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.
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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Horseshoe Southern Indiana recently broke ground on a project that will move the riverboat-based 93,000 square-foot gambling operation, which has been at its current location for two decades, onto dry land. The...
Sports betting fever is spreading in the U.S. with several states opening the books just one month after a historic Supreme Court decision that said the 1992 federal ban was unconstitutional. Some observers are...
In Nevada, the operator of the Boomtown Casino Hotel has reportedly agreed to pay a fine of $40,000 amid allegations that its website for the Verdi-based venue had last year briefly offered access to illegal re...
The California State Lottery has announced that one of its players recently collected a life-changing $20 million cash jackpot after managing to correctly predict all five numbers as well as the bonus figure fo...
Ahead of the planned inauguration of its MGM Springfield property on August 24 and American casino operator, MGM Resorts International, is reportedly in discussions with local officials about ways to help deal ...
The 2018 World Series of Poker continues to see event after event finish up at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino of Las Vegas. The series has been fruitful for some, while others have had to settle for finis...
In Arizona, the federally recognized Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation plan to break ground on their multi-million dollar Fort McDowell Casino on June 29 at 9am. Tribal members and dignitaries from within the state ...
In Long Beach, Mississippi, developers have reportedly submitted an application to approve a 12-acre site for a long-awaited casino development.
The Sun Herald newspaper reports that coast developer, James P...
Yesterday reportedly saw New Jersey become the second state to take advantage of a recent United States Supreme Court ruling after it launched legalized sportsbetting services on a wide range of collegiate and ...
Latvia-headquartered provider of video-streamed live dealer gaming solutions, Evolution Gaming (STO: EVO), announced Thursday that its partnership with 888casino has been extended and that the online gaming com...
In Massachusetts, American casino operator Wynn Resorts Limited is reportedly being sued amid claims that it breached a handshake agreement by not paying a former minority owner of the land under the coming Enc...
In California, a political consultant has reportedly initiated a campaign that could see registered voters asked whether the western state should alter its constitution in order to legalize sportsbetting.
Ac...
In Mississippi, sports betting will soon be a staple at casinos owned and operated by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and it might happen ahead of the state’s larger commercial casinos.
The recent un...
Dormant since January, the Lawful Internet Gaming Act made it through the Michigan House by a margin of 68-40 on Tuesday, the last day of the legislative session.
Sponsored by Rep. Brandt Iden, the proposal ...