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.

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...

Pariplay® launches Skillzzgaming content with BetMGM in United States for the first time

One of the leading aggregators and content providers, Pariplay, has partnered up with the leading US operator BetMGM. Under the terms of the agreement, the innovative developer, a vertical of NeoGames, will del...

Fanatics Receives Provisional License From Massachusetts Regulator for Online Sports Betting

Yesterday, Massachusetts gaming regulator granted an online sports betting license to Florida-based online developer and retailer of licensed sports merchandise, Fanatics Betting and Gaming, meaning the company...

Lion Gaming Group Completes Purchase of 1Click Games

On January 11, 2023, Lion Gaming Group, a leading developer of white label online casinos and sportsbook solutions based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, publicly announced that it has completed the purchas...
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Las Vegas Sands Seeks Approval for Integrated Casino Resort Project on Nassau Coliseum Site

The casino and resort giant from Las Vegas, Las Vegas Sands, has begun working on its expansion plans. The company has submitted a bid to gain the rights to build a new tourism destination on the site of the Na...

Caesars Windsor’s grand opening of first single-event sports betting facility in Ontario

Caesars Windsor, local politicians, and an NHL legend gathered together for the grand opening of Ontario’s first full-service single-event wagering, Caesars Sportsbook. The first sportsbook in Ontario to offer ...

Seminole Tribe of Florida and Seminole Gaming Plan To Build New Seminole Casino Hotel Brighton NorthWest of Lake Okeechobee

The Seminole Tribe of Florida, a federally recognized Seminole tribe based in Florida, together with Seminole Gaming, publicly announced on Thursday, January 5, their intention to build a new facility on the Br...
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How the Increased Use of Mobile Phones Changed the Gambling Market

Smartphones and other gadgets have reshaped the community during the last few years, and different industries needed to change to fulfill new technological requirements. The gambling industry is not an exceptio...

Buffalo Bill’s Resort and Casino opens again after multi million-dollar restoration

On January 10, 2023, part of Primm Valley Casino Resorts and a widely-known Las Vegas-based subsidiary of Affinity Interactive (AI), Buffalo Bill's Resort and Casino reopened after a multi million-dollar restor...

Ezugi and WWin cooperation via Pin Projekt for the Bosnian iGaming market

Following a recent collaboration with Playbook Engineering, Ezugi, a leading provider of online live casino and live lottery games based in Tel Aviv, Israel, officially announced its new partnership through Pin...