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.
Monarch Casino & Resort Inc. broke ground on their expansion project for the Monarch Casino Black Hawk - a transformation that would see the current casino remodeled into a full-scale resort with a hotel an...
CC Gaming LLC of Colorado announced yesterday that they had entered a definitive agreement with RCH Colorado LLC to purchase the Reserve Casino Hotel in Central City, Colorado. The transaction is expected to co...
The long-running debate on whether to legalize online casinos and daily fantasy sports wagering in Pennsylvania took an unexpected turn yesterday after governor Tom Wolf revealed that his budget proposal for th...
In Mississippi, real estate developer RW Development has reportedly resurrected a plan to build a new casino in the city of Biloxi after having its initial proposal rejected some eight and a half years ago.
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In California, officials in the city Elk Grove will be meeting later today to discuss how to move forward with a plan from the Wilton Rancheria to build a $400 million casino resort in the southern Sacramento C...
New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak has introduced a new legislation that would reportedly make it easier to open Atlantic City’s TEN Casino, a short time after its owner Glenn Straub was told by the New Jersey Casi...
Not long after Senator John Bonacic introduced S03898 to the New York State Senate last week, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow has now filed A5250 an identical bill to see online poker come to pass for the state. Pretl...
After a private ribbon cutting ceremony at 11am, Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady will open its doors to the public today at noon.
The venue celebrated its official groundbreaking ceremony a year and f...
Legislators in Idaho killed a bill on Tuesday that would outlaw electronic pull-tab machines in the state, according to the Associated Press.
After a 10-5 vote last week, the Idaho House State Affairs Commit...
Elaine Wynn, the former wife of casino mogul Steve Wynn, has reportedly been handed a setback in her fight to get out of an agreement that prevents her from selling her $1 billion stake in Wynn Resorts Limited ...
In Iowa, state legislators are reportedly preparing legislation that could legalize fantasy sports wagering such as that offered by providers including DraftKings and FanDuel as soon as this year.
According ...
Billionaire business magnate and investor Carl Icahn (pictured) issued a statement on Monday indicating that his company, Trump Taj Mahal Associates, Inc, will sell the shuttered Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlan...
According to Nevada’s Gaming Control Board, the 2017 Super Bowl brought a record betting handle to Nevada Sportsbooks, generating a total of $138.48 million - or approximately $6 million more than their previou...
In Nevada, the first day of the western state’s new legislative session has reportedly seen a lawmaker introduce a measure that could see the legal gambling age lowered by three years to 18.
According to a r...
A negative effect was expected for the month of January when it came to casino gaming revenues in the state of Maryland due to the newly opened MGM National Harbor being in operation for their first full month....