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 a 53 to 5 vote on Tuesday, the New York State Senate passed S05302, which if approved by the state Assembly would make online poker gambling legal in the Empire State enabling each of its 11 casinos to apply...
After a rich history that spanned 61 years, Tuesday at 3am The Riviera Hotel and Casino’s tallest tower was imploded in a controlled demolition on the Las Vegas Strip bringing an end to one of Sin City’s last r...
Owner Glenn Straub will have to wait until at least Thursday to reopen the doors of the former Revel casino after city officials in Atlantic City rejected plans to begin the process on Wednesday because key per...
Several members of the US Senate are supporting an amendment that would see the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act included as part of an upcoming must-pass defense measure.
The amendment, which is known as S248, ...
The battle in the Garden State over a November casino referendum is heating up as a group of South Jersey leaders has come together to form the No North Jersey Casinos Coalition, a group that promises a “formid...
In Canada, the leaders of Saanich council now look likely to forward a staff-prepared report on where a possible new casino should be located to the British Columbia Lottery Corporation.
April saw the Britis...
In Iowa, the new $110 million Rhythm City Casino Resort is due to open for business on Thursday following a little less than a year of construction that provided some 1,000 jobs.
Located in the city of Daven...
The Twin River Management Group recently announced that it is preparing to launch a Tiverton casino campaign next week which will focus on persuading voters in Rhode Island to back the development of the $75 mi...
The Malaysian based Genting Group is one of the most recognized casino operators across the world and is estimated to worth around $46 billion. The casino giant is caught up in a legal tussle with the Miami-Dad...
On Friday, the Oneida Nation’s legal challenge to the $425 million Tyre, Seneca County project currently under construction that will be in competition with the tribe’s other two casinos in New York State was d...
The Wilton Rancheria tribe announced that it will recommend that a 35.9-acre parcel in the city of Elk Grove, California be taken into trust as an alternative to the 282-acre site located in the small Sacrament...
Hollywood Casino Jamul on the Jamul Indian Village in California is one step closer to opening this summer after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against opponents, and for the National Indian Gaming Comm...
After being forced to close over a decade ago, a recent ruling by a federal judge in Texas upholding the Tigua Tribes (Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo) gaming ban could jeopardize the Alabama-Coushatta's recently opened ...
Department of Justice says Indian Gaming Regulatory Act "implicitly repeals the Settlement Act’s provision for state and local jurisdiction over gaming" in brief to appeals court, in stark contrast to earlier r...
In California, the Sycuan Casino And Golf Resort has announced the line-up for this year’s Summer Of Sycuan concert series taking place in its Live And Up Close theatre.
Operated by the Sycuan Band Of The Ku...