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.
Starting on December 5th, the Bellagio Resort & Casino of Las Vegas will play host to the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event. The casino began hosting the World Poker Tour in late November, off...
Starting yesterday, Foxwoods Resort Casino, located in the state of Connecticut, is set to offer quality poker gaming via the Mega Stack Challenge. The special tournament series will run from the 1st to the 11t...
Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN) is reportedly in the midst of discussions revolving around the purchase of rival casino owner Pinnacle Entertainment and creating a unified company with 45 properties in upwar...
American casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corporation has announced the signing of an agreement that will see it sell its Harrah’s Las Vegas venue to local real estate firm VICI Properties Incorporated for $1...
Yesterday saw American casino operator Churchill Downs Incorporated announce that it had signed an all-cash deal that will see it offload its Big Fish Games Incorporated casual games subsidiary to Aristocrat Te...
After approval of a long-awaited liquor license on August 11, on Friday the Tohono O'odham Nation will reportedly break ground on a $400 million expansion project at its Desert Diamond West Valley Casino and Re...
One of four licenses awarded in Upstate New York in December 2015, Resorts World Catskills, previously named Montreign, remains on track to open in early 2018. The casino, which is located in rural Sullivan Cou...
Canadian online casino operator The Stars Group Incorporated (Nasdaq: TSG; TSX: TSGI) has announced that last week saw it earn approximately $27.74 million by offloading the entirety of its 13.7% shareholding i...
In Canada, the British Columbia Lottery Corporation regulator has updated its operational services agreement concerning casinos and community gaming services following a thorough review that included discussion...
An amendment that would give Florida voters the power to limit gambling expansion in the state has surpassed 400,000 petition signatures, according to The News Service of Florida.
The Voter Control of Gambli...
As MGM Resorts International continues to move forward with their new Massachusetts property, the company is looking to start the hiring process for the new venue. The $960m casino resort titled MGM Springfield...
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Nevada is easily recognizable due to many factors including the beautiful Chandelier bar. The crystallized centerpiece of the bar is a focal point and the first feature that visit...
Canada’s largest casino, Casino Montreal (Casino de Montréal), had to evacuate more than 1,000 people on Thursday afternoon after a pipe ruptured on Notre Dame Island, the island in the borough of Ville-Marie i...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) has reportedly changed its stance on legalized nationwide sportsbetting by revealing that it now intends to lend its support to those lobbying members of Congress for a...
Although several communities in Pennsylvania may be considering whether to officially opt out of the possibility of hosting one of the state’s coming satellite casinos, it is a different story in Indiana County...