North America Casino News

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.

DraftKings and FanDuel rally while filing separate lawsuits to halt New York DFS shutdown order

On Tuesday, November 10, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman threw down the proverbial gauntlet and instructed daily fantasy sports (DFS) giants DraftKings and FanDuel to cease-and-desist operations in ...

Daily fantasy sports payment processors pressure operators to shut down New York state action

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators rarely handle the banking aspects of player deposits and withdrawals in-house. Instead, DFS businesses contract with payment gateways as a financial go-between, and without ...

Professional sports leagues’ involvement with daily fantasy sports called out for federal review

After clarifying the distinction between daily fantasy sports (DFS) and the more traditional, season-long fantasy sports leagues, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that daily fantasy sports ...