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, the National Indian Gaming Commission has announced that 2017 saw the nation’s 494 aboriginal-run gambling venues chalk up a 3.9% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues ...
Daily fantasy sports company, FanDuel, has reportedly agreed a deal with The Greenbrier Resort (pictured) located near White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia that will see the New York City-based operator provi...
In New Jersey, Meadowlands Racetrack has reportedly announced that it will be following the lead of the eastern state’s Monmouth Park Racetrack and Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa next month in launching sportsbet...
New England’s sports betting market just got bigger, as Governor, Gina Raimondo, put pen to paper on Friday signing a $9.6 billion budget for the 2019 fiscal year that begins on July 1, making sports betting le...
One of the latest tournaments of the 2018 World Series of Poker to finish up is Event #44, the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship. The tournament saw 109 players competing with a prize pool gene...
In Atlantic City, workers on Saturday spent several hours installing a 60-foot guitar at the entrance to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in preparation for its opening on June 28.
The Press of Atlantic City rep...
Hopes that New York would soon become the next American jurisdiction to legalize state-wide sportsbetting were reportedly crushed on Wednesday after its lawmakers failed to pass an updated sports wagering legis...
After an emotional two-day hearing, the Casino Control Commission granted Ocean Resort Casino a license just 7 days before the Boardwalk property is slated to open its doors to the public on June 28 at 1pm.
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After recently inking instant games supply deals with state-run lottery providers in Kentucky and Ontario, gaming machine and systems innovator, Scientific Games Corporation (SG), has now announced the signing ...
Located off-Strip, Palace Station Hotel & Casino will soon debut a 220,000 sq ft expansion, the result of a $192 million investment and nearly a year of construction work. The massive overhaul increases the...
In a Monday news release, Del Lago Resort & Casino announced that Mark Juliano, a 30-year veteran of the casino gaming industry, will assume the role of general manager of the $440 million upstate New York ...
In Connecticut, yesterday reportedly saw the plan to build the Mohegan Sun Foxwoods East Windsor satellite casino take another step forward after the $300 million project was awarded with its special zoning per...
Talk about waiting until the last minute! The Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City is set to open on June 28th and the venue has yet to obtain a gaming license in New Jersey. Today, representatives of the casin...
Giant casino operator, MGM Resorts International, announced that it has appointed well-known entertainment and hospitality executive, Scott Butera (pictured), to serve as its Interactive Gaming President and he...
Yesterday saw the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation reveal that the President and Chief Executive Officer for its Foxwoods Resort Casino, Felix Rappaport (pictured), had unexpectedly died at the age of 65.
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