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.
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...
The World Series of Poker Circuit will end its 12th season with the 2016 World Series of Poker Global Casino Championship, an event scheduled for this August at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort. The event will b...
New Jersey has tried before to take over the entire financial responsibility of running Atlantic City in an attempt to turn around the financial woes that the city is facing, which has driven it to the verge of...
The American Automobile Association has recognized the Seneca Nation's casino and resort operations in Western New York for excellence in the hospitality industry.
On Friday, representatives from the Seneca ...
Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto is being urged by several Democratic state lawmakers to post a bill that would allow a takeover of Atlantic City’s government by the state.
This weekend, a letter was sent to ...
Ho-Chunk Inc., the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska’s economic development wing, is planning to build a sports bar and simulcast wagering center and short horse track at the site of the now-shuttered Atokad Downs in...
In the past, the Gold Spike Casino was considered a cheap option for Las Vegas visitors, offering low cost hotel rooms and plenty of slot games. Filled with smoke since 1976, the venue has changed owners severa...
For the last decade, Wynn Resorts has used a tip-pooling program at their Las Vegas properties. Back in February, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of San Francisco decided to reverse a ruling of the lower ...
A ruling in favor of Grand Casino regarding damage sustained to the Biloxi Schooner Pier by Hurricane Katrina has been reversed by the Mississippi Supreme Court. The case will be returned to the Circuit Court s...
Prairie Meadows’ nonprofit status is facing a federal review, raising big concerns for the state’s largest casino in Altoona.
Every year, Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino pays more than $14 million to pa...