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.
According to the Washington, D.C. based National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), the U.S. Indian gaming industry recorded its fifth consecutive year of gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the 2014 fiscal year, coll...
H.R.511 gains momentum as members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce attend the July 22, 2015 markup session which was packed with members of the National Indian Gaming Association in Washing...
Despite opposition by Governor Pat McCrory and other North Carolina officials, The Catawba Indian Nation is moving forward with the planning for development of their Kings Mountain casino project, and seeking o...
On Tuesday it was announced that Real estate investment trust (REIT) Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. (GLPI) will acquire real estate owned by Pinnacle Entertainment. The deal, consisting entirely of a stock ...
A fire that erupted today next to the Bamboo Pool on the west side of Cosmopolitan Las Vegas has sent one person to the emergency room for smoke inhalation.
News footage shows black smoke rising from burning...
The March 9th civil filing of State of Kansas vs. National Indian Gaming Commission et al.,, has added two tribes to its gowning list of litigants.
In a court filing on Wednesday, the state of Kansas and Che...
The Manhattan U.S. Attorney announced on Tuesday that three men in Florida and Israel had been charged in a penny stock scam with international reach. Three Israeli residents, one an American citizen who remain...
The Delaware County Senior Citizens Center has hosted euchre games for many years now, offering prizes for seniors who pay a few dollars to take part. Days ago, gaming commission officials began to investigate ...
The historic Village Club Card Room in San Diego, CA, owned by the Souza family has relocated and held its official opening yesterday, but owner Harvey Souza and family have been ironing out the kinks since May...
Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL oppose legalized sports betting, but that may change in the near future for the business that generated a whopping $7.2 billion in national revenue in 2014.
The argumen...
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals three-judge panel has unanimously ruled that Texas Hold’em is not legal in Idaho, and affirmed that the tribe enjoyed no special tribal sovereign immunity under the federal...
An Atlantic City redevelopment plan is looking to change at least one boardwalk casino into an indoor water park. The announcement was made July 22, 2015. The project plans include an 81,000 square foot water p...
The Chicago Tribune has reported that the state of Illinois has been issuing gaming licenses to individuals with criminal ties as well as a past involving illegal gambling. It was six years ago that lawmakers i...
The main casino workers union of Atlantic City, the Local 54, and the Trump Taj Mahal have been at war for the past few months. The union feels as though workers have been treated unfairly due to pension and he...
In a recently released report by an investigative team at The Guardian, and originally commissioned by Sands China in 2010 as part if its internal corporate data collection, a private investigator stated that c...