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.

Evolution boasts launch of “biggest and best equipped” live casino studio in Michigan

Lauding it as "another major landmark" in its U.S. growth, Sweden-based Evolution Gaming Group AB (publ) (EVO.ST) has become the first provider to launch live casino in the Great Lakes State, after receiving re...

Massachusetts gets down to legalized sportsbetting consideration

The American state of Massachusetts may soon become the latest to legalize sportsbetting after legislators announced that they have begun considering a measure that would allow anyone over the age of 21 to plac...

Chicago considering measure to lift city-wide sportsbetting prohibition

In the American city of Chicago and politicians are reportedly considering new legislation that would legalize sportsbetting and subsequently give five area professional sports facilities permission to host lan...

Virginia Lottery Board approves southern state’s inaugural casino regulations

The four-member Virginia Lottery Board has reportedly approved a wide-ranging set of proposed rules that have been designed to regulate how the southern state’s soon-to-premiere collection of five commercial la...

FireKeepers launches online casino and digital sports betting content in Michigan via Scientific Games partnership

FireKeepers Casino Hotel has partnered with Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), in a deal that has seen the gambling products and service provider's online casino and digital sports betting content lau...

DraftKings Incorporated to premiere sports-themed NFT service

American online sportsbetting operator DraftKings Incorporated has announced the pending launch of a new remote marketplace that will allow non-fungible token (NFT) users to buy, sell and trade digital collecti...

California and Arizona tribal leaders discuss sportsbetting possibilities

Attendees at the first day of the Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention reportedly heard how casino-operating tribes in California and Arizona are working towards bringing legalized sportsbetting to their venu...