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.
Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is the world's biggest and most anticipated industry event. The 2016 international gaming trade show and conference “by the industry and for the industry” kicks off Monday, September 26...
A market research analyst of Technavio has been working on the online gambling market of the United States, evaluating the operations in the three states that offer such services; New Jersey, Delaware and Nevad...
Caesars Entertainment has updated its initial offer to junior bondholders for another $1.6 billion. With the latest addition to the initial $4 billion, the offer goes over $5 billion; it is, however, valid only...
The Sands Casino in Bethlehem opened in 2010 and since then has turned out to be one of the most popular casinos in Pennsylvania. The casino has reportedly filed plans with the Department of Community and Econo...
The American public may soon have another “rescue and makeover” television series to choose from as Gary Green, iconic casino “boss”, author, and television personality searches for casinos to “turn around” whe...
In Missouri, the mayor for the small town of Rockaway Beach has told residents that he intends to launch a second attempt to bring a casino to the resort community in the Ozark Mountains.
According to a repo...
The Cordish Cos which owns the Maryland Live casino announced earlier this month plans to develop a $200 million hotel and event center which would open in the first quarter of 2018. The new hotel would be deve...
Two firms that lost out on the contract to provide the computer network behind the Maryland Lottery could soon lodge formal complaints amid claims that the state agency behind the bidding process chose the high...
In South Dakota, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe has received federal approval for a new Class III gaming compact and will now be permitted to operate up to 1,000 slots at its Royal River Casino And Hotel near...
US based gaming company Scientific Games has signed a deal with Tioga Downs Casino & Resort to supply a wide range of games, systems and tables for the property’s expansion to a Class 3 commercial casino an...
The tourism department in Nevada has worked hard for the last twenty years to open a direct route from China to Las Vegas but it was only last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation approved nonstop fl...
In keeping with his assertion last September that legal sports betting in the U.S. is “inevitable,” former NBA Commissioner David Stern plans to speak at a gambling conference in Las Vegas next week in a show o...
In Atlantic City Tuesday, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority approved site plans for the new TEN casino resort to occupy premises and begin operations in time for an opening in the first quarter of ...
New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney has introduced new legislation that would alter the current licensing protocols for casinos in Atlantic City and disqualify applicants that had “substantially c...
Since July, more than 13 building permits have been filed with the City of Reno by the Eldorado, Circus Circus, and Silver Legacy casinos, indicating the three are in line for some major renovations, according ...