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 an effort to have more hotel guest space for Connecticut visitors, the Mohegan Tribe began a project in 2015 to add a new hotel tower to the Mohegan Sun. Titled the Earth Tower, the project is now moving for...
On Friday, Attorney General Luther Strange announced that both FanDuel and DraftKings have agreed to shut down operations in the state effective May 2.
On April 5, Strange announced that his office had found...
Update 5-5-16: Please see update below
Atlantic City’s Resorts Casino Hotel is planning on spending a hefty sum to renovate the hotel rooms located in the Ocean Tower. Last week, the casino took out a mortga...
A $25 million expansion is in the works by casino developer Churchill Downs Inc. and will include the Oxford Casino. A new hotel will be constructed alongside the Oxford Casino and offer over 100 guest rooms as...
Casinos in Atlantic City are ready for the state to take over the city finances, as the casinos claim they are ‘on the edge of the abyss’. An immediate vote has been called for by the casinos on bills already i...
Las Vegas may soon secure better access to visitors from mainland China after Hainan Airlines applied to run up to three direct flights a week between the city’s McCarran International Airport and Beijing.
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As it looks to engage with players via multiple platforms and devices, Foxwoods Resort Casino has partnered with Novomatic subsidiary Greentube Internet Entertainment Solutions GmbH to re-launch its social onli...
An announcement was made on Thursday by the Tunica-Biloxi Gaming Authority that an agreement had been signed between it and the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA) to provide entertainment, hospitality, and ...
What started as just an idea a few months ago, may be closer to reality, as the owner of the Oakland Raiders NFL team has discussed further moving his team to Las Vegas. Posing with fans behind a Las Vegas Raid...
A $677 million casino proposal for the Brockton Fairgrounds has been voted down by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.
Mass Gaming & Entertainment, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, owne...
Ahead of its planned opening on the Cotai Strip later in the year, the Wynn Palace resort casino has hired 3,600 employees following hundreds of onsite interviews and several job fairs organized with the suppor...
After finishing a $6.2 million renovation of its Fond-Du-Luth Casino in Minnesota last year, the Fond Du Lac Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians are remaining silent on what they intend to do with an adjacen...
The Pokagon Band Of Potawatomi Indians have announced plans to double the size of their Four Winds Dowagiac casino in order to make room for 70 additional slot machines alongside two more gaming tables.
The ...
Wynn Resorts proposed $2 billion Everett casino has won a key environmental approval, but developers could have to shell out even more money toward relieving traffic concerns in Charlestown’s Sullivan Square du...
A milestone in the multimillion-dollar expansion that includes a 200-room hotel and convention center was celebrated Tuesday by tribal leaders for the Graton Resort and Casino.
Amidst a gathering of 500 cons...