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.
Over the weekend, the MS Lucky Lady began offering service to visitors of the Rising Star Casino in Indiana. The ferryboat can carry as many as 150 vehicles or more across the Ohio River to provide transport to...
In New Jersey, the deal that was to have seen Stockton University purchase the 20-acre site that was once home to The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel has reportedly fallen through with no desired purchase price ever...
In Nevada, statewide aggregated gross gaming revenues reportedly dropped by 7.7% year-on-year last month to around $912.9 million as combined August visitor numbers for Las Vegas posted a 0.2% decrease to appro...
American electronic gaming machine supplier, PlayAGS Incorporated, has announced that it has become the first firm of its kind to sign a corporate sponsorship agreement with the Vegas Golden Knights franchise o...
Online and land-based gaming technology solutions firm, BetConstruct, has announced that it hopes to ‘impress all the top figures and decision-makers’ by exhibiting its wares at next month’s Global Gaming Expo ...
The latest edition of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) trade show is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month and the Greentube online and mobile software technologies subsidiary of Austrian gambling giant, ...
The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) is holding its annual conference in Cleveland this week and Intralot SA has announced that it is using the occasion to exhibit its full r...
Monica S. Digilio has been appointed by Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ :CZR ) as the company’s Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer.
According to the Monday press release f...
Casinos across the United States offer their players promotional opportunities where items can be won, such as event tickets, dining passes and even vehicles. In the state of New York, the Rivers Casino & R...
The regulations having taken effect on July 22, Mississippi’s launch of sports betting is already proving to benefit brick and mortar casinos in the state where overall casino revenue increased significantly in...
After earlier refusing to pay out on twelve bets it declared had been placed during an 18-second computer glitch on Sunday, New Jersey sportbook operator FanDuel Incorporated has now reportedly relented by anno...
PT’s Entertainment Group, a division of Golden Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ:GDEN), has acquired all three of the T-Bird Lounge & Restaurants' Las Vegas locations.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, after comp...
American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, has announced that it has entered into an agreement that is set to see it spend approximately $275 million in order to acquire all of the operating assets as...
After revealing last month that it was in “exclusive discussions” to sell the company, on Tuesday Las Vegas-based Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc. (NYSE MKT: UWN) announced that it had signed an agreement with M...
Top slot producer IGT has been working on a new game involving popular country artist, Blake Shelton. A new game titled, Blake Shelton Video Slot will be arriving at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ta...