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.
iGaming Business - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has vetoed legislation that would have led to punters being able to place bets at the US state’s casinos and racetracks.
The decision was announced by Ch...
iGaming Business - A bill to legalise online gaming in California has been withdrawn by the US state’s Senator, Lou Correa, ending hopes of securing approval this year.
Correa is the author of the bill and c...
One northern California resident experienced a life-changing moment when he struck gold on global gaming entertainment leader IGT's (NYSE: IGT) Megabucks® Double Diamond Deluxe at Twin Pine Casino, in Middletow...
PRNewswire - Just months after the initial release of the first High 5 Games slots for real money online play in New Jersey through its launch partner Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. ("CIE") an expanded...
PRNewswire-iReach - Konami Gaming, Inc., a global leader in casino gaming and systems, received celebrated response last month from Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center, CA during the inaugural laun...
The largest jackpot to hit on TropicanaCasino.com was awarded when Lisa H won an $85,191.81 progressive jackpot on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. She scored the record-setting online jackpot while playing Wonderland...
Melbourne, Australia – August 4, 2014 – Crown Resorts Limited (ASX: CWN) and
Andrew Pascal, former President and COO of Wynn Las Vegas, with financial support from
Oaktree Capital Management L.P. (“Oaktree”),...
VirginCasino.com officially launches on January 24th, 2014. Virgin Casino's partnership with Tropicana Atlantic City Casino & Resort led it to be amoung the first online casinos granted approval from the ...
iGaming Business - Canadian gaming provider Amaya Gaming has completed its acquisition of Rational Group, the operator of online poker brands PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, for US$4.9 billion (€3.6 billion).
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Leading games and systems provider Aristocrat has entered into an exclusive licensing and development agreement with renowned casino loyalty solution developer House Advantage. Under the agreement, Aristocrat w...
As consolidation continues and the titans grow even larger, it was announced today that lottery giant and electronic gaming machine maker Scientific Games plans to acquire legendary American casino game supplie...
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PRNewswire - CMK Gaming International, Inc. (OTC PINK: "CMKI") announced that it expects to open its first U.S. pachinko parlor, which will be located in Salt Lake City, Utah. This year, the Company purchased ...
iGaming Business - Caesars Entertainment's Harrahs Casino has launched an updated version of its casino game software application.
The HarrahsCasino.com application, which is only available in the US state o...
GLOBE NEWSWIRE - Saratoga Harness Racing, Inc. (SHRI) and Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) (Nasdaq:CHDN) announced they have executed a binding term sheet and are close to finalizing a five-year management co...