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 state of New Jersey has tried time and time again to legalize sports betting within their borders but have continually had no luck. Back in August, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in the NCAA v...
Ontario Gaming East Limited Partnership, a partnership which the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation owns a majority share of, was selected by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) as operators of the ...
Governor Robert Bentley of Alabama wants to know, if the state were to create a lottery, would this be the beginning of Las Vegas-style casino gambling in the area? The governor wrote a letter to the Alabama Su...
After the initial environmental review of a proposed Finger Lakes casino was tossed by the court in July, the investment firm revealed plans to submit more than 3,000 pages of environmental reports about their ...
Based on what the federal authorities are calling ‘severely deficient’ controls on anti-money laundering, Caesars Entertainment Corp. must now pay a hefty civil penalty. $8 million will be paid by Caesars based...
Lawmakers in the state of New York converge today to review a proposal that would legalize online poker gaming within the state borders. Legislation created by Republican Senator Jon Bonacic will be under discu...
The casino industry in the United States has gone through a rough period over the last 18 months but Maryland casinos have been an exception to the general market stagnation. The five casinos in the state of Ma...
The Spokane Tribe of Washington has already received approval from the federal government to construct their Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Spokane in Airway Heights. As per federal law, Indian tribes are only allo...
The Horseshoe Casino Baltimore is a gaming location in Maryland that sees a lot of foot traffic, especially on the weekends. This past weekend an unusual and alarming instance occurred involving a man from Virg...
Officials in the online gaming industry have been waiting for some time for the state of New Jersey to move forward with gaming outside their borders. Delaware and Nevada already work together with shared playe...
Representatives for the proposal for re-configuring the Tioga Downs Casino & Racing in Nichols, New York into a fully functioning casino will make their presentation before the state Gaming Facility Locatio...
The North Carolina tribe of Cherokee Indians are ready to launch their new casino, the Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River, to provide a further hold on the region as well as see a nice increase in revenues. The gam...
Over the weekend, continuing into today, the Unite Here Local 54 union of Atlantic City has asked visitors to the area to boycott two casino properties. The Trump Taj Mahal and the Tropicana have been subject t...
The possible decrease of the considerable subsidy that helps to support the ailing horse racing industry is on the minds of horse track operators and breeders.
Currently, twenty state casinos provide a porti...
Maryland Lottery and Gaming announced that the state’s five land based casinos generated a total of $96.7 million gaming revenue in August 2015, which is an increase of 20 percent compared to the same month the...