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.
Hopes that New York would soon become the next American jurisdiction to legalize state-wide sportsbetting were reportedly crushed on Wednesday after its lawmakers failed to pass an updated sports wagering legis...
After an emotional two-day hearing, the Casino Control Commission granted Ocean Resort Casino a license just 7 days before the Boardwalk property is slated to open its doors to the public on June 28 at 1pm.
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After recently inking instant games supply deals with state-run lottery providers in Kentucky and Ontario, gaming machine and systems innovator, Scientific Games Corporation (SG), has now announced the signing ...
Located off-Strip, Palace Station Hotel & Casino will soon debut a 220,000 sq ft expansion, the result of a $192 million investment and nearly a year of construction work. The massive overhaul increases the...
In a Monday news release, Del Lago Resort & Casino announced that Mark Juliano, a 30-year veteran of the casino gaming industry, will assume the role of general manager of the $440 million upstate New York ...
In Connecticut, yesterday reportedly saw the plan to build the Mohegan Sun Foxwoods East Windsor satellite casino take another step forward after the $300 million project was awarded with its special zoning per...
Talk about waiting until the last minute! The Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City is set to open on June 28th and the venue has yet to obtain a gaming license in New Jersey. Today, representatives of the casin...
Giant casino operator, MGM Resorts International, announced that it has appointed well-known entertainment and hospitality executive, Scott Butera (pictured), to serve as its Interactive Gaming President and he...
Yesterday saw the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation reveal that the President and Chief Executive Officer for its Foxwoods Resort Casino, Felix Rappaport (pictured), had unexpectedly died at the age of 65.
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Horseshoe Southern Indiana recently broke ground on a project that will move the riverboat-based 93,000 square-foot gambling operation, which has been at its current location for two decades, onto dry land. The...
Sports betting fever is spreading in the U.S. with several states opening the books just one month after a historic Supreme Court decision that said the 1992 federal ban was unconstitutional. Some observers are...
In Nevada, the operator of the Boomtown Casino Hotel has reportedly agreed to pay a fine of $40,000 amid allegations that its website for the Verdi-based venue had last year briefly offered access to illegal re...
The California State Lottery has announced that one of its players recently collected a life-changing $20 million cash jackpot after managing to correctly predict all five numbers as well as the bonus figure fo...
Ahead of the planned inauguration of its MGM Springfield property on August 24 and American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, is reportedly in discussions with local officials about ways to help deal ...
The 2018 World Series of Poker continues to see event after event finish up at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas. The series has been fruitful for some, while others have had to settle for finis...