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.
Online mega-star Net Entertainment is now offering their games to players situated within the borders of New Jersey in their first ever launch within the United States. The company signed licensing agreements w...
On Friday the White Earth Nation, owner and operator of the Shooting Star Casino, Hotel and Entertainment Company, announced its plans for a casino on the shores of Star Lake in Otter Tail County between Pelica...
Droves of patrons anxiously waited in line to enter Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Casino & Hotel for the first time when it opened its doors on Monday, September 28.
After almost two years of constructi...
The $300 million Scarlet Pearl Casino Resort, set to open before the end of the year across the Back Biloxi Bay from Biloxi in D'Iberville, Mississippi held a job fair last week and planned to hold another recr...
Full House Resorts of Nevada has purchased Bronco Billy’s Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek for $30 million.
The casino developer and operator based in Spring Valley, Nevada purchased the casino and hotel on...
The Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut will continue to work with Everi Holdings Inc. as their partnership has now been extended. Announcing the continuation of their working relationship, the slot machine a...
Keep the Money in Nebraska is a group that is trying to see a gambling expansion take place in the state. To help the struggling thoroughbred horse racing industry, the group has taken steps to push for a vote ...
Lawmakers along with residents and others from Suffolk County, New York came together on Saturday to voice their disapproval of the establishment of a small casino in Medford.
Previously revealed plans by th...
What was just a threat has turned into a vote to strike for nearly 200 employees at the Mardi Gras Casino in Cross Lanes, West Virginia.
On Friday, September 25th members of the United Steelworkers Union au...
In August and for the second straight month, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada had 4 million passengers fly in and out of the terminal as the Clark County Department of Aviation reported fligh...
On Saturday evening around 6:42 p.m. the local fire department of Atlantic City received a call that a fire had broken out at the Bally’s Wild West Casino. The gaming floor was evacuated, with firefighters find...
Years of economic crisis on the Caribbean island and unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has resulted in another casino closing.
Located in San Juan’s historic district, the Starwood Hotels & Re...
The Hollywood Casino in Perryville was the first casino to open in Maryland back in September 2010 and has successfully completed five rewarding years. Since its inauguration, a number of other casinos have als...
Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association has been fined $13,000 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday. The fine was levied against the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Dauphi...
A five year audit released by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Friday shows a precipitous drop in off-track betting compared to the previous five years ending in 2008. The nearly 25% drop amounted ...