Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Indian gaming in general, but off-the-reservation proposal to put land into trust for tribes, will do better under a Democratic administration led by Barrack Obama (l.), according to a report issued last week by Fitch Ratings.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
The Catawba Indian Nation has sued the state of South Carolina to prevent law enforcement from seizing gambling machines at a temporary casino it plans to open on its reservation. The tribe believes a 1993 settlement gave it the right to offer gaming, and it’s hoping to build a permanent casino and two hotels in the future. Another proposed Indian casino in Hardeeville has the support of several students.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Most gaming tribes are saying good things about the draft rules that have been proposed for changing the federal regulations used by the National Indian Gaming Commission to oversee tribal casinos. Senator John McCain (l.) isn’t a fan.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear the case of Glendale, Arizona versus the Tohono O’odham Nation, which wants to build a casino on land it owns in the city. The Gila River Indian Community, partnering with Glendale in the suit, said it will take the case to the Supreme Court if necessary.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Both the governor (Rick Snyder, l.) and attorney general of Michigan have notified the Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Indian tribe that they will not support the tribe’s proposed $245 million, off-reservation casino in Lansing. In a letter, they said if the tribe continues to pursue the casino three blocks from the state Capitol, it does so “at its own risk.”
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
The Ho-Chunk Nation and city and county officials in Beloit, Wisconsin are nearing approval of an intergovernmental agreement for a proposed casino in that city. The $150-$200 million project would create more than 1,000 permanent jobs.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
California Governor Jerry Brown will have the last say in whether a tribe in Northern California can put land that is not on the reservation into trust for an Indian casino.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Two men were fighting in a bar when a freshman senator from New York walked in. It sounds like the set-up for a joke. There’s no punch line, but there were plenty of punches.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Some tribes tell and others don’t. However a newspaper in Oklahoma has uncovered information that there are 11,000 people in the state with a gambling problem serious enough to get them banned by tribal casinos.
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