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.
After closing the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in October amid a labor dispute concerning pension, health care and wager issues for its workers, billionaire businessman Carl Icahn is now reportedly in talks to...
A status report requesting that a federal judge put off a final decision regarding the casino case in Yuba County, California was filed by an attorney for the Colusa Casino tribe in U.S. District Court in Sacra...
President-elect Donald Trump will be the first president to have a history in the casino business. Because of this, gaming operators are now wondering if his background will affect the casino industry of the Un...
The Tohono O'odham Nation will further its pursuit of Class III gaming at its Glendale casino after U.S. District Judge David Campbell on Monday ordered a trial to determine whether or not to grant a casino-sty...
After partnering with local public utilities supplier NV Energy almost a year ago, Las Vegas has reportedly now become the largest city in the United States to have all of its government facilities and street l...
Nevada-based multiple casino owners, Boyd Gaming Corporation, have just published an official press release announcing that the company has finalized the acquisition Cannery-owned Las Vegas properties after suc...
To make way for its 23-story hotel and spa, at 8:30am this morning Monarch Casino & Resort located on Main Street in Black Hawk, Colorado will implode its old parking garage, according to 9News.
The demo...
New Jersey legislators wanted to pass a referendum in November that would break Atlantic City’s monopoly on the gambling industry and allow two new casinos to be developed in North Jersey. The casino industry i...
In Canada, entrepreneur David Baazov has abandoned his $6.7 billion deal to purchase Amaya Incorporated amid accusations that some shareholders had been demanding higher-than-expected premiums for their stakes ...
Poker pro Phil Ivey has battled two lawsuits that are almost identical as both accuse Ivey and his playing partner Cheung Yin Sun for using a controversial technique known as ‘edge sorting’ to gain an advantage...
MGM Resorts International’s Park Theater located on the casino level (southeast corner) of the Monte Carlo Las Vegas Resort & Casino celebrated its grand opening on Saturday night.
Situated alongside MGM...
In California, a federal judge has decreed that the Iipay Nation Of Santa Ysabel violated the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006 by attempting to launch a real-money online bingo site tw...
Billionaire Carl Icahn decided in August to close the iconic Trump Taj Mahal on October 10, 2016 as the management was unable to reach agreement with the Local 54 of Unite-HERE union who had gone on strike as t...
In Massachusetts, an official year-long study has found “no significant causal relationship” between a rise in certain crimes and police activities and the opening of the Plainridge Park Casino in the town of P...
Plans for the Kewadin Lansing Casino in Michigan remain in limbo but the Sault St. Marie Tribe of the Chippewa Indians say there is still hope for the almost four-year-old casino proposal, according to the Lans...