Lawrence Ho, the CEO of Melco Crown Ltd, has just announced that after several delays, the City of Dreams complex in Manila would finally be inaugurated this month.
This is a soft opening for the local market, and the formal opening is scheduled for the Chinese New Year in February 2015. More…

The industry of Atlantic City’s land-based casinos has been having great difficulties for several years now.
These are in particular caused by the international economic crisis, competition from online gambling sites and market saturation of casinos in the north east of the United States.
This situation continued in 2014, which was a very bad year for the city in New Jersey. More…

Following the closure of four casinos in Atlantic City, many analysts felt that the eight gambling establishments that are still remaining in the city should gradually get out of the difficulties they have been facing for several years.
Now, the New York Post has just announced that the Trump Taj Mahal could soon go bankrupt as well, and may have to close. More…

Casinos are currently banned in China, with the exception of those in the region of Macau.
This did not prevent the existence of many illegal establishments that we mentioned in this post.
In recent years, rumours were spreading that casinos could soon be legalised on the island of Hainan. More…

Since 2008 and the start of the global economic crises, Atlantic City casinos have been facing big problems.
In this article dating back to 2011 we reported that the situation was not going to improve in the short term – we were right, as the casinos’ gross operating profits have continued to fall. More…

Two new sites have entered our ranking of the best online casinos.
These are DublinBet and Fairway Casino.
The former is not a newcomer to the industry because it exists since 2004. More…

Last week, High Noon, Manhattan Slots and Aladdin’s Gold came to expand our selection of online casinos.
Belonging to the same operator (Club World Group), these three new sites use software developed by RTG such as WinPalace.
Their main quality is their extremely good ambiance.
Usually, most casinos do not offer well-developed themes. More…

For some time, we have regularly been welcoming many new online casinos in this category.
Thus, recent weeks we have witnessed the arrival of sites using Microgaming platform (such as Red Flush or Casino La Vida) B3W Group (including Royal Flamingo Casino) Netent (like Tower Gaming) and Playtech (with Crown Europe or City Club Casino). More…

We recently reported that the casinos in Sochi will open their doors in May.
Today, we will talk about the opening of a casino in the Primorsky area in the far east of Russia.
The first land-based casino and a luxury hotel have already welcomed the first guests. More…

In a document that was filed with the bankruptcy court in the state of Delaware in mid-November, Trump Entertainment Resorts have announced that its Board of Directors approved the clusure of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino complex in Atlantic City on December 12th. More…