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 New Jersey, official figures from the Division Of Gaming Enforcement show that overall land-based casino win for August dropped by 6.7% year-on-year to $229.78 million while the figure for the eastern state’...
Beginning in mid-October, the Rivers Casino of Schenectady will begin to offer a dealer school course lasting ten weeks. The casino will need to fill 300 dealer positions and are hoping to train individuals dur...
The effort to bring casinos to three counties in Arkansas is reportedly being opposed to the tune of more than $100,000 by the owners of the southern state’s two racetracks that already allow electronic gamblin...
The Aseneskak is a casino located in The Pas, owned by the Manitoba First Nations. The group announced late last month that plans had been created to move the venue to a larger area in the province, relocating ...
Philadelphia based SugarHouse Casino has launched an online gambling site in New Jersey. As was revealed by the operator, the destination would work under Golden Nugget’s gaming license and it will be operated ...
Wild Rose Casinos which operates casinos in Jefferson, Clinton and Emmetsburg has teamed up with developers Hunter Parks and Steve Emerson to propose a boutique casino in Cedar Rapids. This new casino proposal ...
Representatives from the United States Department Of Justice and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) used the recent National AML Conference in Nevada to deliver a strong message on money launderi...
Arizona Assistant State Attorney General Roger Banan has testified under oath that he deliberately destroyed notes resulting from meetings related to the Tohono O’odham casino in Glendale. Under the direction o...
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, billionaire casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson has stated that poker is gambling. Adelson is known as one of the worst enemies of online gambling, thus this statement of his doesn...
The area of Long Beach, Mississippi is currently being considered a possible site for a new casino, with the Long Beach Harbor Resort LLC company showing interest. Developers have offered to purchase the yacht ...
The Village of Islandia and Delaware North are named in a suit filed in State Supreme Court in Riverhead on Wednesday that seeks to nullify a vote last month approving a Suffolk OTB video lottery casino in the ...
Fresh from entering into a definitive agreement to purchase Canadian rival DEQ Systems Corporation for around $20.7 million and giant gaming technology provider Scientific Games Corporation has revealed an exte...
Daily fantasy sports contest provider DraftKings Incorporated has reportedly held periodic merger talks with one of its largest competitors over the past 18 months although no deal is imminent.
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One of the largest poker tournaments series in the United States will be returning to the Baltimore area later this month as the World Poker Tour (WPT) visits the Maryland Live! Casino for an eleven-event extra...
In California, the Pauma Band Of Luiseno Mission Indians Of The Pauma And Yuima Reservation is set to receive more than $36 million in cash after the western state’s governor signed legislation into law intende...