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 Monday, DraftKings and FanDuel requested a temporary restraining order from the New York State Supreme Court to expedite the decision on if the company’s would be able to continue operating in the state as t...
Due to retailers possibly using a lottery game to their own benefit, Connecticut lottery officials have decided to suspend the 5 Card Cash game for investigations. Officials of the lottery stated late last week...
Officials in Pittsburg say they are not concerned with the looming court ruling regarding Kansas’s June decision to award a state-owned casino license to the city.
Earlier this year Kansas Crossing Casino wa...
Las Vegas casino giant MGM will give a presentation to city officials at a forum on Wednesday at the City Stage in Massachusetts that will explain the reasons and implications for the significant changes planne...
Representative George Dunbar of Pennsylvania has a plan to see daily sports fantasy sites working with the casinos of the state. During a meeting last week of the House Gaming Oversight Committee, it was discus...
A community center that has been unused for a long time, owned by the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, cannot be used as a gambling hall according to a recent ruling by a United States District Court Judge. Judge F...
After Friday’s deadly terrorist attacks at the French capital, the lights of the Paris Las Vegas’s Eiffel Tower replica of the Parisian original were dimmed on the High Roller wheel that shined blue, white and ...
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released the figures for the month of October in regards to the revenues earned by the casinos of Atlantic City. Based on the information, the casinos earned 1.3% l...
The Strip will get its first W branded hotel by way of a deal between lodging giant Starwood Resorts Worldwide and the SLS Las Vegas. The acquisition could help elevate the financial profile of both the North S...
A union is opposed to the proposed sale of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc.’s casinos to Gaming & Leisure Properties Inc. and at a meeting on Thursday asked the Indiana Gaming Commission to nix the plan, on the ...
On Tuesday, November 10, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman threw down the proverbial gauntlet and instructed daily fantasy sports (DFS) giants DraftKings and FanDuel to cease-and-desist operations in ...
Last week Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive order saying that gambling enforcement should be handled by district attorneys and local sheriffs and on Tuesday he said he believed it would clarify “the r...
With the announcement by Illinois lottery officials that payouts over $600 would be delayed due to the state budget impasse, the lottery ticket sales began to plummet. Ticket sales dropped to the lowest point f...
Station Casinos was founded by Frank Fertitta Jr in 1976 and has built a strong presence in Nevada during the last forty years. The company which is still run by the Fertitta family currently operates 19 casino...
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators rarely handle the banking aspects of player deposits and withdrawals in-house. Instead, DFS businesses contract with payment gateways as a financial go-between, and without ...