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.
After negotiations between the Trump Taj Mahal and Unite Here Local 54 failed, the casino’s approximately 950 union workers hit the picket lines on Friday morning at 6am; while the other four Atlantic City casi...
With the busiest holiday weekend for Atlantic City just two days away negotiations continue, but it’s looking increasingly like workers will be on the picket line on Friday.
That’s the latest word from Bob M...
With a strike looming, contract negotiation meetings between UNITE HERE Local 54, which represents approximately 9,600 hospitality workers in the Atlantic City area, and representatives of Tropicana Atlantic Ci...
The Tropicana Casino And Resort Atlantic City has recently completed a $40 million renovation project after spending close to $50 million last year on a similar upgrade that saw it premiere new-look hotel rooms...
Online casino, lottery and gaming technology provider NYX Gaming Group has signed a deal that expands its partnership with Caesars Interactive Entertainment in the regulated New Jersey online gambling market.
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Glenn Straub is the new owner of a property in Atlantic City, formerly known as the Revel Casino, who has no plans to move forward with the reopening the venue while gambling regulators of New Jersey are insist...
Thousands of Atlantic City casino workers have authorized a July 1 walk-off – on casino’s biggest holiday weekend of the year – if they don’t have a new contract in hand by then.
According to a Unite Here ne...
Owner Glenn Straub will have to wait until at least Thursday to reopen the doors of the former Revel casino after city officials in Atlantic City rejected plans to begin the process on Wednesday because key per...
The battle in the Garden State over a November casino referendum is heating up as a group of South Jersey leaders has come together to form the No North Jersey Casinos Coalition, a group that promises a “formid...
Details regarding the opening of The Marketplace Eatery and Borgata Beer Garden & Outdoor Pool were announced by the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Tuesday.
Borgata Beer Garden is slated to debut on J...
New Jersey has made it mandatory for online gambling providers to partner with land based casinos in order to obtain a gaming license in the garden state. State Assemblyman Ralph Caputo who is the chief sponsor...
The referendum to set up two new casinos in North Jersey and remove Atlantic City’s monopoly over the casino industry is set to go to vote in November 2016. More than one hundred business leaders, politicians, ...
Bart Blatstein, a developer from Philadelphia, is the owner of the former Showboat Casino, which closed back in 2014. Atlantic City lost four casinos that year, with the Showboat remaining shuttered since that ...
Atlantic City’s casino industry has been in decline for close to a decade now with revenues falling from $5.2 billion in 2006 to $2.56 billion in 2015. The slump in the casino market resulted in four out of the...
A challenge by a union attempting to restore the pension and health benefits of upwards of 1,000 workers at the Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal casino was rejected Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ending the...