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.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has reportedly announced that casino operators in the western state are to be required to submit detailed re-opening plans for any facility they hope to revive following the end ...
After only having been opened since November 2019, the new Havasu Landing Resort & Casino in California has now had to delay its planned early May re-opening, maintaining shelter-in-place orders "until furt...
With all live sports games at a standstill, sports bettors have had nothing to wager on. Tonight, as the NFL Draft gets underway, it is expected that players will be betting at full tilt. Experts expect that th...
In Oklahoma and Governor Kevin Stitt (pictured) has reportedly partially settled his long-running dispute with the state’s casino-operating tribes by inking new gaming compacts with the federally-recognized Com...
American online sports wagering innovator DraftKings Incorporated has reportedly agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that had been brought by disgruntled participants in last year’s inaugural Sports Betting...
Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS), which has produced all of South Carolina Education Lottery’s games since 2002, has now revealed a new six-year contract from the Lottery for its Scientific Games Enh...
In Las Vegas and millionaire businessman Michael Gaughan has reportedly announced that he is to furlough almost all of the around 2,200 employees of his shuttered South Point Hotel and Casino ‘for an indefinite...
With the coronavirus shutting down casinos in the United States, all eyes have been on the World Series of Poker and if they would be able to host their annual festival at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino b...
Like many other states across the US, Delaware’s gambling industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus. Since mid-March, the gambling venues of the state have been shut down and across the board, limited reven...
The coronavirus pandemic reportedly cost land-based bookmakers in Pennsylvania at least $220 million in lost revenues last month as sports leagues shut up shop and bettors turned to online alternatives.
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The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is reportedly celebrating the announcement that the federal government has at long last approved its land-into-trust petition regarding a 33-acre plot located on the outskirts o...
American casino operator, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, has reportedly announced the suspension of its dividend program for 2019 so as to give it ‘maximum optionality’ in securing returns following the end of th...
Fans of women's professional basketball in Nevada will now be able to wager on the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft 2020, after on Thursday the Nevada Gaming Control Board approved betting o...
Representatives for some of the largest casino operators in the United States are reportedly holding informal meetings in order to discuss possible ways to re-open Las Vegas to gamblers following the conclusion...
In New Jersey and Eldorado Resorts Incorporated has reportedly laid off almost the entire workforce at its Tropicana Atlantic City venue as the coronavirus-related closure of the state’s nine casinos enters its...