Massachusetts and Town Appeals to Supreme Court

A small town on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and the Bay State are taking the desperate measure of appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court. They hope to overturn a lower...

Published August 14, 2017

Harrah’s Cherokee Expansion Nears Completion

A $13 million expansion project is nearly completed at Harrah's Cherokee Casino in Cherokee, North Carolina. The first floor of the two-level attraction is designed for families, with a...

Published August 14, 2017

Ho-Chunk Unveils Casino Expansion

The Ho-Chunk Nation recently opened an expanded and redesigned casino floor at its Ho-Chunk Gaming Casino in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. The new, non-smoking area features 200 additional slots,...

Published August 14, 2017

Unclaimed Wins Benefit Arizona Nonprofits

Nonprofit organizations in Arizona are urged to apply for consideration in Gila River Gaming Enterprises' unclaimed jackpots program. The company, which operates three Phoenix-area casino properties, distributes the money...

Published August 14, 2017

Former Winnebago Official Gets Probation

Lawrence Payer, one of nine former Winnebago Tribal Council members indicted last year by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, theft and wire fraud, recently was sentenced to five...

Published August 14, 2017

Interior Rejects Sault Tribe’s Application

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians recently learned the Interior Department rejected their off-reservation land-trust applications for Lansing (l.) and Sibley properties. Associate Deputy Secretary James Cason...

Published August 7, 2017

Connecticut Legislature Approves Gaming Compact Changes

Both houses of the Connecticut legislature acted quickly to approve of amendments to the state tribal gaming compact with the Mohegan and Pequot tribes. This allows them to move...

Published August 7, 2017

NIGA Joins Fight to Repeal PASPA

Tribal gaming’s principal voice in Washington is now calling for an end to the federal government’s ban on sports betting. Given longstanding tribal anxieties about where they fit in...

Published August 7, 2017

California’s Jerry Brown Signs Wilton Compact

California Governor Jerry Brown (l.) on July 19 signed a tribal state gaming compact with the Wilton Rancheria. The signing is the next step toward building a $400 million...

Published August 7, 2017

Four Winds Celebrates 10 Years

The Pokagon Band, based in Dowagiac, Michigan, opened its first Four Winds Casino (l.) on August 2, 2007. Nearly 20,000 people visited the first weekend. The project faced plenty...

Published August 7, 2017

Michigan Casinos Announce Renovations

The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort (l.), opened by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan in Mount Pleasant in 1998, will undergo a $26.million renovation starting this fall....

Published August 7, 2017

Casino Parking Lot Acreage For Sale

For 18 months, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes paid $1.25 million to lease a 2-acre parking lot near its Lucky Star Casino in Clinton, Oklahoma. Last spring the National...

Published August 7, 2017

Resolution in Oklahoma Town Targets Illegal Gambling

In a unanimous vote, the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma city council approved a resolution against illegal gaming within city limits. The move was in response to rumors that developers of...

Published August 7, 2017

Michigan Tribe Gives $700,000 In 2-Percent Donations

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians recently donated $700,000, based on 2 percent of slot revenue from its five Kewadin Casinos in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, to police...

Published August 7, 2017

Pala Casino’s $170 Million Expansion Will Add a Tower

As part of the ongoing casino “arms race” in San Diego County, Pala Casino Resort & Spa has announced plans for a $170 million expansion, to include a second...

Published August 7, 2017

Connecticut Ready to Build Third Casino

Connecticut is now ready to build its third casino. The only thing that could cause the Pequot and Mohegan tribes and their development arm MMCT Venture to stumble is...

Published July 31, 2017

Feds Approve Change in Arizona Tribe’s Compact

The Tohono O’odham Nation’s tribal state gaming compact with Arizona has been approved by the U.S. Department of the Interior. That pulls the last roadblock to opening a Class...

Published July 31, 2017

Senate Closer to Decoupling Tribes From Labor laws

The U.S. Senate needs as few as two votes to bring a measure to the floor that would remove tribes from review by the National Labor Relations Board. This...

Published July 31, 2017

Tribal Casino May Go Commercial in Massachusetts

Frustrated in the courts and in the federal government, the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe may apply for a commercial casino license in Massachusetts rather than go the tribal route, according...

Published July 31, 2017

Officials Support Ho-Chunk Beloit Casino

The proposed Ho-Chunk Nation casino in Beloit, Wisconsin has the support of local, state and federal officials. The tribe's land-trust application is pending at the Bureau of Indian Affairs,...

Published July 31, 2017