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.
Almost simultaneously with the illegal gambling scandal with the Japanese interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Shohei Ohtani, lawmakers Paul Tonko and Richard Blumenthal introduced their separate ...
The Coquille Indian Tribe keeps battling to operate the casino in Medford, Oregon, but opponents in northern California and southern Oregon remain steadfast in their objections. The fight has been ongoing for a...
The latest record in completed brackets in ESPN Men’s Tournament Challenge seems to make the term March Madness self-explanatory. Indeed, the 22.6 million bets placed on the games scheduled for the 2024 edition...
Sports betting in Florida still draws the attention of the public. Ever since gambling on sports is permitted in the state, the affairs continue. The most recent news is that the opponents of sports betting in ...
The official opening of Phil Ruffin’s $128m historic horse racing (HHR) casino, called Golden Circle, at the Wichita Greyhound Park will take longer than originally anticipated.
Reason for opening date chang...
Ippei Mizuhara, 39, interpreter and close friend of Japanese baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani, has been accused of illegal gambling and allegedly stealing millions from the two-way hitter to pay gambling debts....
The work on Catawba Two Kings Casino in North Carolina is in progress, and visitors will soon be able to enjoy an enhanced gaming experience on new live table games.
Additional table games for the temporary ...
As reported by BNN Bloomberg, MGM Resorts International is reportedly studying the potential of selling its casino assets at Springfield, Massachusetts and Northfield Park, Ohio, according to information provid...
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has released the gaming revenue figures achieved across casinos in the state in February 2024 to report the overall revenue level of $194.6 million. Such a level reached acros...
There has been a significant uptake of online gambling in recent years—more players, more sites, more options. But where there’s money, there’s malice, and for every honest casino offering safe and fair gaming,...
The upcoming March Madness basketball tournament will reportedly feature 136 NCAA teams and 134 games to represent a huge opportunity for bettors and operators to further boost the sports betting handle across ...
Online casino bill, HB 1319, authored by Maryland Rep. Vanessa Atterbeary, has officially passed the House of Representatives and is on its way to the Senate for approval.
Non-unanimous vote:
On March 16,...
As MGM Resorts, a global leader in gaming and entertainment, pursues development of its three hotel brands in Dubai, the company's CEO and President Bill Hornbuckle has recently announced that the casino giant ...
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has reported that the state gaming industry generated $156.12 million in gross gaming revenues (GGR) in February 2024. According to the MGC data, three land-based casin...
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is going through an affair related to its sports betting platform, Proline. As per Carl Zhou, one of the bettors, he hasn’t been able to claim any of his winnings fo...