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 California, the Sycuan Band Of The Kumeyaay Nation reportedly broke ground yesterday on the planned $226 million expansion of its Sycuan Casino that will see the San Diego County facility add an eleven-story...
American casino operator Penn National Gaming Incorporated is set to almost double its casino estate in the southern state of Mississippi after agreeing deals that will see it spend $44 million in order to acqu...
Legislators in Pennsylvania are reportedly hoping that soon-to-appear legislation that would permit licensed liquor establishments, truck stops and off-track betting parlors to operate video gaming terminals ha...
In what could best be described as a bittersweet victory for the franchise, the Raiders are leaving Oakland for Las Vegas, after a 31-1 vote by NFL owners on Monday.
The vote that will relocate the Raiders t...
The countdown is on for the long-awaited opening of Kansas Crossing Casino & Hotel, which will open its doors to everyone on March 31 when the facility has its soft opening, with a grand opening and ribbon ...
In South Dakota, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe have signed short-term extensions to their Class III gaming compacts despite an ongoing dispute concerning the number of slots non-aborigi...
A public hearing date has been set for this week to allow the public to have their say on a proposal to construct a new casino in southern Maine. The well-funded proposal has been criticized by many parties, in...
All 32 National Football League team owners could meet as early as Monday to vote on a proposed move by the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas.
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports tweeted last week that a vote on the p...
Efforts to bring casino gambling to the Granite State paid off on Thursday, after a bill passed the full New Hampshire Senate at 13 votes to 10. SB 242 calls for the opening of two casinos in the state, with a ...
Sheldon Adelson, owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. gambling company, has been named the world's richest gambling billionaire, according to Forbes Magazine. With his $30.4 billion fortune, Adelson is the 20th w...
After months of back and forth on Twitter, poker pros Cate Hall and Mike Dentale finally completed their grudge match with Hall earning the victory. On March 19th, Hall and Dentale took to the felt at the Sugar...
Las Vegas casino owner Derek Stevens was set to earn a $1 million payout if Michigan was able to pull out the win during the 2017 March Madness tournament. The Wolverines were the seventh-seeded team in the ser...
A resolution that would have allowed casinos to be constructed in North Dakota outside of reservation lands was defeated yesterday in a major fashion. Lawmakers voted against House Concurrent Resolution 3033 by...
Update: Please see comments below for an in-depth rundown on the history of this issue and more. ed.
American casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corporation has reportedly told officials in Louisiana that th...
In spite of warnings almost 10 years ago that compulsive gambling would increase when Western Pennsylvania's first legal casino, The Meadows, opened, no such spike is apparent.
On Thursday, the Council on Co...