North America Casino News

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.

Kentucky Hits Nearly $250 Million Sports Betting Handle Since September 7 Launch

Kentucky governor Andy Beshear revealed on 23 October 2023 preliminary data on the sports wagering handle in the state since the September 7 launch. As reported, Beshear announced that almost $250 million has b...

Great Canadian Entertainment To Rebrand Hard Rock Casino Vancouver To Great Canadian Casino Vancouver

Great Canadian Entertainment, Canada's flagship hospitality and gaming firm, is excited to reveal the official rebranding of Hard Rock Casino Vancouver to Great Canadian Casino Vancouver, coming into effect fro...

Tipico Debuts Enhanced Proprietary Casino App in New Jersey

As the number of legal online gambling platforms in the U.S. has grown considerably over the last several years, the industry has become increasingly competitive. In order to keep up with consumer demand and be...

EveryMatrix’s SlotMatrix Enters Into Multistate Content Aggregation Agreement With betPARX

SlotMatrix, EveryMatrix’s first pure B2B aggregator, has revealed a groundbreaking multi-state casino aggregation agreement with betPARX, its existing ally and one of the flagship sportsbook and mobile casino o...

The Cordish Companies Receives Validation To Proceed With $270M Louisiana Casino Redevelopment Project

One of America's leading real estate and entertainment development firms, The Cordish Companies, has obtained unanimous validation from the Louisiana Gaming Control Board (LGCB), Louisiana's gaming regulatory b...

Sands China Hits $1.78 Billion Revenue In Q3 2023 To Verify Post-Pandemic Recovery

It seems that the Sands China has definitely recovered from the lows experienced during the pandemic years as the casino giant registered a $1.78 billion revenue in the third quarter of 2023. When compared to t...

ESPN Bet Could Potentially Debut In Mid-November

ESPN Bet is currently moving toward a mid-November debut, an ESPN source revealed to LSR on October 16. Blockbuster agreement: Two months ago, during August, Penn Entertainment entered into a 10-year, $2 ...

Unionized Employees Go On Strike At Detroit’s 3 Casinos

Following the expiration of the existing contract with Detroit's 3 casinos and without a new contract, a large number of unionized employees at the Detroit's 3 casinos officially began a strike on October 17th....

Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino Project Gets $290M Loan To Assist With Construction

Following an 18-month postponement, the Wind Creek casino project seems ready to move forward. In that regard, Wind Creek Hospitality, the company behind the project being constructed on land located 20 miles s...

Arizona’s Sports Wagering Handle Increases 11% in August 2023

The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) released a report on the state's market performance for August. The report shows that legal sports betting handle increased the month before the start of the football seas...

Online Gambling And Sports Betting At A Record Level In New Jersey In September; Pre-Pandemic Level Not Reached Yet

Online gambling and sports wagering reached almost record levels over the past month in New Jersey. Additionally, the money that almost half of the Atlantic City casinos earned from in-person players is bigger ...