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.
Steve Wynn is planning quite the transformation for the golf course behind his Las Vegas resorts. The expansive new development includes a 38-acre lagoon attraction, 1,000-room hotel tower, meeting space, resta...
After new evidence was uncovered of their plot to rig lottery jackpots, charges have been filed against the brother of a former lottery security director by authorities in Iowa.
Felony charges of ongoing cri...
Century Casinos, Inc. (nasdaq:cnty) announced this week that their award winning Century Casino & Hotel Central City has been named as "Best Casino in Denver" by CityVoter.com. The polling firm tabulated vo...
With Atlantic City’s May bond payment looming, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie won’t intervene as the once thriving gambling mecca inches closer to financial ruin and a takeover bill gathers dust in the stat...
American Environmental, Inc, a company of Holyoke, has been put in charge of the demolition work for the MGM Springfield project, and this week began the demolition on Howard Street with the former YWCA buildin...
This article has been updated.
Earlier this week it was reported that the state of Alabama had become the 12th state in the US to decide that daily fantasy sports were considered illegal gambling. Now, it ha...
Starting on 12th of May and lasting over the following four days, the largest poker tournament in Michigan is scheduled to take place at the excellent Poker Room at FireKeepers Casino Hotel. The qualifiers for ...
Slightly more than 1,700 hotel and casino workers will be employed by the three Quad-Cities casino companies once neighboring Jumer's Casino & Hotel’s land-based operation in Rock Island is joined by Rhythm...
Joining several other states across the country, Alabama’s attorney general has declared that daily fantasy sports (DFS) are considered illegal gambling and ordered the top operators in the industry to cease an...
Yesterday marked the groundbreaking ceremony of the Project First Light Resort and Casino, a project of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts. This will be the first resort casino of the state and with t...
Atlantic City has accumulated a large amount of debt during the last decade due to the collapse of its once vibrant casino industry and owes millions in outstanding payments. The city’s biggest debtor right is ...
On Tuesday, the Lottery and Gaming Control Agency released figures that show March makes the fourth consecutive month of revenue gains for Maryland casinos.
During the month of March, the state’s five casino...
On Monday, a news conference and ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by CEO Jim Murren, Gov. Brian Sandoval, and others, kicked off MGM Resorts International’s celebration of the $100 million Park entertainment di...
Despite an Alabama Supreme Court ruling last week overturning a lower court’s ruling issued in 2015 in favor of VictoryLand in a forfeiture case, owner Milton McGregor said at a press conference on Monday that ...
The casinos in the state of Pennsylvania continue to do well in regards to slot machine gaming, with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board releasing reports yesterday showing the slot revenue totals have increa...