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.
As the coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to group activity, live poker events have been at a stand-still. It is unclear as to when casinos and cardrooms will be operating at full capacity, so poker tournament...
In Illinois and the possibility that Chicago will one day host a casino has reportedly been brought one step closure following the passage yesterday of revisions to the Midwestern state’s upcoming annual budget...
Australian gaming machines innovator, Aristocrat Leisure Limited, has announced the signing of an ‘agreement in principle’ that is to see it pay some $31 million so as to settle a pair of federal lawsuits broug...
As Memorial Day weekend kicked off on Friday, Nevada Governor, Steve Sisolak, announced that casinos would reopen on June 4, providing that the number of COVID-19 cases did not spike over the holiday.
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West Virginia's five licensed casinos have been given the green light to reopen on June 5, while limited video lottery retailers could restart Saturday, May 30, according to a Monday announcement from the easte...
As casinos in Las Vegas begin to reopen, Caesars Entertainment Corp has revealed that Caesars Palace and the Flamingo will be the first of its properties to open. The two facilities will stop paid self-parking ...
Despite coronavirus restrictions still in place regarding gambling establishments and other entertainment venues, a casino in Northern California decided to go ahead and reopen. Towers Casino located in Grass V...
The two giant tribal casino resorts in the eastern American state of Connecticut have reportedly announced that they will be partially re-opening from June 1 after being temporarily shuttered some nine weeks ag...
The casino arm of the federally-recognized Mohegan Tribe is reportedly endeavoring to obtain loans worth up to $100 million in order to help it survive the ongoing economic fallout engendered by the coronavirus...
In North Carolina and the plan from the Catawba Indian Nation to bring a casino resort to 16.5 acres of land it owns near the small community of Kings Mountain is reportedly in jeopardy following the filing of ...
American casino operator Century Casinos Incorporated has announced the signing of an agreement that is due to give British sportsbetting giant Bet365 access to the nascent online sports wagering market of Colo...
Three of the most prominent casino operators in Las Vegas are reportedly set to begin testing their employees for exposure to coronavirus as part of an effort that could see them given permission to partially r...
Pennsylvania's iLottery program is officially the most commercially successful to date in North America with total sales of online/mobile games reaching $1 billion in just under two years.
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Live-dealer online casino games developer Evolution Gaming Group AB has announced the signing of an agreement that is to see its innovations offered to players in the United States via the New Jersey-facing iGa...
In upstate New York and the Oneida Indian Nation has reportedly announced that it is hoping to conduct a phased re-opening of its three tribal casinos from early next month utilizing a strict set of revised saf...