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.
The North Carolina tribe of Cherokee Indians are ready to launch their new casino, the Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River, to provide a further hold on the region as well as see a nice increase in revenues. The gam...
Over the weekend, continuing into today, the Unite Here Local 54 union of Atlantic City has asked visitors to the area to boycott two casino properties. The Trump Taj Mahal and the Tropicana have been subject t...
The possible decrease of the considerable subsidy that helps to support the ailing horse racing industry is on the minds of horse track operators and breeders.
Currently, twenty state casinos provide a porti...
Maryland Lottery and Gaming announced that the state’s five land based casinos generated a total of $96.7 million gaming revenue in August 2015, which is an increase of 20 percent compared to the same month the...
Rapid City and Omaha architects unveiled plans in late August that could see the Black Hills South Dakota gambling and tourist town of Deadwood completely revitalized. The Black Hills Pioneer reported that TSP ...
Last week Byron Bighorse, CEO of Osage Casinos addressed the Osage Nation Congress’ Commerce and Economic Development Committee to lay out a proposal to expand the Osage Nation Gaming Enterprise's 10 year old, ...
The Port of Palm Beach ocean casino operator discontinued the cruises less than two weeks after their maiden voyage on July 17 due to damage of the ship’s communication system from a lightening strike. Blue Hor...
Allegations that private investigators’ working for Wynn Resorts gained unauthorized access to a “wire tap room” in the state attorney general’s office are false, according to a top investigator for the Massach...
Alabama’s hopes to close casinos operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians have been dashed by a federal appeals court.
The state of Alabama does not have the right to bring a federal claim against the tr...
The smoking ban of New Orleans has pushed gamblers of the Harrah’s Casino outdoors. Smokers heading outside to get their fix leads to a stop in betting as well as an increase in criminal activity towards the ga...
Louis DeNaples, a billionaire who lives in northeastern Pennsylvania founded the Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County but gave up his ownership rights to the casino in 2009, in exchange for perjury charges...
A complaint from the Illinois Gaming Board thrashing the Rivers Casino parent company for its lackadaisical control over gaming promotions and failing to follow internal procedures in the hiring of a security a...
The state of Pennsylvania has given the Las Vegas Sands permission to add live dealer electronic table gaming to the Sands Bethlehem property. The new games will be in the Macau gaming style and will come in th...
Kansas Crossing Casino construction is halted due to pending lawsuits filed by Castle Rock Casino and the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners. The lawsuits allege the State of Kansas awarded the final state-...
According to a GamblingCompliance report on Tuesday, daily fantasy sports (DFS) are not legal in the state of Michigan.
On the heels of the introduction of a fantasy bill last week, the executive director of...