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 New Jersey, the man behind racetrack operator Meadowlands Racing and Entertainment has reportedly declared that the state should wait until casinos have opened in southern New York before revisiting legislat...
Officials from the Island View Casino Resort were on hand Wednesday, May 24 to break ground on a new addition that will expand the casino’s floor space to 123,000 square feet, making it the largest on the Missi...
In Louisiana, state police have reportedly arrested a local man and woman accused of partnering with a craps dealer in order to cheat at a suburban New Orleans casino owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation.
Accord...
Undercover investigations into several internet cafes in Ocala, Florida have now resulted in the shutdown of four such establishments.
The cafés are supposed to operate games of skill but investigations comp...
Attempts to legalize online gambling in Pennsylvania took a giant step forward yesterday after the Pennsylvania State Senate passed proposed legislation that would allow the state’s twelve casinos along with it...
Legislation that would allow the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation to open a commercial casino in the northern Connecticut community of East Windsor has reportedly been p...
The second of nine former members of the Winnebago Tribe Of Nebraska’s tribal council charged with theft from the WinnaVegas Casino Resort has reportedly pled guilty in Nebraska after working out a deal with fe...
By June 18th, the poker gaming options in Las Vegas will be a little bit smaller. The MGM-owned Luxor Casino has announced this is the day they will be shutting down their poker room. The closure of the Luxor c...
In Massachusetts, a federal appeals court has reportedly issued a ruling that temporarily stops the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) from establishing a Class II gambling operation on the island of Martha...
In Mississippi, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is reportedly facing the prospect of being required to hold a tribal referendum to officially ratify a proposition that would see it spend about $25 milli...
In Oklahoma, efforts by the federally-recognized Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma to launch an international online gaming website could be in jeopardy after the National Indian Gaming Commission reportedly revealed that...
A bill that would regulate and tax daily fantasy sports (DFS) was approved by a wide margin on Monday by New Jersey's Democrat-led Assembly.
A 3532, legislation that would oversee the DFS industry, which inc...
After years of struggle, it seems the casinos of Atlantic City are finally on an upward trend. One official associated with the gaming industry has now stated that the casinos of the gambling city are showing p...
The industry pioneer, GameCo, Inc., announced on Monday that they had recently deployed half a dozen video game gambling machines ("VGM"™) at Foxwoods® Resort Casino in Mashantucket, CT. GameCo made history in ...
Ahead of a looming Friday deadline, legislators in Pennsylvania are reportedly hoping to pass a measure that would reinstate a version of the eastern state’s controversial casino host fees policy so that local ...