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.
Ahead of the opening of its MGM Springfield casino resort in Massachusetts, MGM Resorts International has announced plans to establish a nearby casino gambling floor staff and table games dealer school while ad...
The World Series of Poker is a much-anticipated tournament series that takes place each year in Las Vegas at the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino. Players travel from around the world to take part in various ev...
For months now, the hot topic in the state of New Jersey has been a casino expansion. For decades, the only area in the state to offer casino gaming has been Atlantic City. Over the past few years, the gambling...
Despite having its updated gambling compact approved by Democratic governor Jerry Brown late last month, the Buena Vista Rancheria Of Me-Wuk Indians still faces a fight to open a casino in Amador County.
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American casino operator Tropicana Entertainment has announced that it will begin work on a $50 million expansion project for its Tropicana Evansville property next week with the entire process expected to be c...
Finally, things have moved forward for the Las Vegas Convention Center after tourism officials gave the green light for the recommendation for a $1.4 billion project. Plans to renovate and expand the Convention...
New Jersey legalized online poker back in 2013 and is one of the three states in America to have regulated online poker. The revenue generated from the online poker market in the Garden State has not come anywh...
The U.S. Department of Justice is standing by the Bureau of Indian Affair’s (BIA) decision in September which granted the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s land-into-trust application for 151 acres in Taunton for the t...
It has been some time since a state in the US has decided to rule against daily fantasy sports contests. For a while, it seemed that almost every week a different state was coming forward to declare the activit...
On Wednesday, the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino is planning to host a job fair with several positions available. The event will take place from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. with the venue seeking individuals to work i...
The fate of the state’s online gambling bill that sits in the Senate is no closer to being decided, as Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced Sunday night that he would let a $31 billion spending bill passed ...
A group known as the Las Vegas Economic Impact Regional Center (LVEIRC) is in the process of developing the Lucky Dragon Hotel and Casino on the Vegas Strip and is expected to launch before the end of this year...
In Washington, The Confederated Tribes Of The Colville Reservation has announced plans to spend around $1 million in order to open a small casino at its Rainbow Beach Resort development in the small town of Inc...
MGM Resorts International has been unhappy ever since Connecticut’s Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Sun tribes proposed to build a new tribal casino near the Connecticut and Massachusetts state border. The trib...
In July 2015, the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada launched a nonprofit initiative in its continuing effort to support the local community, and on Friday, July 8, the second annual Music for a ...