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.
After just reopening in May due to the coronavirus closure, the casinos located in South Mississippi have been forced to shut down again. Hurricane Sally is heading towards the coastline and to keep employees a...
Announced this weekend, on Monday night ESPN debuted the first episode of Bet, a 30-minute program that will reportedly stream three nights a week across the sports channel's digital platforms. The show origin...
In Michigan, two of Detroit's three downtown casinos are reportedly planning to reopen their shuttered poker rooms, with one possibly set to do so this week, unbeknownst to the Michigan Gaming Contol Board (MGC...
In California and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reportedly ruled against a group that has long been seeking to reverse the protective federal status earlier awarded to the Jamul I...
Minority shareholders in Asian casino operator Genting Malaysia Berhad are reportedly unlikely to be pleased with the company’s recent decision to pump another $150 million into its loss-making Empire Resorts I...
American billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman (pictured) has reportedly agreed a deal that will see him offload his entire 39% stake in gaming machines behemoth Scientific Games Corporation to Australian inv...
In Las Vegas and the plan to open the coming Circa Resort and Casino from next month has reportedly taken a step forward after the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved the under-construction property’s gambling...
The largest individual shareholder in Wynn Resorts Limited, Elaine Wynn (pictured), has reportedly announced that she has given up on her quest to secure a place on the American casino operator’s board of direc...
New research released by the American Gaming Association (AGA) found that more than 33 million American adults plan to wager on the 2020-21 NFL season, with a greater number of bettors intending to place NFL wa...
The William Hill US subsidiary of British bookmaking giant William Hill has announced the signing of a deal that is to see it supply the CBS Sports Digital arm of American media conglomerate ViacomCBS Incorpora...
In Nevada and American casino operator Station Casinos has reportedly placed a pair of undeveloped sites it owns in the city of Reno up for sale as it continues to contend with the economic fallout of the ongoi...
Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TSX: GC) has announced that on Sept. 28, 2020, it will reopen its casinos in Ontario and New Brunswick after operations were suspended at the properties on March 16 to help co...
A week after rival MGM Grand Detroit laid off some 1,100 employees, and Greektown Casino-Hotel now says 43 workers will be laid off due to lost revenues resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
In a statemen...
A total of 1,527 employees who have been furloughed from the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida are subject to an extension due to issues regarding business uncertainties during the Cov...
The 146th Kentucky Derby took place over the weekend, with Authentic earning the first-place finish. This year’s Derby was quite different due to the coronavirus pandemic, with few spectators and way less betti...