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 little over a week after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed legislation that could see the eastern state license up to ten new satellite casinos and several municipalities in Lancaster County are reportedl...
After spending nearly $10 million during a two-year campaign, proponents of bringing a third casino to the north-eastern state of Maine reportedly suffered a resounding defeat on Tuesday after voters overwhelmi...
After posting record visitor numbers for each of the previous three years, Las Vegas now reportedly looks unlikely to continue this trend into a fourth consecutive year with guest figures to the end of Septembe...
Continuing to increase their position in the United States gaming market, NYX Gaming Group Limited has announced a new partnership with Betfair US. NYX Gaming will be providing their NYX OGSTM, the Open Gaming ...
The Convene New York City is preparing to host the inaugural Sports Betting USA, a new two-day conference centered on sports betting and gaming in the United States. The conference will take place from November...
A ribbon-cutting ceremony held recently by the Choctaw Nation celebrated the completion of a $50 million expansion project at the tribe’s Choctaw Casino and Resort in Grant.
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Another casino on Deadwood’s Main Street could be in danger of closing after the owners of the Celebrity Hotel and Casino reportedly filed paperwork seeking protection from creditors.
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In Pennsylvania, the joint venture behind the proposed Live! Hotel and Casino has reportedly announced that it intends to start construction on the Philadelphia facility next year before opening the new $600 mi...
In Maine, a state ethics body has reportedly levied a record $500,000 in fines against four ballot question committees that successfully lobbied for a referendum to be placed before voters tomorrow regarding wh...
After winning a major victory in federal court on October 25, the Ho-Chunk Nation held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Ho-Chunk Gaming Wittenberg casino on Wednesday, Nov. 1.
The Ho-Chunk Nation broke groun...
Online performance marketing firm Catena Media has announced that it has spent $350,000 in order to acquire PokerScout.com along with all of the online poker traffic comparison website’s related assets.
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Just two days after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf approved legislation authorizing a major expansion of gambling, coffers in the nation’s second-largest commercial casino state are already cashing a $1 million che...
Sportsbooks in Nevada reportedly had a great September after their combined monthly handle hit an all-time high of just over $558 million while their aggregate income of $44.4 million represented the best tally...
Wynn Resorts Limited will reportedly spend somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million to purchase properties in surrounding its Wynn Boston Harbor Resort in Everett, to help improve the host neighborhood, th...
Scientific Games have announced they have successfully launched their latest generation omni-channel lottery gaming system in Canada for the Atlantic Lottery. Now live, the new system supports retail sales of l...