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.
In Pennsylvania, Tuesday reportedly saw supervisors in Caernarvon Township sign off on a plan that is to see a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming Incorporated spend approximately $111 million in order to bring ...
British online gaming software supplier, GameAccount Network (GAN), has announced the signing of a deal that has given American land-based casino operator, Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment Incorporated, permi...
There are reportedly only three American casino operators that currently have enough financial clout to purchase the entirety of Caesars Entertainment Corporation while any other such interested local parties w...
In South Dakota, one of the developers behind the local Crown Casino and Deuces Casino-branded chains of slot halls has reportedly been granted permission to open a similar facility in the southern suburbs of t...
After receiving approval from the New York Gaming Commission for the $850 million sale of its Empire City Casino and Yonkers Raceway property in January, the Rooney family could be pocketing an additional $50 m...
Gambling products and services provider, Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), on Monday announced that it has entered into an agreement with video gaming operator, Second State Gaming, LLC, that will se...
On Friday, the West Virginia State Senate voted in favor of the West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act. Â A vote of 26 to 7 will see the measure moving forward, allowing the gaming operators with land-ba...
After being approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on March 6, 2019, Nasdaq-listed Churchill Downs Inc. has completed its previously announced transaction to assume management of Lady Luck Casino Nem...
American lottery and gaming machines innovator, Scientific Games Corporation, has announced that iGaming operators as well as associated content developers and providers will now be able to enjoy improved servi...
American hedge fund billionaire, Carl Icahn (pictured), has reportedly purchased a further 5.85% stake in Caesars Entertainment Corporation to become the land-based casino operator’s largest shareholder.
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With sports betting legalization under consideration in Iowa, one casino in the region of Clinton is anticipating the new opportunity. The Wild Rose Casino and Resort has the space to offer sports betting, if t...
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has announced that its Casino Arizona property has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Arizona Hotshots franchise of the recently-established Alliance of Americ...
The first team sponsorship deal between a casino and sportsbook operator and a Major League Baseball (MLB) team is in the books after MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) on Friday, March 8, 2019, announced a m...
Top online poker site of India, 9stacks, has announced a new promotion for players to win a trip to Las Vegas. Titled Vegas in Rs 9, the contest provides a trip to Las Vegas when players win two tournament even...
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has reportedly reacted to a recent ruling from the United States Department of Justice altering the federal government’s stance on the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 by announ...