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.
MGM Resorts revealed in a recent filing that MGM National Harbor LLC secured $525 million funding for the development of the MGM National Harbor gaming facility in Maryland. The project, located near the Potoma...
New York state gaming legislators took a long time to approve the licenses for the three casino operators within the state, but finally rolled out approval in December 2015. One of those licenses issued went to...
In an attempt to gain more support from the legislature and ease the hit to the state’s wallet, changes within Sen. Brian Bushweller’s (D-Dover) latest casino bill would be implemented over the next four years ...
On Tuesday, the Belterra Casino Resort, a riverboat casino in Switzerland County in Florence, Indiana, announced the completion of renovations to 55,000 square feet of meeting and convention space
The conven...
Ruby Seven Studios is a developer of social casino gaming who recently signed an agreement with the Pechanga Resort & Casino of California to work together on creating new content. The two companies will be...
With 2016 being an election year, the Hard Rock Casino Sioux City decided to add two new politically correct slot machines to the gaming floor. Players will now be able to enjoy slot gaming based on the democra...
Parrot Heads had to be happy on Friday, January 29 as a tropical palm tree was hoisted on a steal beam to the top of the hotel tower under construction at the site of the River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa, Ok...
The Seminole Tribe of Florida and Governor Rick Scott met on Monday in order to push state lawmakers to give the green light to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino proposed expansion plan worth $1.8 billi...
PokerScout.com, a leading online poker traffic monitoring website, covers the poker traffic numbers of top online pokers sites in the industry. This week, the resource site found that the Winning Poker Network ...
Late last week, the Alabama State Senate Democrats released information on their agenda for the legislative session of 2016, an agenda that includes casino proposals, the lottery and an increase in minimum wage...
Atlantic City casino hotels are currently searching for individuals to fill a few hundred openings, with full time positions included. The Press of Atlantic City is reporting that as many as 300+ openings are a...
Saturday was a busy day for Elmont where two opposing rallies took place. The first one was made of people showing their support for the proposed gaming expansion of a racetrack, whereas the second one was stag...
As part of a $27 million gaming expansion project, on Thursday, January 21st, the Yavapai-Apache Nation of Arizona broke ground on a new 122-room, six-story hotel.
According to the Cliff Castle Casino Hotel ...
State lawmakers of New Jersey are pushing to expand gaming in the state to be approved outside the Atlantic City area. Atlantic City is floundering and lawmakers feel that expanding into the northern portion of...
More delays are likely for the casino license approval for Lawrence Downs Casino and Racing Resort as “nontraditional financing” and new partners are expected to postpone the process for up to 12 months.
In ...