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 effort to bring casinos to three counties in Arkansas could be in jeopardy after an official appointed by the southern state’s highest court found that numerous signatures collected in favor of a November b...
As of yesterday, billionaire investor Carl Icahn has confirmed that the former Showboat Casino of Atlantic City can now operate as a non-casino hotel. A spokesman for Icahn confirmed that the investor and a dev...
American casino operator Red Rock Resorts Incorporated has announced that its Station Casinos subsidiary has finalized its purchase of the troubled Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas from creditors for a total co...
After Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange sent joint letters to the Macon County sheriff, district attorney, and officials in Lowndes County on September 22 requesting their assi...
The Seminole Tribe Of Florida is in federal court this week arguing that it should be able to keep the sole right to offer “banked” card games such as blackjack at most of its casinos in the southern state.
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The Las Vegas Sands Corp is trying to recover $6.4 million in gambling debts from two VIP Chinese gamblers who blew millions in just a couple of days playing baccarat – a game that is very popular with Chinese ...
MGM Resorts confirmed that it will open its MGM National Harbor casino in Prince George’s county, Maryland on December 8, 2016 and will become the 6th casino to open in Maryland. MGM which invested $1.4 billion...
The office of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said on Monday that money from the Horseshoe Baltimore casino has helped 300 of the city’s residents find jobs, reports The Baltimore Sun.
Since it opened its doo...
David Stern – the former NBA Commissioner was one of those individuals who was opposed to legalizing the sports betting industry in the United States and in 2012 stated that if sports betting was legalized it w...
Some of the most basic casino cheating scams such as grab-and-run thefts and chip pilfering can be the hardest to stop according to James Taylor, Special Investigations And Support Services Deputy Chief for the...
The North Jersey referendum to allow casinos outside of Atlantic City appears to be a failure after Jeff Gural and Paul Fireman decided in late September to withdraw their support of the ‘Our Turn NJ campaign’....
Docked and closed for business since 2008, the future of the Casino Rock Island riverboat could soon include new ownership and a repurposing as an excursion boat in New Orleans.
At daybreak on Friday, the fo...
In Oklahoma, the federally-recognized Chickasaw Nation has completed the remodeling of its Chisholm Trail Casino and the tribe is now celebrating its facility’s new look by holding a month-long series of specia...
It seems every state in the US is looking at daily fantasy sports betting in some form or fashion within the past few months. Since last year, DFS contests have taken center stage with some states choosing to c...
Rent paid by the Golden Nugget casino intended to go to the city of Biloxi, but that inadvertently went into the state general fund, has made its way to the Mississippi city.
The $2.6 million, which is most ...