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.

Bally’s Chicago Opens 700 Job Positions for Temporary Medinah Temple Casino

Casino operator Bally’s Chicago announced more than 700 vacant job positions for its temporary casino at Medinah Temple scheduled to open in July 2023 upon the receipt of the Illinois Gaming Board's approval. A...

Illinois Gaming Board Approves Relocation of Two Hollywood Casinos in Chicago

Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) has approved the relocation of Holywood Aurora and Hollywood Joliet casinos owned by Penn Entertainment. The parent company of the two suburban Chicago casinos and the Ameristar Casi...

FansUnite Gets Over CDN$5M In Cash For B2C Subsidiary McBookie

Two days ago, Vancouver-based FansUnite Entertainment Inc. reported that on May 1, it entered into a definitive purchase agreement to officially sell to an arm’s length third-party all of the shares in its enti...
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MGM Resort International Generated $3.9 Billion Revenue in First Quarter of 2023

MGM Resorts International, the Las Vegas-based global gaming and entertainment giant, today reported financial results for the first quarter of 2023. The company generated $3.9 billion in net revenues by March ...

Clairvest And ECL Entertainment Partnership To Build And Manage HHR Facility In New Hampshire

On May 1, Clairvest Group Inc., a leader in the private equity industry for over 30 years and based in Toronto, Canada, revealed that together with Clairvest Equity Partners VI and ECL Entertainment LLC, has ob...

$372M In Suspicious Cash Transactions Detected In Ontario Casinos In 2022; Critics Call For Immediate Attention

Over the past year, over $350 million, 372 million dollars to be exact, in suspicious transactions have been discovered in Ontario casinos. Furthermore, according to critics, this trend needs immediate atten...

Fanatics To Launch An Online Sports Betting App In U.S. Next Week

Although the best mobile sportsbooks are currently going through one of the busiest periods in the gambling calendar, Fanatics Sportsbook is close to the official debut date of its online sports wagering app. ...

Points Bet Discussing Its North American Business Sale

The source reports that Australian sports betting operator PointsBet confirmed that the company is currently discussing the sale of its North American operations with ''multiple parties.” Three Interested En...