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 Atlantic City, the city council has reportedly voted to ask the state to fund a study into the possibility of creating a miniature power grid that would supply electricity, heating and cooling services to as...
An executive for Summerlin-based Stations Casinos LLC reportedly told the Gaming Control Board on Wednesday that the company has begun or is in the planning stage of renovating a buffet and cafe and adding 280 ...
In Pennsylvania, Las Vegas Sands Corporation has reportedly reached a deal in principle to offload its Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to rival casino operator MGM Resorts International for around $1.3 billion.
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The newest casino and hotel facility in the state of Kansas is less than one month away from opening. Officials of the Kansas Crossing Casino & Hotel have announced that the facility has scheduled its grand...
The Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, now most well-known as the Ho-Chunk Nation, has responded to numerous claims from the rival Stockbridge-Munsee Band Of Mohican Indians and defended the legality of a key part of i...
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 ...