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 what could be viewed as a good indicator that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission anticipates the likelihood of a Mashpee Wampanoag casino, the rights of the commission in relation to the tribal facility wer...
The $290 million Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort in D’Iberville, Mississippi is scheduled to open this Wednesday, December 9. A ribbon cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. to follow with a 6 p.m. fireworks sho...
Project Cypress is the new plan announced by the Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel to complete $20 million in renovations and expansion to the casino gaming and hotel property. Over the next year, the property will se...
The Pearl River Resort near Philadelphia, Mississippi reopened their Golden Moon Casino, just across the highway from Silver Star Casino in February after a six year hiatus. The opening was part of a $70 millio...
The Idaho Supreme Court has determined that the state has to pay the Coeur d’Alene Tribe a little more than half of the legal fees they requested after besting Idaho in a battle over slot-like machines competin...
On Thursday representatives of Governor Brian Sandoval’s Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee were presented with the most detailed look to date of plans for the $2.3 billion expansion and renovatio...
Representative Jason Chaffetz is surely making Sheldon Adelson happy with the announcement that the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be holding a hearing next week to d...
MGM Resorts International is looking to continue its fight against the Connecticut-based Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes regarding their pursuit of additional casino developments in the state. The compan...
On Thursday a Suffolk County Superior Court Judge dismissed the city of Boston’s lawsuit that attempted to stop construction of Wynn Resorts $1.7 billion casino being developed in neighboring Everett.
The ru...
One of downtown Vegas’s popular gaming destinations is scheduled for a multi-million-dollar face lift, according to an announcement on Thursday by Boyd Gaming Corp.
According to Bill Boyd, executive chairman...
No lucrative exit deal is in the cards for a southern New Jersey university’s former president who failed in his attempts to transform a shutdown Atlantic casino into a satellite campus.
On Wednesday a separ...
A debate between presidential candidates is set to take place in Las Vegas in about two weeks. The American Gaming Association (AGA) has created a questionnaire for the candidates to fill out. The results will ...
The contract between the state of West Virginia and lottery officials has been finalized, with the new video lottery system ready to be integrated into the lottery of the state. John Myers, the acting director ...
Yesterday marked the very first day that the Rhode Island casino, Twin River, offered poker gaming options. The Twin River Casino debuted the game of poker just after the noon hour, providing sixteen gaming tab...
The federal government, along with attorneys for Enterprise Rancheria, is requesting a judge to reject the attempts of the Colusa Casino to overturn a decision that allows Enterprise to open a casino in Yuba Co...