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.
American casino magnate Steve Wynn (pictured) may now reportedly be seeking to offload his around 12% stake in Wynn Resorts Limited following last week’s inking of a settlement agreement with former majority sh...
Reporting aggregate revenue of $110 million during February, Detroit’s three casinos saw a 6.1% drop compared with results from the same time last year. Revenue from January and February this year fell 3.3% fro...
American casino giant MGM Resorts International has announced that experienced cruise ship executive Jan Swartz (pictured) has been appointed to its twelve-member board of directors and will now work to help it...
Las Vegas-based private independent gaming testing laboratory BMM International LLC (BMM Testlabs) on Wednesday announced a new partnership with the American Gaming Association (AGA).
BMM Testlabs reportedly...
As the United States Supreme Court continues to consider its verdict in the Christie v NCAA federal lawsuit, the American Gaming Association has used college basketball as a way to illustrate why the Profession...
Last week reportedly saw the leader of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board tell state legislators that his body expects to begin accepting the first raft of applications for local online gaming licenses by th...
Las Vegas-based provider of games, systems and services for casino, lottery and social gaming Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) recently congratulated one of its longtime customers the Florida Lottery...
In West Virginia, Governor Jim Justice (pictured) has reportedly announced that he does not intend to veto a measure earlier ratified by both chambers of the state’s legislature that could bring sportsbetting t...
The Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino is the latest venue in the region to introduce a new system that monitors complimentary drink orders. While casinos are happy to have the new technology to track player ...
The month of February was a good one for the full-service casinos of Ohio. According to recent reports provided by the Ohio Casino Control Commission (pdf), the state saw a slight increase in earnings when comp...
Forbes recently published its World's Billionaires list and a number of casino tycoons from the US and abroad rank among them.
Despite descending one position in the overall ranking, Sheldon Adelson (picture...
Las Vegas Sands Corp. has raised its daily resort fees to $45 for its two Las Vegas properties including The Palazzo and The Venetian (pictured).
Over a three-year period, the Paradise-headquartered company ...
Last week, the World Series of Poker Circuit announced the schedule for the 2018 Global Casino Championship. This stop on the tour will conclude the 14th season with the Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort playing ...
American casino operator Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly announced that one of its board members resigned earlier this week with a second subsequently revealing that he is to stand down when his term expire...
Las Vegas-based maker of electronic gaming machines (EGMs) PlayAGS Inc, (NYSE: AGS) and the company’s primary operating entity, AGS LLC, has been named in a lawsuit filed in Nevada by casino equipment supplier ...