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.
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...
A new organization called Voters in Charge has begun circulating petitions for the purpose of putting a constitutional amendment before Florida voters that would give the state’s residents the exclusive authori...
Tohono O’odham Nation officials have announced that the new Diamond Desert West Valley Resort will be opening its doors on the 20th of December. The new hotel and casino property has already seen the first gami...
While MGM China Holdings Ltd profits showed a more than 30% decline over the same quarter a year ago, MGM Resorts International (MGM) did better overall with US operations compensating for the losses overseas. ...
After spending the past three months in a losing streak with casino gaming, the state of Nevada has now caught a break. Thanks to the return of the pro football season as well as the game of baccarat, the casin...
On Thursday, regulators will revisit the southeastern Massachusetts casino issue, and while able to envision a scenario where a commercial casino and a tribal casino operate and compete within close proximity o...
The Blue Horizon Casino Cruise ship is set, once again, to sail out of the Port of Palm Beach Friday October 30th. After several delays including a complete shutdown and trip to a Jacksonville dry dock to repla...
In 2005 the Grand Biloxi Hotel Casino & Spa was completely devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The property was rebuilt from the ground up and opened again in 2006. On the first day of summer last year, Caesar...
Canada will get another shot at approving single-game sports betting legislation, although it remains to be seen as to whether the effort will garner any more success the second time around.
The C-290 sports...