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.
Monday December 21, 2015 finally saw New York state gambling regulators award three of seven potential full casino licenses for the state. A fourth license is expected to be issued to Tioga Downs later, along w...
Part of a long-term expansion plan, the new Earth Hotel tower adjacent to the Mohegan Sun is scheduled to open October 2016.
Mohegan tribal chairman Kevin Brown who spoke to reports and state elected officia...
Last week the Texas Legislature gave the Racing Commission there just enough money to operate until February. The commission's new director, Rolando Pablos, told staff to start "the process of shutting down," ...
The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA) recently approved Atlantic City’s one of a kind “Polercoaster,” announced in May.
The lease was signed in August by Florida developer Joshua Wallack of Wa...
Whether or not money made in the future from the building currently housing the Nooksack River Casino belongs to a company attempting to collect millions of dollars the casino owes in unpaid loans, will soon be...
The continuing investigation of multiple jackpots in multiple states being awarded fraudulently and the US lottery industry fears consumers are losing confidence.
In September a MultiState Lottery Associatio...
See Update Below: Licenses awarded
Today, regulators in the state of New York are expected to determine who will earn the three licenses for new casinos to be created in upstate New York. This area of New Yo...
Members of Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians revealed the massive Temecula casino expansion plan, whose worth is $285 million. The two-year plan is expected to create around 3,000 construction jobs in the area a...
The long struggle against seemingly impossible odds has ended with Sunday's opening of the Tohono O'odham Nation's Desert Diamond Casino - West Valley about 10 miles from downtown Phoenix on the edge of Glendal...
Billionaire James Packer, the son of the late Kerry Packer played a key role in transitioning the family business from one that focused on broadcasting and publishing to Crown Resorts, a multi-billion dollar ca...
A lawsuit filed by the Wyoming Lottery Corporation against a Cheyenne man accusing him of disparaging its operations is still improper and does not give sufficient specifics, according to the defendant’s lawyer...
Two card rooms in San Diego County that FBI raided just a few days ago are now fighting to reopen in time for Christmas. The card rooms, Seven Mile Casino and the Palomar Card Club, both say they have done no w...
The Desert Diamond Casino - West Valley will open its doors to the public at 1:00 p.m. today. After opening, the casino will operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Players will find 50,000 square feet o...
The wait is over for three upstate New York casino projects that were finally given the official green light from state gambling regulators.
State casino licenses are expected to be awarded to the Lago Resor...
A man who stole $500,000 from an armored truck outside of the Greektown Casino in Detroit, Michigan on November 28, Black Friday, has been arrested by Federal agents.
The FBI has identified the man as 22-yea...