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.
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 ...
The Hollywood Park Casino Company announced on Friday that the new Cary Grant Pavilion at its new Hollywood Park Casino (HPC), located adjacent to the City of Champions Revitalization Project just steps away fr...
On the morning of Friday, July 8 at approximately 6am, about 900 Local 54 UNITE HERE hospitality workers from the Trump Taj Mahal entered week two of the strike against the casino once owned by presumptive Repu...
The owner of Rivers Casino is suing the Pennsylvania Department Of Revenue in order to challenge a local share tax that it has paid to Allegheny County and the city of Pittsburgh since opening in 2009.
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In April of last year, Sands Bethlehem asked permission of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to install new electronic table games on the casino game floor. Permission was granted and the casino has now fin...
Dover Downs Hotel And Casino in Delaware has announced that it has seen an “enthusiastic reaction” to a pair of games it recently sent out to patrons following the signing of a deal with software-as-a-service f...
In New York, the 3,600-slot Seneca Niagara Casino And Hotel has officially reopened its Western Door Steakhouse following a $5 million renovation that has seen the restaurant add a bistro area complete with a l...
In California, a plan from the federally-recognized Wilton Rancheria tribe to build a $400 million casino resort on 35.9 acres of land in Sacramento County was recently debated at a local town hall-style meetin...
The Normandie Casino is known as the oldest card club in California, a venue that has fell on hard times for the past few months. Just a few months ago, the card club saw the gaming licenses revoked by the Cal...
Gulfport Gaming Development LLC would like to build a casino along a harbor in the Gulfport area where the company has a 60 year lease. The developers have asked the Mississippi Gaming Commission for site appro...
Pennsylvania casinos had a good year in terms of revenue, with gamblers leaving approximately $2.4 billion in gaming machines in 2015-16. Even though this number is below the record high slot revenue of $2.5 bi...
June revenue for Ohio casinos and racinos was down 5.4 percent from last month, according to a monthly casino revenue report (pdf) from the Ohio Casino Control Commission. It was the second consecutive month of...
The investigation that led to a casino supervisor, dealer and patron of the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs being charged with conspiring to cheat at roulette and split thousands of dollars illegally obtaine...
After undergoing a $40 million expansion that saw the addition of a 117-room hotel complete with a fitness center, grand ballroom, outdoor terrace, indoor swimming pool and more than 3,000 sq ft of meeting spac...