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.
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...
Interblock is a luxury gaming manufacturer that recently commissioned a study of electronic table games to be completed by Andrew Jones and Brand Outlook. The study took place in July and August of this year, w...
Plans to build a casino in the Pittsburg area of Kansas have been extended by 90 days for a second time by the Kansas Lottery. The Kansas Crossing Casino was approved by the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission ...
A bill filed by a Republican leader in the Senate would allow casinos in Massachusetts, including Plainridge Park Casino, to expand into online gambling.
Only casinos licensed in the state would be allowed t...
Brookhaven Town and Suffolk County were told by a federal bankruptcy judge on Monday that they must review for approval a video lottery casino proposed by the Suffolk Regional Off Track Betting Corp. for Medfor...
The Pala Casino Spa & Resort surrounded by Temecula wineries in Pala, California is expanding its facility with the addition of a 10-acre, $5.6 million resort that will accommodate recreational vehicles and...
October has been an incredibly successful month for Las Vegas and the city noted a record high number of visitors. According to reports, a total of 3.87 million people traveled to the city of sin to either work...