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.
Professional poker player and bitcoin poker site owner, Bryan Micon is expected to be sentenced in Las Vegas today for operating an unlicensed poker site in the online regulated state of Nevada. After accepting...
On Monday, Caesars Entertainment Corp announced that the management of three casinos in Ohio would begin a transition phase which would see the casinos operated by their former joint venture partners, Rock Gami...
For two decades now, the group Gambling with the Good Life has been fighting efforts to expand gambling in Nebraska. The group is tied to religious leaders in the state and has followed the industry closely, tr...
Wayne State University has been gifted $40 million by Detroit entrepreneurs Mike and Marian Ilitch to build a new business school in Detroit.
Pending approval by the Board of Governors, Wayne State Universit...
According to a CNN report, France’s foreign minister’s son Thomas Fabius, 33, allegedly passed bad checks to casinos in Las Vegas and faces criminal charges in the United States for his actions.
A criminal c...
The legal age limit for visitors to the Chumash Casino have now changed from 18 to 21 as the casino has been granted temporary permission to serve alcohol. From 9 am until 1 am, the casino can serve alcohol on ...
With a December 1st date set for opening their new full service resort, the Bicycle Casino of Los Angeles, California has just under one month to prepare. Once December arrives, the casino will be offering acco...
NFL player Pierre Garcon filed a lawsuit against FanDuel on Friday in the state of Maryland, accusing the daily fantasy sports site of misappropriation of his name and likeness as well as other NFL players. The...
The Hollywood Casino, located in Bangor, Maine, has been fighting for some time against the state due to property taxes. The casino believes the city has overvalued their properties and leases by a large number...
Regulation of daily fantasy sports (DFS) is not within the scope of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, according to Chairman Steve Crosby who said that daily fantasy sports companies such as Boston-based Draf...
Despite three states already offering online casino and/or poker gaming, plus several states running online lottery options, certain conservative groups are still trying to stop the activity. Several groups hav...
On Friday a spokesman for the developers of a proposed $425 million non-Indian commercial casino in Tyre in Seneca County said that a "push poll" is being used by opponents of the project to spread “false and m...
Yesterday afternoon in Nichols the Tioga Downs Racetrack held a groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of the transformation and expansion of the facility into a full-scale casino.
The Southern Tier v...
A new organization called Voters in Charge has begun circulating petitions for the purpose of putting a constitutional amendment before Florida voters that would give the state’s residents the exclusive authori...
Tohono O’odham Nation officials have announced that the new Diamond Desert West Valley Resort will be opening its doors on the 20th of December. The new hotel and casino property has already seen the first gami...