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 investigation into FIFA has confirmed that an ugly monster controls the ‘beautiful’ game. The investigation has implicated some of the most senior members of FIFA on corruption charges and also alleges that...
Companies that promote, market or direct residents of New Jersey to illegal online gambling sites now have 150 days to stop such activity. The gambling regulators of New Jersey have set the time frame of 150 da...
Keith Lehr won the $10,000 Heads-Up No-limit Hold ‘em Championship at the World Series of Poker on the 4th of June but it was fifth place finisher Valeriu Coca of Moldova who caught the attention of the media.
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Amaya Gaming Group Inc., (AYA) will be offered to speculators on the U.S. Nasdaq stock exchange for the first time Monday, June 7. The stock has traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange since July 2010 where it ope...
The National Fantasy Football Convention (NFFC) scheduled for July 10-12 in Las Vegas has been cancelled. The event, scheduled since March, would have been held at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, where no...
American Pharaoh won the third leg of the Triple Crown at Belmont in a race that inspires an industry. Frosted came in second, and Keen Ice took 3rd away from Mubtaahij in the final seconds.
Although many ha...
A federal judge is being asked by the state of Massachusetts and a tribe descending from the first inhabitants of Martha's Vineyard to rule on whether the Aquinnah Wampanoags can build a casino on tribal lands ...
In a matter that came down to the wording of their treaty and previous case law, the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma has won a major ruling from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) who decided the tribe's en...
Say goodbye to riverboat gambling in the Quad Cities area. Rhythm City Casino officially broke ground Thursday, June 4th on the site of a new land-based casino near I-74 and I-80 in Davenport, Iowa. The new cas...
A new casino in Connecticut will be built. This, according to Governor Dannel P. Malloy's spokesman Mark Bergman - as reported by the Associated Press Friday. The Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes successf...
The state of California had earlier challenged a decision made by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1994 over forming a trust and allotting land to the Big Lagoon Rancheria. The federal government allows an India...
The $1.5 million Belmont Stakes will be run on Saturday at Belmont Park in New York. American Pharoah has won the first two legs of the coveted Triple Crown and will vie to become the 12th Triple Crown winner i...
As the 2015 World Series of Poker continues in Las Vegas, more and more players are earning the coveted gold bracelet and bragging rights for a title win. For the $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship ...
Twenty seven Indian tribes in Washington State now have approval for Class III gaming thanks to a new compact approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Almost every tribe in the state signed the new agreement w...
The Indian gaming industry in the United States is estimated to be around $28 billion in 2015 and will continue to grow as a number of tribes continue to open new casinos and expand existing ones on their reser...