Gaming’s Effect on Arizona Schools: Less Than Predicted

Although the profits directed towards Arizona schools by Indian gaming, including the newest casino opened by the Navaho tribe, Twin Arrows (l.), has proven to be a reliable source...

Published June 5, 2017

County in Washington State Sues Over Tribal Casino

The Spokane County, Washington commission voted to sue the U.S. Interior Department for allowing the Spokane Tribe's $400 million off-reservation casino. The Kalispel Tribe also sued the agency, claiming...

Published June 5, 2017

New Ilani Casino Settles In

Washington state’s ilani Casino Resort (l.), after a month in operation, has settled down to seeing between 8,000-10,000 visitors a day. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is expecting to see...

Published June 5, 2017

Tribes, Card Rooms, Battle Over Tables

The Golden State’s gaming tribes and cardrooms appear about to begin a courtroom battle that, in the eyes of the cardrooms, puts their very existence at stake. Tribes, for...

Published June 5, 2017

Seven Feathers Celebrates 25 Years

The Seven Feathers Casino Resort (l.), owned by the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians in Oregon, has been operating for a quarter of century—after opening as...

Published June 5, 2017

Casino Relocation Would Increase Tribal Water Supply

If the Tule River Indian Tribe of California is allowed to move its Eagle Mountain Casino from its rocky reservation to the city of Porterville it will not only...

Published June 5, 2017

Potawatomis Announces $80 Million Expansion

Construction will begin this fall on an $80 million, 180,000 square foot hotel tower at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, operated by the Forest County Potawatomi Community. Chief...

Published June 5, 2017

Casino CEO Operates School for CEOs

What is so rare as a “school” whose top graduate could become the CEO of a casino resort? That’s precisely what Casino Del Sol CEO Kim Van Amburg (l.)...

Published June 5, 2017

Ojibwa Renovation, Expansion Continue

The Ojibwa Tribe in Michigan said a $5 million renovation at its Baraga casino will open in March 2018, a month behind schedule, with new "smoke eaters" and heating...

Published June 5, 2017

Chickasaws Building 21st Oklahoma Casino

A $10 million, 36,000 square foot casino in Terral, Oklahoma will be the 21st in the gaming empire of the Chickasaw Nation. The tribe operates the most casinos in...

Published June 5, 2017

Connecticut Senate Passes Third Casino Bill

The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill that would allow the state’s gaming tribes, the Pequots and Mohegans, to build a third, satellite, commercial casino. The fate of the...

Published May 29, 2017

Massachusetts Town of Aquinnah Appeals to Supreme Court

The town of Aquinnah, Massachusetts and the town association based there have decided to take their case against the casino the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) wants to...

Published May 29, 2017

Genting Malaysia on Hook for $274 Million Tribal Casino Loss

The $274 million investment Genting Malaysia made in the First Light Resort & Casino (l.) in Taunton, Massachusetts could be a total loss. The Mashpee Wampanoag is still waiting...

Published May 29, 2017

Navajo Casinos Post First Quarter Loss

In New Mexico, Fire Rock Casino (l.) and Northern Edge Casino, operated by the Navajo Nation, posted a first-quarter net win of $21,528,766—about $200,000 less than $21,747,278 in 2016....

Published May 29, 2017

Tampa Hard Rock Hotel Debuts Expansion

The smashing of the ceremonial guitar launched the opening of Seminole Hard Rock Tampa's $100 million expansion. Highlights include a high-end, 26,000 square foot, mezzanine level casino; a ground-floor...

Published May 29, 2017

Choctaw’s Red Water Casino Opposed

The group Choctaw For Better Government collected more signatures than required on petitions to hold a referendum for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' proposed $25 million Red Water...

Published May 29, 2017

Ho-Chunk Files Federal Court Brief

Responding to the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans’ lawsuit seeking to stop the Ho-Chunk Nation’s casino expansion in Wittenberg, Wisconsin, the Ho-Chunk filed a brief in federal court stating the...

Published May 29, 2017

September Trial Set For Texas Tribe

The state of Texas and the Alabama-Coushatta Indians will meet in federal court in a September trial to determine if the tribe's Naskila entertainment center (l.) can remain open...

Published May 29, 2017

Minnesota Casino Hotel Will Move

The Palace Casino Hotel will move to a larger site with more visibility near Cass Lake, Minnesota, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Indians recently announced. The property opened...

Published May 29, 2017

Connecticut Tribes Get BIA Letter They Sought

The Department of the Interior has sent a letter to Connecticut’s two gaming tribes, the Pequots and the Mohegans, expressing the opinion that if they are allowed to open...

Published May 22, 2017