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.
Caesars Entertainment is teetering on a fall into bankruptcy with every court decision shifting the balance toward demise or recovery. Last week a Chicago appeals court returned the issue to bankruptcy court wh...
The edge of wine country in California’s Santa Ynez Valley is the site of the latest water war. A group of landowners there are rolling the dice with an 1897 lawsuit in an attempt to stop an expansion of the Ch...
It’s less than six months since the Plainridge Park Casino resort opened to the public and the signs so far are not very encouraging. The casino opened amidst a lot of publicity back in June 2015 and in doing s...
This past Tuesday, Las Vegas-based Golden Entertainment acquired a small slot machine route operator for $20 million. The company purchased manages 1,000 slot machines in taverns, bars and convenience stores.
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A year ago, the Blackstone Group decided to take control of the Cosmopolitan, a resort located on the Strip of Las Vegas. Bill McBeath held the CEO position and walked into the casino knowing that the property ...
A case is currently being considered by the Florida Supreme Court that has the potential to change the gaming landscape of the state, specifically for rural Gadsden County, Gretna Racing and the Poarch Creek In...
The U.S. state of Georgia is gearing up for a fight to decide gambling's future there. The fight will see titans battle for the hearts, minds, and possibly pocketbooks (political campaigns) of lawmakers in the ...
On December 18 the House and Senate passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus tax & spending bill that averted a shutdown of the US government. President Obama signed it into law the same day. Included in the bill wer...
A citizens group and competing casino interests have spent considerable time and resources in an attempt to stop the Lago Resort & Casino from going forward in the Upstate New York town of Tyre. One oft rep...
Just three days after Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe, a company that could benefit from the deal, wrote a huge check to Scott’s political committee. Resorts Wo...
Located in Salamanca, New York, the Seneca Allegany Resort and Casino is now offering a new dimension of entertainment and comfort thanks to a brand new gaming floor. The resort has revealed the new design of t...
One day after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan declared daily fantasy sports betting illegal in the Prairie State, on Thursday, separate lawsuits were filed by Boston-based DraftKings and New York-based F...
Year on year numbers show about 10% more people flew in and out of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas during November this year. Total traveler visits for November 2015 were 3.7 million. According to s...
On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor denied a request by the (Aquinnah) Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head to reconsider his ruling that they may not open and operate a casino on the island near B...
At least 10 people in Massachusetts don't want to see a second slots parlor follow Plainridge Park. The group of residents have filed a complaint with the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts against the Att...