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.
To provide additional space for overnight guests, Maryland Live! has been working on a new hotel complex that comes complete with a $200 million price tag. The hotel tower will include 310 guest rooms as well a...
In Ohio, players at the Jack Cleveland Casino may soon find it easier to access the downtown venue after operator Jack Entertainment reportedly spent an unspecified amount in order to purchase a 670-space parki...
When it closed on Jan. 13, 2014, the former Atlantic Club Casino Hotel was the first of four casinos in Atlantic City to do so, with Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort being the most recent on Oct. 10, 2016.
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Global leader in the gaming and lottery industries, Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) ("Scientific Games" or the "Company") recently announced that it was the recipient of three top honors, including ...
In June of this year, the Jamestown S’Kallam Tribe was able to reach a tentative agreement for a Class III gaming compact with Washington state and eventually approved to offer such gaming. The tribe is now pre...
The US subsidiary of the Novomatic Group, Novomatic Americas, has reportedly penned a multi-year agreement with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation-owned Foxwoods Resort Casino that will see 54 of the Austria...
American casino giant Caesars Entertainment Operating Company Incorporated has emerged from bankruptcy after completing a complicated restructuring plan that saw it shed approximately $10 billion in overall lia...
The United States Supreme Court has reportedly scheduled a date to hear oral arguments as part of the lawsuit brought by New Jersey that seeks to overturn a 25-year-old piece of federal legislation that bans sp...
Over the past few months, the United States has been among the locations that have been battered by hurricanes. First, Hurricane Harvey devastated the state of Texas, while Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 hurrican...
In Arizona, the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino’s 242 guest rooms are reportedly in the midst of a $3 million upgrade. The project began in July and is expected to be completed mid-December, according to AZ ...
Having secured the Main Event win during the 2017 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker in August, Art Papazyan continued his success by winning the Main Event of the WPT Maryland Live! Art finished first in the bi...
In a press release earlier this week, the Attorney General of Alabama announced that multiple lawsuits had been filed to stop the operation of illegal gambling machines. AG Steve Marshall filed the lawsuits aga...
The plan from Golden Entertainment Incorporated to purchase casino holding firm American Casino and Entertainment Properties reportedly took a giant step forward on Wednesday after it received the unanimous app...
Fines totaling $77,500 against three Pennsylvania casinos for various infractions were reportedly approved by the state’s Gaming Control Board recently.
The operator of the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Holdi...
The Tule River Indian Tribe has a new Class III compact with the State of California as Assembly Bill 394 was signed by Gov. Jerry Brown Jr. on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017.
The bill, which was authored by Assembly...