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.
It took one week for the legislature of Nevada to decide to pass plans to begin the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas for the Oakland Raiders. On Friday, lawmakers approved a tax increase of almost 1% on h...
Gaming regulators in the state of New Jersey have released the figures for September, which revealed that casinos in the Garden State saw a decrease in revenue earnings when comparing the month this year to las...
The San Carlos Apache Nation hopes to open its Apache Sky Casino located near Dudleyville on a 170-acre site on the southern end of its reservation in Arizona by mid-January 2017 at the latest.
While some of...
A judge in Iowa gave the winner of a Hot Lotto jackpot the green light to proceed with a lawsuit against the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and the state lottery that contends if a lottery vendor had no...
At this point, there is a 50/50 chance that online casino gaming will be legalized and regulated in the state of Pennsylvania, at least as far as Representative John Payne is concerned. Payne recently provided ...
Issue 5 was set to be voted on this November, giving residents in Arkansas the right to choose if they would like to see casinos allowed in three counties of the state. Supporters of Issue 5 felt that the propo...
In California, a state appeals court has ruled against the United Auburn Indian Community in an action that was designed to stop the rival Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe Of Enterprise Rancheria from opening its plann...
Yesterday, Paul Tate, a former employee of PokerStars, plead guilty to operating an illegal gambling business. Tate is an individual involved in an extensive case in the United States against the iPoker industr...
As New Jersey voters prepare to go to the polls next month to decide whether to approve a constitutional amendment permitting two new casinos for the north of the state, legislation detailing exactly how any fu...
Ahead of its planned premiere in February, the Del Lago Resort And Casino has opened a recruitment and employment office in order to help the coming upstate New York facility fill some 1,800 positions.
Accor...
After last month purchasing the casino and racetrack operations of The Meadows Racetrack And Casino for $138 million, Pinnacle Entertainment Incorporated has now revealed an extensive plan designed to transform...
Included in a flurry of decisions today the Arkansas Supreme Court decided that citizens of the state will not get to decide whether to legalize three new casinos.
Apparently, the ballot referendum didn't fa...
Isle Of Capri Casinos Incorporated has signed a deal that will see it sell its Lady Luck Casino Marquette riverboat establishment in north-eastern Iowa to fellow American casino operator CQ Holdings Company Inc...
The three casinos in Detroit saw their aggregate September revenues drop by 3.2% month-on-month to hit $112.2 million although the figure represented a 4.3% increase when compared to the same 30-day period in 2...
A Video Gaming Coalition made up of trade groups in Indiana hosted a special event at the Patrician Banquet Center on October 12 to promote and push for the legalization of video gaming terminals (VGTs) at bars...