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 New York, the Empire City Casino At Yonkers Raceway is celebrating its tenth birthday this week and has revealed that gamblers have wagered more than $71 billion since the slots-only facility opened in 2006....
The controversial plan to build a $1.9 billion stadium in the southern Nevada desert in order to entice the Oakland Raiders NFL franchise to Las Vegas has received support from a trio of the casino industry’s l...
By fall of 2018, MGM Resorts International intends to open a casino near Springfield, Massachusetts. Two federally recognized tribes of the state warned legislators that the two casinos operated by the tribes w...
Konami Gaming Incorporated has signed a deal that will see its Synkros gaming enterprise management system utilized by the coming Rivers Casino And Resort At Mohawk Harbor in Schenectady, New York.
A $330 mi...
Proponents of a constitutional amendment that would legalize casinos in three Arkansas communities anticipate the ballot measure’s success would mean an additional $122 million annually in tax revenue and the c...
In March of 2012, the Navegante Group took over the management of Hooters’ casino operations. This was done when the ownership of the brand was taken over by a financial capital group. Navegante has been succes...
Hollywood Casino Jamul-San Diego opened to large crowds on Monday after having been planned by the Jamul Indian Village (JIV) since the 1990’s.
Located just off State Route 94 about 20 miles east of downtown...
The iconic Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City closed its doors on October 10 just as billionaire owner Carl Icahn had promised. The Trump Taj Mahal became the fifth casino in Atlantic City to wind up opera...
At this year’s at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) trade show, Shooting Star Casino, owned and operated by the White Earth Nation, declared its intent to enter into a multi-property systems agreement with Sydney-based ...
The Skyline Restaurant & Casino in Henderson, Nevada is ready to undergo a big change. The Boulder Highway casino has been in business for decades and the owners and staff know most of the customers by name...
In late September, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided to rule that host fees paid by the casinos statewide should be removed. This decision has scared local governments as the counties and municipalities...
What is typically a 15-minute commute turned into a two-hour drive for some on Monday as the grand opening of the Hollywood Casino Jamul-San Diego combined with road construction caused what some residents in t...
After a lower court refused to grant Elaine Wynn protection under whistle-blower statutes, the former wife of Steve Wynn and co-founder of Wynn Resorts is asking the Nevada Supreme Court to intervene. Ms. Wynn ...
A Los Angeles-based commercial property company that was involved in the early stages of a proposed 65,000-seat domed NFL stadium in Las Vegas, formally ended its involvement with the project last month, accord...
As of 5:59 a.m., on October 10, 2016, the Trump Taj Mahal became the 5th casino to shut down in Atlantic City, New Jersey since 2014. Almost 3,000 individuals are without jobs after billionaire owner Carl Icah...