One of the world’s best-known entertainment companies has joined the casino race in New York State. Last Thursday, Hard Rock International Chairman Jim Allen (l.) announced that a casino...
A Beijing-based investment group has signed an accord with the government of Antigua and Barbuda on development of a US$2 billion resort with a casino on the Caribbean island...
Macau’s government has responded to widespread abuses of rules allowing Mainland Chinese tourists to visit Macau by shortening the number of days they can stay in the city while...
Malaysian billionaire Vincent Tan (l.) is soliciting government approval for a casino to compete with Genting’s longstanding monopoly at Resorts World Genting. Vincent Tan says he’ll spend more than...
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission narrowly approved a gaming license for Wild Rose Entertainment's $40 million casino in rural Jefferson. But in April the commission denied a license...
Casinos in Singapore has been a perfect storm for the city-state’s booming pawnshop industry, adding large numbers of gamblers hard up for cash to residents oppressed by a rapidly...
Dover Downs Gaming and Entertainment had a $90 million line of credit extended until August while the struggling operator of Dover Downs racino in Delaware looks to refinance its...
Online and mobile sales are driving China’s legal Sports Lottery toward its best World Cup ever. The first day of betting saw revenues of US$24 million, easily surpassing the...
Following an $88 million tax settlement between Atlantic City and the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, city officials have said two more tax settlements with other casinos are being...
Lawrence Ho’s (l.) Russian partner is in jail, and the Macau casino magnate is responding by buying him out of the US$700 million casino they’re building together near Vladivostok....
City of Dreams Manila will cost US$160 million more than forecast as it progresses toward an October opening. To pay for it the increase Macau’s Melco Crown Entertainment is...
The two slots parlors in Rhode Island would be able to offer “markers” for up to $75,000 under a proposal that was voted onto the Senate floor last week...
A new poll finds that only about 12 percent of New Jersey gamblers would take their business to new casinos being built in New York. But analysts say even...
Two groups are bidding for Saipan’s sole casino license, and one of them, the owners of the competing Tinian Dynasty (l.) casino on neighboring Tinian island, wants Saipan to...
Germany’s interstate compact on gambling mandates strict limits on commercial competition everywhere but in Schleswig-Holstein, which has taken a more liberal approach. Digibet argued that nullified the treaty, but...
The share price for International Game Technology jumped after Reuters reported that the company has hired Morgan Stanley to explore a sale of the company.
In what was gaming’s worst-kept secret, Scientific Games has named longtime gaming supply executive Gavin Isaacs as its new CEO, charged with leading the company following its acquisition of...
Tokyo’s governor, Yoichi Masuzoe (l.), dealt another blow to supporters of casino legalization in Japan, saying casinos are not a priority for the country’s capital and largest city. He...
Since the U.S. Supreme Court declared Native American tribes are sovereign nations that can't be sued, the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe applied to the Interior Department to have its...