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.
The 48th annual World Series of Poker dates have now been announced by WSOP officials including the full schedule of events. The series will take place from May 30th to July 17th 2017 in Las Vegas with the Rio ...
In Indiana, recently-proposed legislation that would permit the city of Terre Haute to host a casino complete with up to 700 slots and 17 gaming tables has reportedly been scheduled for a preliminary committee ...
On Wednesday, Danville, Illinois Mayor Scott Eisenhauer reportedly told an Illinois Senate committee that a conservative estimate indicates that along with 800 permanent jobs, a casino in Danville would bring t...
Democratic Senator L. Louise Lucas has tried to introduce legislation that would see casino gaming come to the state of Virginia several times, but each time failed to see her proposals move forward. On Monday,...
Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady (former working name Rivers Casino at Mohawk Harbor) has announced details of their grand opening for 12 p.m. (noon) on Wednesday, February 8. The $330 million casino is t...
A new online casino bill has been proposed by Hawaii Senator Will Espero in a bid to bring some form of legalization and regulation to gambling to the remote island state. Many industry experts believe this is ...
After kicking off two weeks ago, the 20-day man-versus-machine poker tournament taking place in Pennsylvania has seen a computer program developed by scientists from Carnegie Mellon University race into a comma...
After starting construction on its Montreign Resort Casino in the summer, Empire Resorts Incorporated has closed on the final pieces of financing needed to complete the $1.2 billion development in upstate New Y...
The year 2016 was a good one for the Mohegan Sun Casino. Mohegan Sun Arena drew over 700,000 people in 2016, making it the top casino venue in the world. The venue was able to earn a positive ranking in several...
Head of Wynn Resorts Ltd and seasoned casino magnate Steve Wynn is reportedly having a great start to 2017, thanks to a stock compensation package in the amount of $12.5 million. Namely, the casino chief’s stoc...
Efforts to legalize casinos are moving forward in the Georgia state Legislature, as a compromise of sorts that would bring “destination resorts” to two major cities in the state has been confirmed by state Sen....
Although the dollar values and few other details were off, most of the preliminary information about a Rivers Casino expansion was shown to be on the money in a January 20 report on the World Casino News.
On...
Global slot machine manufacturers and recent U.S. lottery ticket suppliers IGT Global Solutions, announced yesterday that they will be investing $15 million in an expansion project for their ticket press facili...
The push to bring a third casino to the north-eastern state of Maine is reportedly continuing apace with proponents still hoping to collect the required 61,000 signatures by the first day of February in order t...
The city of Gulfport has been asked by developers of a new Gulfport Harbor Casino to delay land approvals until March for the use of five harbor lots for a casino, according to the Sun Herald report.
After r...