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.
In what could best be described as a bittersweet victory for the franchise, the Raiders are leaving Oakland for Las Vegas, after a 31-1 vote by NFL owners on Monday.
The vote that will relocate the Raiders t...
The countdown is on for the long-awaited opening of Kansas Crossing Casino & Hotel, which will open its doors to everyone on March 31 when the facility has its soft opening, with a grand opening and ribbon ...
In South Dakota, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe have signed short-term extensions to their Class III gaming compacts despite an ongoing dispute concerning the number of slots non-aborigi...
A public hearing date has been set for this week to allow the public to have their say on a proposal to construct a new casino in southern Maine. The well-funded proposal has been criticized by many parties, in...
All 32 National Football League team owners could meet as early as Monday to vote on a proposed move by the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas.
Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports tweeted last week that a vote on the p...
Efforts to bring casino gambling to the Granite State paid off on Thursday, after a bill passed the full New Hampshire Senate at 13 votes to 10. SB 242 calls for the opening of two casinos in the state, with a ...
Sheldon Adelson, owner of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. gambling company, has been named the world's richest gambling billionaire, according to Forbes Magazine. With his $30.4 billion fortune, Adelson is the 20th w...
After months of back and forth on Twitter, poker pros Cate Hall and Mike Dentale finally completed their grudge match with Hall earning the victory. On March 19th, Hall and Dentale took to the felt at the Sugar...
Las Vegas casino owner Derek Stevens was set to earn a $1 million payout if Michigan was able to pull out the win during the 2017 March Madness tournament. The Wolverines were the seventh-seeded team in the ser...
A resolution that would have allowed casinos to be constructed in North Dakota outside of reservation lands was defeated yesterday in a major fashion. Lawmakers voted against House Concurrent Resolution 3033 by...
Update: Please see comments below for an in-depth rundown on the history of this issue and more. ed.
American casino giant Caesars Entertainment Corporation has reportedly told officials in Louisiana that th...
In spite of warnings almost 10 years ago that compulsive gambling would increase when Western Pennsylvania's first legal casino, The Meadows, opened, no such spike is apparent.
On Thursday, the Council on Co...
In Canada, the councilors for the city of St Catharines have reportedly followed the lead of their counterparts in Niagara Falls by unanimously passing an official motion on Monday asking the Ontario Lottery An...
A decision by the Seneca Nation of Indians to end all of the casino payments the tribe makes to the state government will stop a $110 million revenue flow to Albany, effective next week.
The Nation says thei...
Member reward programs at land-based casinos are used by players in order to earn comps, rewards and special incentives offered by the gaming property and are earned during game play. In Florida, players who vi...