Montana Casino Could Benefit from Proposal

A Montana state senator has introduced a bill designed to attract more tourists to the state’s Indian tribes. The bill, by Senator Lee Whitford, would also benefit the casinos...

Published May 1, 2017

Tribes Battle Over Casino Expansion

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community sued the Ho-Chunk Nation, the state of Wisconsin and Governor Scott Walker over the Ho-Chunk's $22 million Wittenberg casino expansion, which the Stockbridge claim would cause...

Published April 24, 2017

Tribes, MGM, Lawmakers, Debate Third Conn. Casino

Whether the Connecticut legislature should throw its support behind its two gaming tribes, the Pequots and the Mohegans, or gamble on a commercial interloper like MGM, caused a raging...

Published April 24, 2017

Interior Opposes Utes’ Casino Plan

Indian tribes looking to buy public land for economic development are not finding much support from Donald Trump’s Interior Department. The department’s new secretary, Ray Zinke (l.), opposes the...

Published April 24, 2017

Agua Caliente Tribe To Turn 12.5 Acres Into ‘Gaming District’

The Agua Caliente Band proposes to build a “mixed use entertainment and gaming district” in downtown Cathedral City. It has the full cooperation of the city, which is selling...

Published April 24, 2017

California Casino Renderings Unveiled

The Central California tribe the Timbisha Shoshone pulled the curtain back last week on its proposed casino near Ridgecrest. The Friedmutter Group drawings (l.) were presented to the Ridgecrest...

Published April 24, 2017

Graton Casino Wants to Expand

The largest Indian casino in Northern California, Graton Resort & Casino, wants to double the size of its hotel offerings to better serve the San Francisco market. It has...

Published April 24, 2017

Decision Overturned on Martha’s Vineyard Tribal Casino

The casino a Martha’s Vineyard tribe wants to build has been given a second life by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal. It ruled that a lower court...

Published April 17, 2017

Three Bills Now Before Connecticut Lawmakers

Connecticut lawmakers are worried that if they pass a bill favored by the state’s gaming tribes that they could endanger the existing tribal state gaming compact. The tribes sent...

Published April 17, 2017

House Chairman Opposes Off-Reservation Gaming

The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Rob Bishop (l.), wants to put the brakes on the Department of the Interior allowing tribes to buy land off the...

Published April 17, 2017

Date Is Key in Wisconsin Casino Dispute

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community gave the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel documents it said proves the land where Ho-Chunk operates a casino it's planning to expand in Wittenberg, Wisconsin was reacquired after...

Published April 17, 2017

Little River Band Casino Awaits BIA Approval

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is mulling a request by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians to build a second casino in Fruitport Township, Michigan. The BIA is...

Published April 17, 2017

WinnaVegas Celebrates Milestone

The WinnaVegas Casino and Resort in Sloan, Iowa, owned and operated by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, recently turned 25. From humble beginnings in pre-fab buildings and trailers, the...

Published April 17, 2017

New Buffalo Disproves South Bend Casino Fears

Opponents of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' Four Winds South Bend casino say it will bring increased traffic, noise, crime, bankruptcy and divorce, and take money from established...

Published April 17, 2017

Michigan Tribe Launches Effort To Eliminate Hunger

The Fire Hub restaurant, bakery and food pantry (l.) will open this week in a former Battle Creek, Michigan fire station owned by FireKeepers Casino Hotel. The multifaceted project...

Published April 17, 2017

Apache Sky Casino Holds Ribbon Cutting

The San Carlos Apache tribe in southeastern Arizona has opened the Apache Sky Casino. It has 300 slot machines, black jack and poker.

Published April 17, 2017

KBIC Needs Construction Workers

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community recently held a job fair to fill construction jobs it anticipates for its $40 million renovation projects at Ojibwa Casino in Baraga and Ojibwa...

Published April 17, 2017

Klamath Hotel Groundbreaking Planned for Summer

California’s Klamath Tribes will hold a groundbreaking next month or in June for an 84-room hotel that it has been planning for more than a year. The hotel is...

Published April 17, 2017

Tribal Gaming Profits Breaking Records

Indian gaming profits are bigger than ever. They have passed the $30 billion mark according to Alan Meister’s annual report: Casino City’s 2017 Indian Gaming Report. Profits for 2015...

Published April 17, 2017

Maine Tribes Disillusioned About Casinos

Tired of participating but getting nothing for their efforts, Maine’s four tribes are sitting out hearings on a bill that would authorize them to have four casinos, with as...

Published April 17, 2017