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.
As is often the case after competing entities invest millions of dollars in casino proposals, and all but one have no hope of recouping their gamble, Kansas Crossing Casino - who won the bid for a state-owned c...
Governor Chris Chistie of New Jersey has not yet said whether he will veto or sign into a law important legislation that would help struggling casinos in Atlantic City. New Jersey law dictates that the governor...
Stockton University announced Friday that their sale of the former Showboat Casino to Philadelphia developer, Bart Blatstein which was expected to wrap up Monday, will be delayed until mid January. The news was...
The developers of a proposed $677 million casino for the town of Brockton, Massachusetts told the state's gaming regulators this week that they can bring in 4 million visitors a year and generate $2 billion in ...
Finalization for a 115-acre East Taunton land deal between six property owners and the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian tribe took place this week. On Thursday the deal worth $34.5 million was filed via a quitclaim dee...
From competing tribes to the state legislature and even the US House and Senate, the Tohono O’odham Nation has faced strong headwinds in trying to get a casino opened on the edge of the Phoenix, Arizona suburb ...
The two federally recognized tribes in Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegan Tribe, have received five proposed sites for a new casino in the state. The proposals were due on Friday seeking the ...
Four Winds Casino Resort reported on October 2nd that a financial institution had experienced issues with payment cards where the bank detected a pattern of charges on the cards that were unauthorized. The card...
The purchase of Circus Circus Reno and the remaining half of the Silver Legacy from MGM Resorts International by Eldorado Resorts drew praise from Nevada gaming regulators on Thursday. The move by Eldorado Reso...
The never-ending construction of the nearly completed Fontainebleau casino-hotel high-rise is being covered up to improve the view on the Las Vegas Strip.
A relatively routine request for a time extension fo...
Today is the deadline for proposals to be sent in to the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes for consideration as the spot for the third state casino in Connecticut. The Connecticut Airport Authority is read...
The Chukchansi Tribe has been divided for years, with different factors among the tribe fighting on a consistent basis, going so far that the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino was shut down in October 2014 du...
In the long running saga of jobs and free enterprise versus mandated morality and the protection of the less fortunate (aka "State vs VictoryLand Casino") Alabama Governor Robert Bentley signed an executive or...
On Thursday, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California broke ground on its new casino in South Gardnerville, Nevada in Douglass County.
The casino will be adjacent to the tribe’s new $11.78 million Wa She Sh...
On Wednesday, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment CEO Tony Santo announced that the Palace Casino on the north side of the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada will be rebranded and redeveloped as th...