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.
In just a few short weeks, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has plans to open a Class II gaming facility. The former Livingston Entertainment Center on its reservation is being converted by the tribe into N...
The San Carlos Apache Nation has broken ground on its new tribal casino in Pinal County, Apache Sky, located in central Arizona.
Located near Dudleyville, the 170-acre site is located on the southern end of ...
The Par-A-Dice Riverboat Casino located on the Illinois River in East Peoria, Illinois has announced it is reducing its hours of operation from Sunday to Thursday.
Instead of opening at 6 a.m. and reopening ...
It looks as though Georgia residents who wish to gamble will have to continue to do so outside of their state after lawmakers failed to bring the casino legislation to the House floor for vote by a key deadline...
Jacob T. from California definitely won’t forget playing at Bovada Casino after he hit a mouth watering progressive jackpot of over $100,000 on Caribbean Hold’em poker. Even though such wins are usually associa...
The Ho-Chunk Nation operates several venues in the state of Wisconsin, including a casino gaming property in Madison. The tribe is currently preparing to apply for a liquor license to be able to serve alcohol a...
On Tuesday afternoon, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will be hosting a hearing to discuss the proposed casino to be constructed on the Brockton Fairgrounds. The facility has been proposed by Mass Gaming &a...
A “proposed committee substitute” to be considered today by Florida's House Finance and Tax Committee would keep most of the proposed Seminole compact intact and expand gambling in more areas of the state. It ...
A bill floated on behalf of West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin would strip funding from the state's horse tracks four years earlier than planned, reaping an estimated $9 million a year for the general reve...
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is currently in the process of working on a new casino in the La Center area, and part of the construction consists of creating a sewer line. The tribe agreed with the city to pay for a...
The Palm Restaurant will be closing this month for renovations that will take around a year to complete. Workers of the restaurant will be displaced until the restaurant is up and running again. Wendy Hamilton,...
Rhode Island is looking to counter the competition from Massachusetts’s gambling industry by proposing to build a new casino in Tiverton, which is not very far from the Massachusetts’s state border. The Twin Ri...
According to information from the Ohio Department of Taxation, (pdf) over the past two years casino revenue for Clark and Champaign counties has remained relatively flat.
However, compared to 2013, revenue i...
Friday saw the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City come out of bankruptcy thanks to billionaire investor, Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises LP. The property had been in Chapter 11 and Icahn's buyout of the deb...
On March 1st, North America’s largest resort casino, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, will launch FoxPerx, an exciting new daily slots bonusing program for members of its Foxwood Rewards. Me...