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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The First Fanatics’ Retail Sportsbook Inside NFL Stadium Open

The Fanatics’ online and retail sports betting division, Fanatics Betting and Gaming, is Maryland's first legal sports betting operator. Partnership with Washington Commanders helped open a retail sportsbook in...

Vornado to join New York competition for new casino development at Hotel Pennsylvania

Vornado Realty Trust, New York’s second-largest commercial landlord, is weighing whether to bid on a casino license at the site of Hotel Pennsylvania near Madison Square Garden. The hotel is soon to be demolish...

Holland America Extends Casino Areas On Five Cruise Ships

Carnival Corporation & plc subsidiary, Holland America Line, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, is expanding the casino offerings within two of its four classes of ships, Signature Class and Pinnacle Cla...

Culinary Local 226 Union pickets at Station Casinos head office seeking ”good faith” bargaining

Picketers from the Culinary union, partners from the Nevada AFL-CIO, and current and former Station Casinos employees tried to capture the public’s attention outside of Station Casinos’ corporate headquarters i...

Virginia’s First Stand-Alone Casino Opens in Portsmouth

After several years under construction, first stand-alone casino in Virginia, Rivers Casino Portsmouth by Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, will officially open on Monday at 10 AM at Portsmouth. Humanitarian...
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New Record Has Been Recorded in Keystone State – Pennsylvania Gaming Revenue $5 Billion

The whole gaming revenue that has been generated in Pennsylvania has been announced: the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced on Wednesday that the state has been gaining a lot from the gambling industry...

Big Step Receives Approval From New Hampshire Planning Board To Build Concord Casino

On Wednesday night, the Concord Planning Board issued approval for the construction of a new, proposed Concord casino and hotel by a company called Big Step. Layout of the proposed hotel & casino: The...

GAN Debuts in Mexico Through Coolbet Brand

On January 17, North American company GAN Limited, a leading B2B supplier of SaaS solutions for online real money gaming and a globally recognized B2C online sports betting and casino operator under its flagshi...

New Jersey gambling hits $5.2 billion in 2022 to match record 2006 levels, online gambling on the rise

According to the latest press release of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reported by the Associated Press, the 2022 gambling revenue of the state was equal to the record $5.2 billion set in 2006, ...

Caesar’s 54th WSOP Tournament at Horseshoe Las Vegas Planned For February

The former Bally's Las Vegas hotel, now renamed Horseshoe Las Vegas, will host this year's Caesar's 54th World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Tournament for the very first time. The tournament from the state...

Great Canadian Entertainment’s PICKERING CASINO RESORT HOTEL is now open for guests

Canada’s premier gaming and hospitality company, Great Canadian Entertainment, today announced that the brand-new 275-room Pickering Casino Resort Hotel is now open for guests. Located east of downtown Toronto,...
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New Law Firm Will Help Sault Tribe Seek Relief for $88.8M Fine

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians from Michigan decided to once again try to get relief from paying a fine that had been issued. The tribe hired a new law firm whose role will be to be the company'...
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The Biggest Tournament Returns – Americas Cardroom’s Venom Begins January 26th

Holidays have passed, and it’s time to finally rest. Or not? There’s no time to lose in the gambling industry - great prizes await players! That’s why Americas Cardroom has decided to heat things up at the b...

Arkansas Judge Invalidates Cherokee Nation License to Build Casino

After Cherokee Nation Businesses, a Cherokee Nation tribal holding company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, received an official license from the state board to construct a casino in Arkansas, an Arkansas judge invali...

U.S. gambling hit record $54.9 billion in revenue in 2022

The American Gaming Association (AGA) reports that the US gambling revenue for the first 11 months of 2022 exceeded the record set in 2021. As for sports betting, the end of the year 2022 saw New York as th...