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.
Last year saw the 238 tribes running gaming operations in the United States report an almost 5% increase year-on-year in gross gaming revenues to $29.9 billion with a majority of these at 57% generating less th...
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has upheld the earlier dismissal of a lawsuit brought against international casino operator Wynn Resorts by the Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System o...
The Twin River Management Group’s campaign effort to persuade voters in Rhode Island to approve the proposed $75 million Tiverton casino, which will be situated near the Massachusetts state border, has kicked o...
The oldest operating casino in Nevada, the Railroad Pass Hotel And Casino, has welcomed a recent decision by Henderson City Council that will allow it to expand via the construction of a ten-acre travel center....
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Florida are looking to drop a regulation that governs banked card games or designated player games but a number of gambling operators in the state have ...
The long-running attempt by Malaysian firm Genting Group to open a casino in downtown Miami has taken another turn after the neighboring resort city of Miami Beach filed a legal brief opposing the plan.
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The management company for Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort has “permanently withdrawn” a health insurance offer it made to striking workers at the Atlantic City venue after their union failed to put the proposal ...
The Public Utilities Commission in the state of Nevada has been asked by several casino gaming venues as of late for permission to leave NV Energy and use other providers for their electricity needs. The latest...
In northern California, the federally-recognized Mechoopda Indian Tribe Of Chico Rancheria could finally be allowed to open a casino after a federal judge upheld a previous land-into-trust ruling over the objec...
In 2015, a new state law was enacted within the state of Indiana that would allow the ten riverboat casinos in the state to create a land-based venue near their current river location. The first riverboat opera...
The 12 casinos located in the state of Pennsylvania have done well over the past few months in regards to revenue earnings, with the fiscal year just coming to completion. Revenue reports show that the fiscal y...
The owner of the giant Mohegan Sun, the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, is interested in purchasing a Las Vegas casino property that fell into bankruptcy while under construction in 2009.
According to a rep...
The Santa Ana Star Casino located on the Jemez Dam Road off NM 550 near Bernalillo, New Mexico opened its doors to the public back in 1993 and in doing so became the first tribal casino to operate in New Mexico...
The United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced this past Friday that they were able to reach an agreement with the owners of the Hawaiian Gardens Casino, a card club of California, for violati...
The Borgata Poker Open is a much-anticipated poker tournament event that takes place each year at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Players come from across the United States as w...