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 southern American state of Virginia and legislation that would allow the residents of five disparate communities to vote on whether to introduce casinos has reportedly hit a snag concerning the ultimate ...
Las Vegas-headquartered leader in the gaming and lottery industries, Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), has been awarded a new, five-year contract that will see it serve as primary instant game provid...
After closing "indefinitely" on March 17, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and updated Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines, Potawatomi Hotel & Casino has now announced that beginning April 13, it...
In Northern Michigan, employees of a trio of casinos owned and operated by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (GTB) will continue to receive paychecks through April 29, 2020, while the prope...
Earlier this week, the Nevada Gaming Control Board recommended that Herbst IS Holdings LLC be approved for licensing regarding a casino in the Indian Springs community of the state. The venue would be located a...
Scientific Games Corporation has announced they have signed a contract with the Iowa Lottery for a ten-year time frame to be their new statewide gaming system provider. They will provide the lottery and 2,400 r...
In the United States and President Donald Trump (pictured) reportedly announced yesterday that he is to consider altering how a recently-passed piece of legislation is administered so as to enable small casinos...
Virtual NASCAR races are coming to New Jersey. PlaySugarHouse.com has announced they are one of the first online sportbooks in the US to offer the option, set to begin betting with the 2020 eNASCAR iRacing Pro ...
In the American state of West Virginia and prominent sportsbook operator FanDuel Group has reportedly failed in an attempt to offer markets concerning who will be elected in November to serve as the nation’s 46...
In northern California and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians may soon be allowed to open a tribal casino after reportedly prevailing in its 15-year struggle to get 220 acres of land near the small city of Plymouth...
The Borgata Spring Poker Open is a yearly event that poker players look forward to. Each year, players head to the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City to play, both amateurs and professionals alike. This year, howe...
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont (pictured) has reportedly dismissed a plea that he should use his emergency powers to unilaterally grant the state’s two casino-operating tribes the right to offer online gaming ...
Many of the tribal casinos in California recently closed as part of the state’s campaign to help stop the spread of the potentially-deadly coronavirus pandemic could be seriously wounded should they not be allo...
Colorado gaming regulators have approved 32 more licensing for the sports betting industry of the state. In the approvals this time around, six online operators and eight casinos were in the mix. In total, as o...
Consistent with Gov. Charlie Baker's (R) recent order to extend a stay-at-home advisory until the first week of May, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Friday voted to add another month to the temporary shu...