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.
A federal court has been asked by the Seminole Tribe and Florida’s state government to postpone a trial regarding whether the tribe is able to keep offering blackjack at its casinos.
The trial is scheduled f...
On March 8th 2016, the Forest County Potawatomi Community had much to celebrate. The tribe had been in the gaming business, with a casino off the reservation, for 25 years to the day. The tribe first opened a b...
Approximately 124 workers at OLG Slots at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Albion Road in Ottawa have been locked out of the gaming venue since its owner, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), locked out...
The Tampa Bay news outlet baynews9/news13 commissioned SurveyUSA to conduct a poll of 2,450 likely voters statewide from March 4th through the 6th and found that the majority of Floridians, across party lines, ...
Approximately $178 million would be invested back into Southern Illinois if Walker’s Bluff in Carterville is transformed from a winery and restaurant to an entertainment and lodging complex. Cynde Bunch has a p...
Wynn Resorts has been busy trying to get the Wynn Everett casino project up and running but delays continue to hinder the gaming group’s plans. The company has now had to further delay the cleanup of the site o...
It was revealed on Monday, the 7th of March, by the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Gaming Authority that the construction of the announced First Light Resort & Casino in Taunton might begin in early April. More pr...
A constitutional amendment proposed by a Florida organization that would usurp local referendums and give residents state-wide the authority to approve non-tribal casino gambling has garnering enough signatures...
According to the Ohio Casino Control Commission, in February, the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland brought in $18.3 million in revenue, a 9 percent decrease from February 2015.That includes the extra day in February ...
On Monday, Terry McAuliffe, the Governor of Virginia, signed the Fantasy Contests Act into law. This new law will establish a legal framework for fantasy sports operators to conduct contests within the state. T...
A method titled Play Management is being developed for casinos to give players more control over their spending habits, a method that was based on helping gamblers control losses. Plainridge Park Casino has yet...
The recently acquired DiamondJacks Casino and Hotel in Vicksburg, Mississippi will be rebranded as WaterView Casino and Hotel as announced by its new owner, Foundation Gaming Group, LLC. The new brand takes its...
Nevada was one of the first states to raise concerns over the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry over the fact that the DFS games were similar to casino games and hence must be regulated, like the casino indus...
The debate to introduce two new casinos in North Jersey continues to heat up as the pros and cons of this move was once again discussed in an Assembly committee hearing on the 7th of March 2016. This was the 5t...
Investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd. has been retained to explore a possible sale of the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, according to people close to the matter, Bloomberg reported Friday. Numbers out of Las ...