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.
The towns of East Hartford and East Windsor are the lone survivors competing for the third casino in Connecticut.
Hartford, Enfield and Windsor Locks all responded to proposal requests issued by MM4CT, the t...
Although it does not mean a strike is imminent, almost 6,000 casino workers in Detroit who are represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW) have signaled that they mean business if negotiations with three casin...
Professional poker player and bitcoin poker site owner, Bryan Micon is expected to be sentenced in Las Vegas today for operating an unlicensed poker site in the online regulated state of Nevada. After accepting...
On Monday, Caesars Entertainment Corp announced that the management of three casinos in Ohio would begin a transition phase which would see the casinos operated by their former joint venture partners, Rock Gami...
For two decades now, the group Gambling with the Good Life has been fighting efforts to expand gambling in Nebraska. The group is tied to religious leaders in the state and has followed the industry closely, tr...
Wayne State University has been gifted $40 million by Detroit entrepreneurs Mike and Marian Ilitch to build a new business school in Detroit.
Pending approval by the Board of Governors, Wayne State Universit...
According to a CNN report, France’s foreign minister’s son Thomas Fabius, 33, allegedly passed bad checks to casinos in Las Vegas and faces criminal charges in the United States for his actions.
A criminal c...
The legal age limit for visitors to the Chumash Casino have now changed from 18 to 21 as the casino has been granted temporary permission to serve alcohol. From 9 am until 1 am, the casino can serve alcohol on ...
With a December 1st date set for opening their new full service resort, the Bicycle Casino of Los Angeles, California has just under one month to prepare. Once December arrives, the casino will be offering acco...
NFL player Pierre Garcon filed a lawsuit against FanDuel on Friday in the state of Maryland, accusing the daily fantasy sports site of misappropriation of his name and likeness as well as other NFL players. The...
The Hollywood Casino, located in Bangor, Maine, has been fighting for some time against the state due to property taxes. The casino believes the city has overvalued their properties and leases by a large number...
Regulation of daily fantasy sports (DFS) is not within the scope of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, according to Chairman Steve Crosby who said that daily fantasy sports companies such as Boston-based Draf...
Despite three states already offering online casino and/or poker gaming, plus several states running online lottery options, certain conservative groups are still trying to stop the activity. Several groups hav...
On Friday a spokesman for the developers of a proposed $425 million non-Indian commercial casino in Tyre in Seneca County said that a "push poll" is being used by opponents of the project to spread “false and m...
Yesterday afternoon in Nichols the Tioga Downs Racetrack held a groundbreaking ceremony marking the beginning of the transformation and expansion of the facility into a full-scale casino.
The Southern Tier v...