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.
Casino gaming moves forward in Connecticut as the Senate voted to begin the process of authorizing another casino to be added in the state. A third casino is in the works after the Senate voted 20 to 16 to appr...
Protests began last week at the SLS Las Vegas with valet parking attendants fighting for their right to form a union. As of yesterday, the Teamsters Union formed picket lines at the casino to bring awareness to...
The Jamul Indians started construction of a mega-casino resort on their reservation land in San Diego but soon ran into opposition from a Christian church who objected to the casino stating that it was not bein...
May 20th 2015, Joseph G. Procacci the South Philadelphia tomato king is getting back in the game after he lost his bid for Philadelphia’s second casino license six months ago.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control...
The Ohio Casino Control Commission today fined Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati $125,000, while Horseshoe Casino Cleveland was hit with a $50,000 sanction for not upgrading their surveillance systems to comply wit...
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback put the final nail in the coffin of debate over whether fantasy sports betting is legal in his state. Brownback signed SB 267 into law Tuesday clarifying the legality of fantasy sp...
May 19th 2015, International Game Technology (IGT) makes slot machines and is making plans to sell its huge corporate Las Vegas campus, following the company combining operations with GTECH Holdings, Italian lo...
Legal and regulated online poker could be brought into New York by a bill that has been introduced by New York State Senator John Bonacic.
This will be the second year in a row that, Bonacic has presented le...
Last week a Deutsche Bank report stated that the closing of Atlantic City, New Jersey casinos in combination with the state budget shortfall at the end of the last financial year is increasing the pressure for ...
On May 15th 2015, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has expressed an objection to the number and also the type of slot machines that are to be used by Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville, Massachusetts (pictured). T...
On May 15th 2015, five Chukchansi tribal police officers who were part of a raid last October at the Madera County, California casino have pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing charges.
These pleas were ...
May 18th 2015, in Hartford, Connecticut it is expected that this week lawmakers will vote on a bill that has had a few changes to it so that it would create a two-step process for approving a new tribal casino....
Despite the April ruling by United States District Judge Andrew Gordon, which removed evidence in the Paul Phua illegal gambling case, federal prosecutors have added yet another charge to the list of current ch...
On Friday it was reported that a bill promoted by gaming machine manufacturers that allows an element of skill to slots games had been unanimously approved by the both Nevada House and Senate. If signed by Gove...
The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Idaho recently discussed a planned expansion of the Fort Hall Casino & Hotel at their annual tribal meeting.
Spokeswoman for Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Randy L’Teton said tha...