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 lawsuit costing the local governments of two communities approximately $1,000 a day, has proponents of the temporarily suspended Crawford County casino project urging residents of neighboring Cherokee County ...
In a last minute deal on Thursday, a $3 million bid from the Kalispel Tribe to purchase the members-only Spokane Country Club, which would combine the club’s amenities, including the golf course, with its Airwa...
Without electricity, the Revel Casino Hotel of Atlantic City has been subject to seasonal issues. In the summer months, the concern was that mold would take over the property or an airliner would crash into the...
On the north end of the Las Vegas Strip, the Lucky Dragon is beginning to take shape. The hotel/casino will be of boutique style and will have a Chinese theme, set to open in 2016. The property owners have take...
According to many Vegas insiders and experts, Nevada sportsbooks were hit hard by the betting public as the NFL’s opening weekend games concluded with a Dallas Cowboys victory over the New York Giants 28-27 on ...
Five men believed to be part of a criminal network involving international drug trafficking and money laundering were arrested in the U.S. and Australia this week following a four-year joint criminal investigat...
Football fans will place an estimated $93 billion in illegal bets on NFL and college football games this season with Nevada sports books seeing only $2 billion of legal betting action, according to new estimate...
The world's second oldest harness track adds historic racing machines to its offering at noon today. The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky added over 900 of the slot-like gaming machines that offer prizes from a ...
Tribal council chairmen for two Connecticut casinos signed an agreement that would protect jobs in the state by the addition of a third casino.
Prompted by the looming 2018 opening of the $800 million MGM Sp...
Thursday the Idaho Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe and voided the governor's veto of a bill outlawing instant or historical racing machines in the state with immediate effect. Governor B...
Attorneys for the Tohono O’Odham Nation want a federal judge to force the state to issue Class III licensing for the tribe’s casino in western Maricopa County.
On Thursday attorney for the Tohono, Danielle S...
The state of New Jersey has tried time and time again to legalize sports betting within their borders but have continually had no luck. Back in August, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in the NCAA v...
Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama wants to know, if the state were to create a lottery, would this be the beginning of Las Vegas-style casino gambling in the area? The governor wrote a letter to the Alabama Su...
After the initial environmental review of a proposed Finger Lakes casino was tossed by the court in July, the investment firm revealed plans to submit more than 3,000 pages of environmental reports about their ...
Based on what the federal authorities are calling ‘severely deficient’ controls on anti-money laundering, Caesars Entertainment Corp. must now pay a hefty civil penalty. $8 million will be paid by Caesars based...