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.
Initial approval was given last week regarding legislation to legalize daily fantasy sports in the state of Texas. The House voted in favor of the measure 116-27, agreeing that daily fantasy sports is a game of...
In Illinois, the mayor for the small northern city of Waukegan has reportedly told state legislators that a plan to construct a casino on 32 acres of land his community purchased in 2003 is ‘shovel-ready.’
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In an effort to acquire a plot of land off of Dixon School Road to use for the construction of a casino in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, Catawba Indian Nation Chief Bill Harris recently appeared before the U....
MGM Resorts International, a Las Vegas-based casino company, has announced a plan to cut as many as 1,000 jobs by summer. The layoffs were announced earlier in the week, with positions being removed from the co...
Caesars Entertainment and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) have partnered to create a new technology hub titled, Black Fire Innovation. The new hub will consist of 43,000 square feet in space, set to ...
In Nevada, the Culinary Workers Union has officially asked the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as the NASDAQ bourse to investigate whether the brothers in control of American casi...
After Tuesday's Senate approval, Tennessee Governor, Bill Lee, will reportedly allow a sports betting bill become law, albeit without his signature and in spite of his opposition to the legalization of gambling...
After announcing in November last year that it would begin what is the fourth expansion of its Durant, Oklahoma casino resort, on Thursday, April 25, 2019, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma broke ground on the 13-...
American daily fantasy sports and sportsbetting operator, FanDuel Group, has announced the signing of a deal with Sportradar AG that is to see its mobile wagering app feature live streams from a multitude of ma...
In Massachusetts, prominent casino operator, Wynn Resorts Limited, has reportedly agreed to pay a $35 million fine in order to settle an allegation that it had failed to properly disclose a payment its former C...
In California, an administrative law judge is currently considering whether to revoke the provisional gambling license that has been continually held by the owners of the Lake Elsinore Casino since 1999.
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In northern New York, Del Lago Resort and Casino has reportedly asked for official regulator permission to reduce its inventory of slots and gaming tables by some 15% so that it may better concentrate on launch...
In central California, the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs has reportedly completed a ‘scoping report’ on a plan that could eventually lead to the Tejon Indian Tribe being granted permission to build and...
California will reportedly welcome its latest tribal casino later today when the federally-recognized Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians opens its Harrah’s Northern California venue in partnership with Cae...
American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, has reportedly followed through with a portion of a cost-saving initiatives first unveiled in January by announcing the immediate elimination of some 254 sen...