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.
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...
The management company for Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort has “permanently withdrawn” a health insurance offer it made to striking workers at the Atlantic City venue after their union failed to put the proposal ...
The Borgata Poker Open is a much-anticipated poker tournament event that takes place each year at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Players come from across the United States as w...
On Thursday, 99 percent of UNITE HERE Local 54’s Tropicana members agreed to the terms of a new contract offered by the Tropicana Atlantic City, according to an Associated Press report.
The three Caesar’s pr...
The Local 54 of the Unite-HERE union had put pressure on five casinos in Atlantic City to provide better benefits to its union members and had been successful with reaching mutual agreement with four out of the...
A Connecticut property developer is one of the people in the running to operate a casino at the shuttered Revel Atlantic City so long as current owner Glenn Straub can first secure a temporary certificate of oc...
MGM Resorts International’s plan to take full control of the Borgata Hotel Casino And Spa in New Jersey has taken a massive step forward after its proposal received the required approval of the eastern state’s ...