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.
In the United States and prominent daily fantasy sports operators FanDuel Group and DraftKings Incorporated could reportedly be in trouble after the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that such firms are to b...
After its partial reopening on June 1st, Mohegan Sun has now announced that it will lay off an undetermined number of employees "as a result of the impact of COVID-19."
The giant Connecticut casino agreed to...
In an effort to provide value to its members as they endeavor to get back on track following the coronavirus pandemic and the American Gaming Association (AGA) has announced the launch of its new Commercial Gam...
After raising more than $35 million in funding, to date, including a Series B round of $11 million that closed in March, New York-based B2B product development company Simplebet has officially announced its lau...
British bookmaker William Hill is reportedly poised to increase its already large presence in the American sportsbetting market after receiving unanimous permission from the Nevada Gaming Control Board yesterda...
In their first month back since being closed from March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic and the nine casinos in Atlantic City reportedly recorded a decrease of 23% year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming rev...
This week, sports fans were hit with a big blow after the Big Ten and Pac-12 decided to call off their upcoming football season. The reason of course, is the Covid-19 pandemic. With the decision, two of the fiv...
The Cordish Gaming Group is currently working on two Live! brand casinos in Pennsylvania. Both the Live! Casino Pittsburgh and Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia may be in the works, but that is not stopping...
In the first full month of operating following their June 19, 2020 reopening, July was a good month for Ohio's four casinos and seven racinos, all things considered.
According to the Ohio Casino Control Comm...
American media and technology firm Interactive Corporation (IAC) has reportedly spent approximately $1 billion in order to acquire a 12% stake in prominent land-based casino operator MGM Resorts International.
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In 2019, sportsbooks in Nevada took in $1.87 billion in wagers on football, via the NFL and college combined. This was a new record, something will that most likely not take place in 2020. The state won a recor...
American casino operator Century Casinos Incorporated has reportedly satisfied investors with its second-quarter financial results despite posting a 31% year-on-year drop in net revenues to $31.6 million.
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Four of the largest casino-operating tribes in the American state of Oklahoma have reportedly filed a federal lawsuit that is seeking to invalidate gaming compacts the state’s governor inked with the Comanche N...
Billionaire Chinese businesswoman Cui Li Jie has reportedly offloaded 1.54% of her stake in besieged casino operator Imperial Pacific International Holdings Limited after a steep decline in its share price trig...
After on July 24, 2020, securing approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Wind Creek Hospitality and Pala Interactive LLC have now announced the launch of the Wind Creek real money online casino in ...