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.
On January 7 a public hearing will be held in Trenton on one of two competing plans to offer New Jersey voters the option to authorize two new casinos in the northern part of the state.
The hearing at the Ca...
The Ohio Legislature's Joint Committee on Gaming and Wagering recommended yesterday that the practice of un-taxed promotional freebies at racinos and casinos of Ohio should be reconsidered. Over $650 million in...
The full-fledged casino of Tioga Downs in New York needs staff, so the venue has begun the hiring process. On Monday the gaming facility began to collect applications via a career summit, to fill the 445 positi...
Pickle & Jam – A Social Eatery is the latest restaurant addition to be complete for the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi. Once a food court, the 7,500 square-foot restaurant made the transit...
Strong performances by casinos in Mississippi’s Gulf Coast drove statewide casino revenue up three percent in November.
Figures released last week by the State Revenue Department show casinos won $161 millio...
Caesars Entertainment is teetering on a fall into bankruptcy with every court decision shifting the balance toward demise or recovery. Last week a Chicago appeals court returned the issue to bankruptcy court wh...
The edge of wine country in California’s Santa Ynez Valley is the site of the latest water war. A group of landowners there are rolling the dice with an 1897 lawsuit in an attempt to stop an expansion of the Ch...
It’s less than six months since the Plainridge Park Casino resort opened to the public and the signs so far are not very encouraging. The casino opened amidst a lot of publicity back in June 2015 and in doing s...
This past Tuesday, Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment acquired a small slot machine route operator for $20 million. The company purchased manages 1,000 slot machines in taverns, bars and convenience stores.
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A year ago, the Blackstone Group decided to take control of the Cosmopolitan, a resort located on the Strip of Las Vegas. Bill McBeath held the CEO position and walked into the casino knowing that the property ...
A case is currently being considered by the Florida Supreme Court that has the potential to change the gaming landscape of the state, specifically for rural Gadsden County, Gretna Racing and the Poarch Creek In...
The U.S. state of Georgia is gearing up for a fight to decide gambling's future there. The fight will see titans battle for the hearts, minds, and possibly pocketbooks (political campaigns) of lawmakers in the ...
On December 18 the House and Senate passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus tax & spending bill that averted a shutdown of the US government. President Obama signed it into law the same day. Included in the bill wer...
A citizens group and competing casino interests have spent considerable time and resources in an attempt to stop the Lago Resort & Casino from going forward in the Upstate New York town of Tyre. One oft rep...
Just three days after Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe, a company that could benefit from the deal, wrote a huge check to Scott’s political committee. Resorts Wo...