North America Casino News

This is the place to explore breaking events and important news about the casino of North America. While there may are 23 separate countries on the continent, you will find most of them covered in our Caribbean Casino News section. While some news from Mexico will appear here, most of the articles about casinos and regulatory happenings in this section are about the Canadian and US industries. The U.S.A. has more casinos than any other place on earth, so most of the articles in this category are about them.

The U.S. and Mexico are organized by states while Canada is organized by provinces and territories. In the U.S. and Canada, we have given all Tribal and First Nation news the same weighting as if they were a single state within their respective countries.

This section provides a broad overview of all casino news in North America and the articles are always cross-referenced with more specific information about the subject matter.

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College Sports Betting Irregularities Among Main Points of Discussion at SEC

Sports betting is often a point of confrontation between operators and the public, especially when it comes to the college sports betting industry. However, everyone agrees that one of the main problems when it...

Future Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa To Have A Groundbreaking Ceremony This June

After the postponement caused by the pandemic, on the advice of Hard Rock International, an internationally recognized giant based in Florida, a groundbreaking ceremony for the future Hard Rock Hotel & Casi...
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Bragg Gaming Group Signs Deal with WynnBET Casino and Sportsbook to Deliver New Content in New Jersey

Bragg Gaming Group and WynnBET Casino and Sportsbook partnered up to deliver new content and Remote Game Server (RGS) technology to the fans in New Jersey.  Rapid expansion across North America: Bragg’s e...

Illinois House Passed the Bill Allowing People With Felony Convictions to Work in Casinos

In the closing days of this year's session, the Illinois Legislature passed a bill that will allow Illinois casinos to hire employees with felony convictions. The measure intended to expand the labor pool of ho...

Texas Sports Betting Bill Rejected After House Passage

The State of Texas will not have sports betting legalized this year. As LSR reports, the Lieutenant Governor, Dan Patrick, rejected the proposal for an online Texas sports betting bill to be put on ballot after...

Maverick Gaming And Bally’s Partnership To Open Maverick Gaming Poker Room

On May 23rd, Washington-based Maverick Gaming, a poker pioneer owned by Eric Persson, revealed an alliance with Rhode Island-based Bally's Corporation to officially open the Maverick Gaming Poker Room, which wi...

NCAA Survey Finds College Students Extensively Engage in Sports Betting

The NCAA, a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics, has conducted a survey to present the distribution of wagering habits among different adult groups. The organization has recently released th...

New Bill Enabling Measured Cardroom Growth Signed By California Governor

On May 24, Governor Gavin Newsom officially signed California Assembly Bill 341, a bipartisan legislation backed up by over 40 California tribes and cardrooms that will assist in providing the balanced growth o...

Atlantic City Casino Industry Saw 15% Lower Profit in First Quarter of 2023

Associated Press reports that the Atlantic City’s casino industry collected an almost 15% lower gross operating profit in the first quarter of 2023 in comparison to the first quarter of the last year. Accordi...

Maverick Gaming Opens $2 Million Poker Room in Mountlake Terrace, Washington

On May 19, 2023, Maverick Gaming, one of the youngest and the fastest growing casino operators in the United States, celebrated the grand opening of its new Ace's Poker room in the city of Mountlake Terrace, Wa...