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.
Caesars Entertainment Corp was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after its bad debts skyrocketed and the corporation was no long confident of being able to revive its fleet of casinos from a revenue slum...
Update 3-13-15: Straub deal denied
Judge Gloria Burns of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Camden, N.J. refused to approve the sale of Revel Casino Hotel to Glenn Straub's Polo North company saying she didn't have ...
Correction 3-13-15: According to a correction from the Tribe's attorney only 6 of the 19 defendants are current tribal members. It is unclear whether the misreported 13 were part of the 76 tribal memberships t...
The Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack is challenging the New York state board's recommendation for the construction of a casino just 27 miles away. An Article 78 petition has been filed with the Albany County C...
The brick and mortar casino industry might have gone through a torrid time in 2014 but gambling establishments are not slowing down their efforts to construct more casinos. New York and Massachusetts have appro...
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe has fought long and hard in an effort to secure a reservation for the tribe which was officially recognized in 2000. The tribe’s efforts finally paid off when the Bureau of Indian Affa...
The debate taking place in Toronto, Canada is about to start up again and this time, it will be focused on expanding the gaming that is offered at Woodbine Racetrack. Right now, the track offers horse racing an...
The Galesi Group of Rotterdam is set to meet with the Planning Commission of Schenectady, New York by the end of March to discuss further the plans for a new building project to be located along the water front...
The National Indian Gaming Commission recently approved the Downstream Casino of Quapaw Oklahoma to expand into Kansas, a decision that that Kansas officials are not happy with. A motion has been filed to see t...
The Seminole Casino Immokalee opened in 1994 as a bingo parlor and has had several expansions and renovations since then. Now some 20 years later they will be opening the first upscale hotel in the Immokalee ar...
After an initial offer to purchase Pinnacle real estate assets in January, Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc., has offered another proposal totaling $4.1 billion. The companies failed to come to terms of eng...
On Monday, the Seminole Tribe of Florida released another television campaign to try and urge the state to extend the current gaming compact. The compact between the state and tribe will end on July 31st and th...
Government officials wanted to transform the public square in the city of Cleveland, Ohio and estimated the entire cost to be around $32 million. The proposal faced a lot of opposition and criticism because the...
Atlantic City casinos were expecting a tax relief plan to be approved before the 1st of April allowing them to benefit from a tax break. The tax relief plan was earlier known as the Casino Property Taxation Sta...
Horseshoe Southern Indiana Casino Hotel in Elizabeth has temporarily closed their hotel accommodations due to rising water levels in the Ohio River. When it is forecast that the river will rise above 55.5 feet ...