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.
The Shawnee Tribe's plan to build the Golden Mesa Casino near Guymon, Oklahoma has progressed at an unprecedented pace as the Governor of the state has given the tribe approval to build, completing a two-step p...
A recently inked multi-year contract for ticket vending machines has been declared void by a Leon County Circuit Court judge who ruled that the Florida Lottery failed to secure legislative approval prior to the...
In Connecticut, the long-running effort by MGM Resorts International to stop the passage of proposed legislation that would allow the state to open a third tribal casino took another turn yesterday after the fi...
After officially opening its casino to bumper crowds on February 8, the Rivers Casino And Resort Schenectady has held a special ceremony to inaugurate its Splash Spa facility.
The $330 million upstate New Yo...
Maryland’s six casinos brought in big money for the state last month as revenue totaled $128.7 million compared to February 2016 when revenue was recorded at $93.2 million, an increase of 38 percent.
The fig...
After revealing in November that it intended to conduct up to two independent market studies concerning the viability of a casino for the Linn County city of Cedar Rapids, the Iowa Racing And Gaming Commission ...
Texas is one of a handful of states in the US that has continued to shy away from casino gambling, with a long-standing ban on such activities in place. Now it seems one Representative of the state would like t...
After breaking ground on its replacement Soboba Casino in southern California late last month, the Soboba Band Of Luiseno Indians has now announced that it expects the new 729,000 sq ft facility to be open by t...
A south Florida sportsbetting advisor who had claimed to be “the sports consultant to the stars” has reportedly been sentenced to serve eight years in prison after pleading guilty in September to five federal c...
The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe announced today that it intends to withhold a revenue sharing payment of $923,000 from the State of Wisconsin as the tribe believes the state has violated their Tribal/State gaming ...
American casino giant MGM Resorts International has reportedly emerged as the mysterious party that last week entered into talks with rival Las Vegas Sands Corporation about the possibility of purchasing the Sa...
Editor's note 3/08/2017: This article has been updated to convey a message from Wynn Resorts' Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Michael Weaver, that contrary to what MGC Chairman Stephen Cr...
In January, reports surfaced that lawmakers in Illinois were going to consider a casino gambling expansion that would raise much-needed revenues for the state. Lawmakers are struggling to find a way to create r...
In accord with Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo's joint resolution in the Assembly that progressed in January, New Jersey state Senator Jim Whelan is making moves in his chamber to ask the current federal government ...
After opening on February 27th, Jake’s 58 Hotel and Casino of Islandia, New York has seen a great deal of traffic. The casino’s opening was highly anticipated by patrons and after a quiet soft opening just a fe...