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.
Earlier this week, the Governor of Alabama Robert Bentley, announced that a special session was to be held in the state to discuss the possibility of the state lottery. This was surprising news as the lottery h...
Malaysian firm Genting Group has floated a unique proposal to environmental regulators in Florida in hopes of receiving permission to build a 50-yacht marina on a waterfront site it owns in downtown Miami.
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A group supporting a proposed amendment to Arkansas’s constitution to legalize casinos in three counties was granted a 30-day extension to gather the additional signatures necessary to get the measure on the No...
When three months go by and the Powerball jackpot isn’t hit, the amount tends to climb to new heights. After last night’s drawing, the prize was not won and the amount rose to $422 million.
Not only was Wedn...
In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Mississippi State Port Authority (MSPA) amended its lease agreement with the casino operators of the Island View Casino Resort enabling them to secure funding to build a new ...
The state of Alabama has been struggling to raise sufficient funds to take care of basic services and for over a decade has had to borrow heavily and make use of one time funds to pay for these services. Govern...
The Supreme Court Of Nevada has reversed a judgment against Las Vegas Sands Corporation that could have seen the American casino operator forced to pay upwards of $100 million to Hong Kong businessman Richard S...
The Alabama-Coushatta tribe cannot seem to catch a break. Almost 15 years ago, the tribe was operating a casino in East Texas that was shut down by state officials due to the argument that state law overrides n...
In 2004, the World Trade Organization decided on a ruling that would agree online gambling operators licensed in Antigua had been treated unfairly by the United States as these operators had been blocked from p...
Gaming products and services provider Scientific Games has announced that it will be holding the second annual installment of its Shuffle Master Classic poker event complete with a $250,000 prize pool to be sha...
Only a few days after completing an expansion of its Four Winds Casino Resort Dowagiac property and the Pokagon Band Of Potawatomi Indians has officially opened a new outdoor pool and bar area at its nearby Fou...
MGM Resorts International is being sued by Maryland Live Casino over lists of high-rollers, which were allegedly provided to MGM by several former employees of the Maryland casino, according to The Daily Record...
In California, the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe Of Enterprise Rancheria has suspended construction on its new 140,000 sq ft Fire Mountain Casino as it awaits two federal decisions that will determine what type of g...
An online lottery dispute between the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, and the state of Michigan has led to over $21 million in casino revenues being withh...
Rush Street Gaming has been hard at work on the Rivers Casino project in Schenectady, offering a tour of the facility yesterday to officials of the New York State Gaming Commission, to show just how much progre...