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.
Following the expiration of the existing contract with Detroit's 3 casinos and without a new contract, a large number of unionized employees at the Detroit's 3 casinos officially began a strike on October 17th....
Following an 18-month postponement, the Wind Creek casino project seems ready to move forward. In that regard, Wind Creek Hospitality, the company behind the project being constructed on land located 20 miles s...
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) released a report on the state's market performance for August. The report shows that legal sports betting handle increased the month before the start of the football seas...
Online gambling and sports wagering reached almost record levels over the past month in New Jersey. Additionally, the money that almost half of the Atlantic City casinos earned from in-person players is bigger ...
Having automatically cleared the legislative approval at the beginning of October, the proposal of the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) to ban the Pick'Em daily fantasy sports became effective in the state ...
Construction of the Lakecrest Hotel and Casino by the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma tribe is currently in progress and more than half finished. According to plans, it is should be fully constructed by the spring...
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued an order for a temporary stay in a lawsuit against the Seminole Tribe to keep sports betting in Florida on hold until further notice. The order will trigger th...
While Everett is currently doing everything in its power to economically revitalize its industrial waterfront into a large entertainment center, its Planning Board has officially granted final validation of Wyn...
An additional number of NFL-themed slots were revealed at the yearly Global Gaming Expo (G2E), which took place in Las Vegas from October 9-12. Additionally, 25,000 global gaming operators and manufacturers cam...
Online sports betting operations are rapidly growing in the state of New York to funnel a rising level of tax revenues and simultaneously record the increased number of problem gaming cases. As reported, online...
Interblock, a Las Vegas-based leader in the creation and delivery of prizewinning electronic table games ( ETG) products, has entered into an important alliance with Eclipse Gaming Systems, a Georgia-based manu...
One player’s long-running battle with Resorts World Las Vegas came to a new level on October 9, as a legal action was submitted in U.S. District Court charging the firm and its previous chairman of lack of care...
The famous sports technology company, SportsCastr Inc., owned by PANDA Interactive, filed separate complaints against Sportradar Group AG and Genius Sports Limited. The complaints were filed because of infringi...
A top-tier iGaming and sports betting operator, BetMGM, enters a partnership with Inspired Entertainment, one of the leading providers of gaming content and technology for the launch of the MGM Bonus City hybri...
The Powerball® jackpot officially climbed to $1.73 billion and officially became the second-biggest jackpot in US history after there was no winner in the Monday's, October 9, drawing, further continuing the lo...