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.
After a February 6, 2019, approval of a complex financial deal allowing operations at Ocean Resort Casino to continue uninterrupted during an ownership transition, a pair of top executives at the Atlantic City ...
Over the past several years, the Coquille Indian Tribe has invested upwards of $6 million purchasing various properties around a proposed casino site in the southern Oregon city of Medford.
According to the ...
Swedish online casino games developer, NetEnt AB, has announced that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) has granted it a permanent Casino Service Industry Enterprise license, after having ope...
In southern California, the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians has reportedly announced that it intends to launch gaming operations inside its new 474,000 sq ft Soboba Casino Resort from tomorrow.
Hotel to debut...
Last month reportedly saw the six fledgling sportsbooks in Pennsylvania contribute some $938,597 in tax after their aggregated revenues hit $2.6 million off of a combined handle that reached slightly in excess ...
British bookmaking giant, William Hill, has via its U.S. subsidiary, taken over Golden Entertainment Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GDEN) Nevada race and sports book operations.
According to a press release...
On Februar...
Event #3 of the U.S. Poker Open (USPO) has finished up and it was Lauren Roberts who earned the title win. With the first-place finish, Roberts became the first woman to ever win a USPO title. Roberts outlasted...
The American subsidiary of global gaming machines innovator Aristocrat Leisure Limited has announced that Tuesday saw a lucky female player in southern Nevada hit the jackpot on one of its Buffalo Grand video s...
The nine-casino market in Atlantic City reportedly had a good January after recording an almost 20% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues to $229.6 million helped by a 53% overall rise in ta...
A bill that would bring sports gambling to Arizona and give exclusive rights to Native American tribes has been put on the back burner.
On Jan. 23, 2019, three Arizona lawmakers including, Republican Sen. So...
In northern California, the federally-recognized Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of Enterprise Rancheria reportedly held a topping-off ceremony for its coming Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sacramento yesterday some 17 ye...
In Maryland, casino operators Caesars Entertainment Corporation and MGM Resorts International have reportedly thrown their considerable weight behind a piece of proposed legislation that aims to criminalize som...
The Potawatomi Hotel & Casino of Milwaukee, Wisconsin recently played host to the World Series of Poker Circuit. From January 31st until February 11th, the casino was home to several poker events, including...
In Alabama, the pastor of a Baptist church in the city of Wetumpka returned a $25,000 donation from the Poarch Band of Creek Indians after a Sunday vote by members of the congregation decided that accepting the...
In Washington, legislation was reportedly introduced late last week that seeks to give sportsbetting aficionados in the western state the ability to place land-based and mobile wagers while inside any local tri...