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 Oklahoma, the federally-recognized Osage Nation reportedly opened the $150 million expansion of its Osage Casino Tulsa venue earlier today complete with an enlarged around-the-clock gaming floor that now enc...
After debating the option for many years, Mount Prospect has now decided to approve video gambling. Trustees of the village have agreed to allow the gaming option to help restaurant owners who state they are lo...
After being acquired by billionaire American businessman, Larry Ellison, for approximately $35.8 million late last year, the shuttered Cal Neva Resort and Casino is now reportedly in the process of being renova...
American gaming machine and systems innovator, Scientific Games Corporation (SG), has announced the successful launch of a new gaming system for the Kansas Lottery featuring a modern suite of Wave point-of-sale...
Las Vegas-based, Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE: BYD), announced Monday the launch of its new B Connected. The nationwide loyalty program adds exclusive new benefits and new reward tiers for customers of Boyd Ga...
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska announced Monday that the first phase of the gaming facility currently under construction on their sovereign land in Carter Lake, Iowa is projected to open in late October 2018.
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After receiving its regulatory approvals from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission two days earlier, the $960 million MGM Springfield integrated casino resort reportedly opened its doors to players on Friday mor...
Prominent gaming machine and systems innovator International Game Technology (IGT) has announced that it has been selected in partnership with the American subsidiary of British bookmaking giant William Hill to...
The Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall of Laughlin will have gambling once again thanks to a new license provided to Intrepid Pioneer, LLC., late last week. Applications were sent to the Nevada Gaming Commission...
Plans to build a casino resort on the shores of Star Lake in Otter Tail County, between Pelican Rapids and Dent, Minnesota have been put on hold by the White Earth Nation.
According to the Duluth News Tribun...
At the Wynn Las Vegas, poker players ascend to the Encore poker room on a regular basis to take part in top tournament gaming options. In just a month’s time, one of the more popular tournament series held at t...
Last year saw aggregated gross gaming revenues for the 460 commercial casinos in the United States increase by 3.4% year-on-year to reach $40.28 billion as the 215 venues located in Nevada once again led the wa...
The $960 million MGM Springfield integrated casino resort will be able to open from tomorrow after acing a pair of test play nights supervised by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to be granted the appropriat...
The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe announced at its General Membership meeting on Sunday that it has selected the Chickasaw Nation as its development partner for its Class II gaming facility on Martha’s Vineyard.
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After months of deliberation, the companies that have been added to the shortlist of the 2018 Global Gaming Awards Las Vegas have now been contacted. Self-nominations along with the eight-member nomination pane...