The United States has more casinos than any other country on the planet. There are nearly 300 gambling properties in Las Vegas alone. World Casino News covers the changing casino landscape across the country by highlighting changes in gambling law & legislation, announcing casino proposals, providing project updates as they occur, and reporting on casinos that have been sold or slated for closure along with every other important happening.
While Tribal Gaming has its own section in the news you will find coverage in this section for all 28 states that have compacts with the tribes as well. Las Vegas and Atlantic City get a lot of coverage here but we also keep you informed about casinos in the heartland and along the Gulf Coast. We followed the upstate New York casinos closely from the siting process to grand openings and will continue to provide financial updates as well as breaking news when the next round of licensing gets underway. You'll read it here first when New York City welcomes their first full-scale, non-lottery casino.
This year’s World Series of Poker is in full swing, and things are a bit different. For starters, the WSOP is taking place in the fall this year, when it normally would have run in the summer months. This was d...
American casino operator Boyd Gaming Corporation has released its third-quarter financial results showing that it recorded a rise of 29.3% year-on-year in net revenues to top $843 million.
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American online sportsbook operator DraftKings Incorporated has reportedly cancelled the cash-and-stock offer worth $20 billion that was to have seen it purchase London-listed iGaming and sportsbetting behemoth...
The state of Tennessee is close to one year of legally offering sports betting, and as the date draws near, the handle is closing in on $2 billion. The Tennessee Education Lottery recently reported that $1.7 bi...
In the midwestern American state of Illinois and the race for the right to bring a large casino resort to suburban Chicago has reportedly been narrowed down to just two runners following a unanimous decision fr...
American land-based and iGaming behemoth Scientific Games Corporation has reportedly announced the opening of a new hub for its OpenBet sportsbetting business in the Florida city of Tampa.
According to a rep...
This week, the National Football League (NFL) has announced the start of a new league-wide responsible betting education program. The new initiative will focus on educating sports fans that take part in sports ...
In Arkansas and the contest to pick the operator for a proposed Pope County casino has reportedly hit another stumbling block after the successful licensee had its winning bid effectively invalidated by the sta...
Halloween is upon us and for slot fans, this means more spooky releases! The latest developer to release an eerie title is High 5 Games. The developer just announced Realm of Hades, a five-reel slot creating th...
On Monday, October 19th, 2021 Esports Technologies, Inc., which is listed on the Nasdaq as EBET, is one of the leading global offerors of progressive e - sports gambling products, services, and technologies, an...
In Maryland, the state's gaming commission has granted sports betting licenses to Ocean Downs Casino in Berlin and Hollywood Casino in Perryville after determining the two operators qualify for the licenses, pu...
The gaming regulator for the southern American state of Louisiana has reportedly approved the sale of the 280-acre Harrah's Louisiana Downs facility to Rubico Acquisition Corporation for $22 million.
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The New York State Gaming Commission has reportedly launched a campaign that could eventually see up to three Las Vegas-style casino resorts opened in the highly-populated ‘downstate’ region around New York Cit...
Online and retail sportsbooks in the eastern American state of Pennsylvania reportedly had a profitable September after seeing their aggregated volume rise by 25.1% year-on-year to hit nearly $578.8 million.
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The numerous online and land-based sportsbooks serving the American state of New Jersey reportedly set a nationwide record in September after becoming the first to collectively process over $1 billion in monthl...