Florida legislators are not counting on the $200 million provided by the Seminole Tribe under its gaming compact, which will expire in July. Tribal officials said they could offer...
The numbers from the fourth quarter are in for Las Vegas, and local casinos are taking the spotlight. Station Casinos and Boyd Gaming both saw gains in all areas,...
The proposed gaming compact negotiated between New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez's administration and several tribes will have its first legislative committee hearing this week. Jicarilla Apache President Ty Vicenti...
Although two Annie's café casinos have requested opening in Peoria, Illinois, the city council is stuck between restricting or approving them. The council has no official policy about the...
If casino gaming is good for a tribe’s bottom line, why not growing medical marijuana? Following an advisory by the U.S. Justice Department, some tribes are looking into becoming...
Sales have been declining for the Arkansas state lottery and a consultant recently said it needs to improve its image. As a result, a legislative committee recently approved moving...
The under-construction $110 million Cherokee Valley River Casino (l.), owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, is on schedule to open in late summer in Murphy, North Carolina....
Legislation has not yet been filed but Florida state Reps. Matt Gaetz and Jared Moskowitz want greyhound racetracks (Derby Lane near Tampa at left) to decouple the number of...
Card rooms in the Golden State stoutly maintain that they are just as heavily regulated as Indian casinos, and moreover that their regulations are enforced in the light of...
Efforts to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off casino workers in Atlantic City aren’t likely to succeed as the national economy improves, lessening the need for a federal extension.
The National Indian Gaming Commission said the Quapaw Tribe can extend gaming at its Oklahoma Downstream casino (l.) onto a parking lot—in Kansas. Strongly opposed are the Kansas attorney...
Minnesota legislators are trying again to ban state lottery sales online, at gas pumps and ATMs. Bills to that end are moving through the House and Senate. Legislators said...
One of the largest casino resorts in Southern California, Pala Casino Spa & Resort, has begun a $5 million renovation and addition that will open this May.
Island Resort & Casino in Harris Township, Michigan announced a two-year expansion and renovation project. Owned and operated by the Hannahville Indian Community, a band of the Potawatomi Nation,...
The government of Mongolia is planning two casino resorts to draw players from Russia, China and Japan. Following the example of Vietnam, South Korea and Cambodia, the country’s legislation...
Big European bookmakers are laying odds that Greece will keep using the euro, at least for the rest of 2015. Ladbrokes of London bet 8 to 11 that Greece...
One Hundred Sands, the sole casino license holder in Fiji, has had its license revoked. In 2011 the firm, which had planned a $290 million integrated casino resort on...
Swedish gaming operator Svenska Spel, a state-owned entity, will maintain its lock on legal gaming in the country for now. The company, which saw a marked drop in revenue...
A Canadian judge has ordered Ontario’s provincial government, Premier Kathleen Wynne (l.), and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to produce documents related to the cancellation of a revenue-sharing...
Raha-automaattiyhdistys, Finland’s slot machine association, reported a 1.9 percent decline in gaming revenues for 2014. RAY says an overall sluggish economy and poor market conditions were behind the drop.