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 2015, New Jersey’s casinos paid $237.09 million in gaming tax revenue, substantially less than what casinos in other states pay.
The state’s gross casino gaming revenue was $2.563 billion in 2015. New Jer...
Legislators within the state of Pennsylvania have been considering a variety of ways in which to expand the gambling industry, especially within the past few months. So much so, that it seems lawmakers cannot d...
A referendum vote will be held by secret ballot on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, to help tribal members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe decide whether to replace the existing Palace Casino and Hotel with a new casino...
On Friday, Maryland Lottery and Gaming released the figures for April in regards to casino gaming for the state, with the gaming venues seeing an increase of just over 30% when comparing year-on-year totals. In...
A group of Wichita based investors led by brothers Brandon and Rodney Steven saw their casino hopes dashed by the Kansas Supreme Court as the Justices rejected their appeal on Friday.
In late January the cou...
As lawmakers in Connecticut continue to consider two pieces of rival legislation relating to the proposed expansion of casino gambling in the eastern state, the joint venture of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Author...
The first Saturday in May brings the culmination of the two weeks long Kentucky Derby Festival with a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbreds; the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ken...
After closing its Santa Ysabel Resort And Casino in February of 2014 due to debts of around $50 million, the Iipay Nation Of Santa Ysabel has reportedly turned the shuttered venue's 35,000 sq ft California gami...
Since September, the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe have been working on their new casino gaming venue, within the St. Croix Casino Hertel and Hertel Express of Wisconsin. The cost of the project remains unknown, but...
The Parx Casino, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is preparing for a major renovation. The gaming venue announced this week that $50 million will be spent on an expansion that will see two restaurants added to...
The prospects of proposed legislation that could see Connecticut open a third casino could reportedly be helped by the possibility that the eastern state’s $5 billion budget deficit is set to grow due to plumme...
The AAA Four Diamond Rating is provided only to venues that offer the very best for their customers. Fewer than 6% of the nearly 28,000 AAA approved hotels have the ability to achieve a Four Diamond rating and ...
In efforts to reach out to the millennial audience, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have focused their efforts on offering new skill-based games. Gamblit Gaming is a skill-based gaming developer who has c...
American casino giant MGM Resorts International is teaming up with multi-national sportsbetting and gaming firm GVC Holdings in order to launch an online casino and poker offering for players in New Jersey unde...
All of Oregon's commercial poker rooms could be headed toward closure if the Senate and Gov. Kate Brown sign onto a bill that was passed in the Oregon House last Thursday. HB 2190 (.pdf) which modifies the defi...