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.
Day 6 of the World Series of Poker Main Event begins today at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas with 69 players returning to the felt to try and bag a spot in the November Nine. On Day 5, 237 play...
According to an indictment filed in Las Vegas on Friday, eleven people have now been connected to a fake credit card scheme in the area. The 74 count indictment accuses six women and five men of working togethe...
For the second time, The Tradewinds Casino Cruise ship, Escapade (not pictured) ran aground Saturday. A sand bar on the Bull River cut gamblers' trips short. The ship was stuck for about two hours before retur...
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley did not include gambling revenue in his fiscal plan as a way to deal with the states budget shortfall in a special session of the legislature.
Senator President Pro Tem, Del M...
Last week special agents with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Drug Enforcement Administration, assisted by other federal and state agencies and the Modoc County Sheriff’s Office, raided a large marijuana g...
Lago Resort and Casino in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York suffered a body blow from the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court Friday. The panel reversed a 2014 lower court decision and va...
Bloomberg reports that billionaire John Paulson, principal of the hedge-fund firm Paulson & Co, along with other junior debt holders, are discussing a deal intended to successfully augment and salvage a ban...
The LINQ Hotel & Casino, located in the heart of Las Vegas’ famous strip between The Flamingo and Harrah’s Las Vegas, has completed its full resort renovation. The $223 million redesign is focused towards t...
In a move said to avoid payments in lieu of taxes under Atlantic City's new PILOT program, which has yet to be signed into law, the shuttered Trump Plaza was approved to create a deed restriction that will keep...
Big Lagoon Rancheria of California was able to convince an en banc panel of all 11 justices of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that California erred in challenging the status of their land, placed in trust by ...
Update: July 13
No firm date has yet been set for the maiden voyage, however a representative has informed us that it looks like an "all clear" to sail by July 17th.
Also in a previous version of this sto...
Joe DeSimone bought the Railroad Pass Casino and has initial approval from gaming regulators to run the property. Joe DeSimone purchased the property from MGM Resorts International in April 2015, but could not ...
Toronto- July 8, 2015, On Wednesday the Toronto City Council put the Woodbine Casino Expansion to a vote. The results were 25 to 19 for the expansion. The project proposal will integrate the casino with an ente...
It was six months ago that the owner of the Trump Taj Mahal decided to eliminate the health care program of casino workers. The casino has been in an ongoing battle with the Local 54 of Unite Here in a quest by...
Christian Lusardi put together an ingenious plan that involved counterfeiting poker chips. The 43 year old Lusardi decided to buy counterfeit chips from a Chinese manufacturer and then carefully counterfeited B...