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.
A federal order closed the central California, Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino last October, but with a $35 million deal with creditors close to fruition, the casino could be reopened as soon as Labor Day, ...
On 3rd August 2015, it was reported that the new owner is no hurry to make changes at the Rocky Gap Casino Resort in western Maryland.
Golden Entertainment is taking a slower approach in regards to the runni...
The Associated Press reports that the Massachusetts State Gaming Commission has filed another lawsuit asking a judge to dismiss Boston’s suit which challenge’s the commission’s award of a lucrative casino licen...
The corporation that filed for bankruptcy over six months ago, a major division of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, filed for bankruptcy, and now wants a Chicago bankruptcy court to approve a restructuring pl...
The drama over Wynn Resorts $1.7 billion waterfront project intensifies as Boston’s mayor dishes on Boston Public Radio about an alleged phone conversation with the business mogul.
On Friday, Mayor Martin J....
Arguments were heard on Friday by U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell from attorneys for three state officials that the Tohono O’odham Nation has no right to sue them in its bid to open a casino near Glend...
For the fourth consecutive quarter, Arizona’s tribal gaming revenue, received from fifteen tribes operating twenty-three casinos, has increased over the same time period compared to the year before.
The Ariz...
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria chairman Greg Sarris has announced that ground-breaking will take place this fall for a hotel at the tribes’ casino resort in Rohnert Park, just two years after the opening...
American business magnate, Steve Wynn, along with Wynn Resorts, wants to help Boston’s subway system by giving it a $7 million plus revitalization.
It’s no coincidence that the subway passes near the Everett...
Wild Rose Jefferson Casino quietly opened their doors on July 13th, more than two weeks ahead of their announced official opening date. The annoucement may have been hushed but the response wasn't. Over 500 peo...
Penn National Gaming is acquiring Prairie State Gaming, an Illinois slot machine route operator in an all cash transaction. No purchase price was announced in Friday's statement. The deal will give Penn ownersh...
Amaya Inc. has completed the sale of its online gaming platform to NYX Gaming. Amaya acquired Chartwell Technology Inc. and Cryptologic Inc. in 2011 and 2012 respectively, forming the basis of the platform sale...
Alabama media reports that a group pressing for legalized gambling in the state of Alabama along with Senator Del Marsh held a press conference this week to share the results of a recent poll showing overwhelmi...
On Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the St Louis based Eighth U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the appeal of a former online gambling company founder who sought to avoid paying $36 million in back taxes and pena...
U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor ruled in Boston this week that the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe must stop construction on their planned Class II gambling facility on the island of Martha's Vineyard. The ...