion referendu...
In preparation to fill hundreds of positions that will be needed once the MGM National Harbor opens in Maryland, the parent company of the project, MGM Resorts International, will be hosting a jobs fair today a...
Today a 12 judge U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals panel struck down a New Jersey law that was never implemented allowing Atlantic City casinos and race tracks in the state to offer Vegas-style sports betting...
Online live dealer gaming company Evolution Gaming announced Monday that it has signed a partnership agreement with The Ritz Club, an exclusive London casino and private members’ club.
The agreement includes...
About 20,000 braved the heat and the long betting lines on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack to be a part of harness racing's greatest day.
The Hambletonian, which featured the Hambletonian Heats & F...
Billionaire Carol Icahn, who had earlier committed to closing down the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic city after the Labor day weekend, has now filed the required notices with the State Department of Labor ...
Just when gaming analysts were predicting that Atlantic City’s casino woes were witnessing a turn around, billionaire Carl Icahn has announced that he plans to shutdown the iconic Trump Taj Mahal casino after L...
American casino operator MGM Resorts International has spent $900 million to purchase the 50% stake in the Borgata Hotel Casino And Spa previously held by partner Boyd Gaming Corporation.
According to a repo...
For decades the only area in the state of New Jersey to offer casino gambling was Atlantic City. This could soon change as legislators in the state have been considering adding casinos in the northern region of...
Atlantic City’s casino industry has been in decline for close to a decade but gaming analysts believe that the impending sale of the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa is a sign that things are about to improve in ...
After Trump Taj Mahal’s management company, Las Vegas-based Tropicana Entertainment, permanently withdrew a contract offer it made to some 1,000 striking workers at the Atlantic City casino on Monday, it's look...