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 Rhode Island, a senior Democratic state legislator has reportedly introduced a measure that would build on late-November’s launch of land-based sportsbetting by allowing residents to additionally place sport...
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has reportedly announced that it is to give online gambling firms up to 90 days to alter their policies and practices so as to comply with its latest stance concern...
A little over a month after resigning as Chief of Staff for Arizona Governor, Doug Ducey (pictured left), and Kirk Adams (pictured right), has reportedly been hired by his former boss to oversee gaming and wate...
One of 19 commercial casino licenses in the state to be renewed by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission this past spring, Prairie Meadows Casino and Hotel recently announced it has signed a partnership agreeme...
After in July 2018, terminating the sale of Mississippi’s Lady Luck Casino Vicksburg to Churchill Downs Inc. (CDI) (Nasdaq:CHDN) due to antitrust concerns, the Louisville-headquartered company recently announce...
In hopes of finding a new source of tax revenues, the Governor for New York, Andrew Cuomo (pictured), has reportedly thrown his weight behind the campaign to bring land-based sportsbetting to four upstate comme...
Prominent iGaming platform and solutions firm, Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) Incorporated, has announced that its New Jersey arm can now begin referring website traffic to local online casino operators after re...
The Atlantic City casino market had a good 2018 after its nine venues managed to record a 9.2% increase year-on-year in annual aggregated gross gaming revenues to just over $2.9 billion and take in a combined $...
In western Canada, local casino operator Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Limited has announced that it has completed its purchase of Chances Casino Kamloops and is now responsible for the day-to-day operation...
The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska celebrated the opening of its new Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake on November 1, 2018, and in spite of a federal lawsuit filed late last year by the City of Council Bluffs, the ...
Former Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MGM Grand Detroit, Chris Kelley, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer of the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park in Summit County, Ohio. The p...
In Maryland, a casino player has reportedly been left ‘frustrated’ after a mix-up inside the MGM National Harbor left her unable to collect ‘several thousand dollars’ she had won while enjoying a recent session...
In Massachusetts, gaming officials have reportedly completed their almost year-long investigation into the former Chief Executive Officer for Wynn Resorts Limited, Steve Wynn (pictured), and are now awaiting th...
It's been just shy of three years since the Detroit-born Stevens brothers announced that they were going to build a hotel-casino in downtown Las Vegas and on Thursday, Derek & Greg Stevens officially unveil...
After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the 1992 federal ban on sports betting this past spring, Atlantic City’s top casino said it would take wagers from the first day state regulators allow it, declaring in ...