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.
A south Florida sportsbetting advisor who had claimed to be “the sports consultant to the stars” has reportedly been sentenced to serve eight years in prison after pleading guilty in September to five federal c...
The Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe announced today that it intends to withhold a revenue sharing payment of $923,000 from the State of Wisconsin as the tribe believes the state has violated their Tribal/State gaming ...
American casino giant MGM Resorts International has reportedly emerged as the mysterious party that last week entered into talks with rival Las Vegas Sands Corporation about the possibility of purchasing the Sa...
Editor's note 3/08/2017: This article has been updated to convey a message from Wynn Resorts' Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Michael Weaver, that contrary to what MGC Chairman Stephen Cr...
In January, reports surfaced that lawmakers in Illinois were going to consider a casino gambling expansion that would raise much-needed revenues for the state. Lawmakers are struggling to find a way to create r...
In accord with Assemblyman Vincent Mazzeo's joint resolution in the Assembly that progressed in January, New Jersey state Senator Jim Whelan is making moves in his chamber to ask the current federal government ...
After opening on February 27th, Jake’s 58 Hotel and Casino of Islandia, New York has seen a great deal of traffic. The casino’s opening was highly anticipated by patrons and after a quiet soft opening just a fe...
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board will meet on Thursday to hopefully clear up structure concerns of the original draft of a proposed lease agreement submitted by the Oakland Raiders in January for a $1.9 bi...
The governor of Connecticut has reportedly sent a letter to the eastern state’s attorney general asking him to weigh in on the risks of passing proposed legislation that would allow MMCT Venture to begin constr...
Nonrestricted casinos in the Silver State featuring table games and 15 or more slots reported a $1.04 billion gaming win in January, an increase of 12.02 percent compared to the same time last year when the win...
As the price tag for its Wynn Boston Harbor Resort waterfront hotel and casino near Boston continues to climb, Wynn Resorts Limited has reportedly decided to scale back on some of the retail offerings planned f...
Online gambling is once again on the table in the state of Michigan after State Senator Mike Kowall introduced a new online casino measure titled The Lawful Internet Gaming Act this week. The new legislation wo...
In the state of Georgia, proposed legislation that could see voters asked to permit the licensing of up to two resort casinos has reportedly been given a hearing later today before the Georgia House Of Represen...
In North Dakota, proposed legislation that would allow voters to decide whether to amend the state’s constitution in order to open a maximum of six new state-owned casinos has reportedly been called “racist” by...
In the midst of planning an $800 million redevelopment of its Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem property, operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation has reportedly told employees at the Pennsylvania venue that the casino...