Svenska Spel has officially closed its last land-based casino, Casino Cosmopol in Stockholm, after updated ownership directives were issued following the Swedish Parliament’s decision to phase out land-based casino gaming.…
On April 2, 2025, the Swedish Parliament, the Riksdag, made a historic decision to close the country’s last land-based casino, Casino Cosmopol, located in Stockholm. This decision comes after months…
Brazil is edging closer to a major shift in its gambling legislation, with Minister of Tourism Celso Sabino expressing optimism about the approval and implementation of a law to legalize…
The iconic Mirage hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip will shut its doors this summer, marking the end of an era for a property that played a pivotal role in…
Canada’s Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. has officially confirmed that the company has been the subject of a cyberattack. All 14 of the company’s casinos in the province of Ontario…
Malaysian gaming group owner Genting Berhad, the parent company of globally placed Resorts World casinos, had been trying to build a casino in Miami for about a decade. While the…
Unofficial reports are coming out of China and its administrative districts of Macau and Hong Kong of widespread SARS-CV-2 infections among the populations. On the heels of civil unrest related…
Macau casinos were given the green light to open again at Midnight on Saturday under half-staffing rules and continued ingress and egress restrictions for the city. At the same time,…
With shutters being drawn at 12:01 a.m. Monday, morning all Macau casinos and other non-essential businesses have been forced to close for 7 days to help authorities stem an outbreak…
Dealers at Loto-Quebec’s Montreal Casino continued their strike into its second week yesterday with negotiations underway but progress at an impasse. The Unlimited General Strike began on Saturday, May 21,…
After last month’s 30th Anniversary celebration at Foxwoods Resort Casino, new plans for renovations and innovations have been released by the operators of Northeast America’s largest resort casino. At one…
The casinos of Nevada have posted up historic numbers for 2021 surpassing all records. December closed out with over a billion dollars in wins for casinos marking the tenth month…
Australian slot machine maker Aristocrat Leisure Limited has undertaken an effort to acquire online casino game maker and platform provider, Playtech plc in a bid worth AU$5b (US$3.7b). In a…
After suffering near devastating losses in the 2008 financial crisis and rebounding only to be set on its heels again by the pandemic, Las Vegas, Nevada has now posted six…
Corona Resort & Casino, the only operational casino in Vietnam that allows nationals to gamble, has been given the go-ahead to resume operations after it was ordered to close temporarily…
Casino operator Caesars Entertainment, Inc. last week closed the sale of Caesars Southern Indiana to EBCI Holdings, a gaming and hospitality company managed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.…
Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapore’s two casinos, resumed operations on Thursday, August 5, after a two-week closure forced by a Covid-19 infection cluster that was traced to the property…
Corona Resort & Casino in Phu Quoc, Vietnam has temporarily suspended all operations, news emerged on Monday. The property, located on Vietnam’s largest island, is the only gambling venue permitted…
Rhode Island-based casino operator Bally’s Corporation this week closed the acquisition of MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa in the Lake Tahoe area in Nevada from its larger rival Caesars Entertainment,…
The Palazzo reopened its hotel tower on Thursday, March 11, after keeping it closed for over four months. It joined several other Las Vegas properties that recently reopened fully and…
Grand Korea Leisure extended the closure period of its Seoul casinos, Gangnam COEX and Gangbuk Millennium Seoul Hilton. The South Korean foreigner-only casino operator announced that the facilities are expected…
Grand Korea Leisure (GKL) is a foreigner-only casino operator in South Korea. It announced that three of its casinos in Seoul and Busan will remain closed until February 15. The…
It is not a secret in the gambling world, that the owner of Venetian and Palazzo, billionaire Sheldon Adelson is looking for a buyer for a part of his casino…
Gambling powerhouse Entain plc (formerly GVC Holdings) confirmed early Monday that it has received an $11 billion offer from US casino giant MGM Resorts International, but has turned it down…
The Mirage hotel-casino in Las Vegas will cease all mid-week operations beginning early next month, a spokesperson for property operator MGM Resorts International announced on Monday. The Mirage will be…
Cyprus Casinos, the Republic of Cyprus-based subsidiary of gaming and hospitality giant Melco Resorts & Entertainment, has suspended operations at all of its casinos across the island nation as Covid-19…
The New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) on Tuesday gave a final site plan approval for a proposed indoor water park at Showboat Atlantic City. But the CRDA is…
Pennsylvania’s 13 casinos are bracing for another statewide closure under an order issued by Governor Tom Wolf this past Thursday. The gambling venues along with theaters, movie theaters, concert venues,…
Leaders of cities in Los Angeles County that rely heavily on revenue from their cardrooms have pleaded with the county Board of Supervisors to allow the gaming establishments to remain…
Nevada’s casinos and other non-essential businesses will be operating at 25% capacity for at least three weeks beginning Tuesday, November 24, as part of a new set of measures announced…