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.
After first opening 110 years ago, Rockingham Park is preparing to close permanently. Located in Salem, the horse racing venue was a staple in the community for years, with live horse racing taking place until ...
One of the leading US gaming operators of over 20 properties, Boyd Gaming, have announced yesterday that they would be giving matching donations of up to $50,000 to the Red Cross in Louisiana, as a way to help ...
Billionaire and owner of the Trump Taj Mahal casino, Carl Icahn had announced earlier this month that he intended to shut down the troubled Trump Taj Mahal casino on October 10 as a result of the casino continu...
The referendum to move casinos out of Atlantic City goes to vote on November 8th and both opponents and proponents of the referendum are campaigning hard to sway voters to their side of thinking. Assemblyman Ra...
An opening date has yet to be announced for the $360 million Hollywood Casino Jamul, which is situated on the tribe’s federally recognized reservation in East County, San Diego.
In the interim, chairwoman of...
Designated player card games or banked card games which were introduced in 2012 have grown extremely popular in Florida but have been under threat since 2015 after the state gaming regulator wanted to do away t...
Even though officials of Nevada have yet to approve the cash to create a new stadium and the owners of NFL teams have yet to decide if the Oakland Raiders will be allowed to move to Las Vegas, developments in t...
In the span of just a few weeks, The Pas, a town in Manitoba, Canada, has lost three of its major employers, the latest of which is a gaming venue. The Aseneskak Casino will likely close and be relocated closer...
People who love to gamble but who hate having to deal with the cigarette smoke present in most casinos can now enjoy Western Iowa’s first non-smoking room at the WinnaVegas Casino Resort.
Up until about a we...
The Garlic City Card Room will soon have a new home as the city Planning Commission approved a proposed move of the gaming venue. Garlic City is the only card room in the city of Gilroy, California that would l...
The Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County will be considering a contract this Tuesday between the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s department based on the new alc...
Gamblers visiting the MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Michigan had to wait several hours after earning wins at the venue due to a computer glitch. The glitch caused the paper ticket which listed money earned to be...
Jack Entertainment is investing heavily in the Greektown area of Detroit, working on the soon to be renamed Greektown Casino-Hotel. The casino will be known as the Jack Detroit Casino Hotel Greektown in 2017 an...
The Lucky Dragon Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas has announced their new culinary portfolio, with five new restaurant concepts being revealed by the venue. The Lucky Drago has worked with Willy Ng of San Franci...
The United States has been given one last chance in an online gambling dispute with Antigua and Barbuda before copyright sanctions will be implemented by Prime Minister Gaston Browne. As Prime Minister of Antig...