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.
As lawmakers in Connecticut continue to consider two pieces of rival legislation relating to the proposed expansion of casino gambling in the eastern state, the joint venture of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Author...
The first Saturday in May brings the culmination of the two weeks long Kentucky Derby Festival with a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbreds; the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ken...
After closing its Santa Ysabel Resort And Casino in February of 2014 due to debts of around $50 million, the Iipay Nation Of Santa Ysabel has reportedly turned the shuttered venue's 35,000 sq ft California gami...
Since September, the St. Croix Chippewa Tribe have been working on their new casino gaming venue, within the St. Croix Casino Hertel and Hertel Express of Wisconsin. The cost of the project remains unknown, but...
The Parx Casino, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania is preparing for a major renovation. The gaming venue announced this week that $50 million will be spent on an expansion that will see two restaurants added to...
The prospects of proposed legislation that could see Connecticut open a third casino could reportedly be helped by the possibility that the eastern state’s $5 billion budget deficit is set to grow due to plumme...
The AAA Four Diamond Rating is provided only to venues that offer the very best for their customers. Fewer than 6% of the nearly 28,000 AAA approved hotels have the ability to achieve a Four Diamond rating and ...
In efforts to reach out to the millennial audience, MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment have focused their efforts on offering new skill-based games. Gamblit Gaming is a skill-based gaming developer who has c...
American casino giant MGM Resorts International is teaming up with multi-national sportsbetting and gaming firm GVC Holdings in order to launch an online casino and poker offering for players in New Jersey unde...
All of Oregon's commercial poker rooms could be headed toward closure if the Senate and Gov. Kate Brown sign onto a bill that was passed in the Oregon House last Thursday. HB 2190 (.pdf) which modifies the defi...
As legislators in Florida continue to debate legislation that could expand gambling in the southern state, local officials in the cities of Miami and Miami Beach have reportedly expressed their beliefs that any...
March was a mixed bag for the riverboat gaming industry in Illinois as the Midwestern state’s ten floating casinos reported a 3.14% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues to $130.67 million d...
In Massachusetts, the plan from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to construct its First Light Casino And Resort near the city of Taunton could reportedly still become a reality despite a federal judge last year ruli...
The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians announced today that they will be heading up a tribal gaming and entertainment facility on their reservation property in North Salem that will share 25% of its revenue ...
As the debate on whether to legalize online gambling in Pennsylvania continues, American casino firm Penn National Gaming Incorporated has warned legislators against setting the tax rate for iGaming operations ...