Arizona Tribe Rejects Governor’s Offer

As part of its high stakes game of casino litigation with the state of Arizona, the Tohono O’odham Nation, owner of the Desert Diamond Casino West Valley (l.), has...

Published December 12, 2016

Construction Started At South Bend Casino

Construction has begun on the $400 million, 166-acre Four Winds South Bend Casino in Indiana, owned by the 5,200-member Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The project, announced last week...

Published December 12, 2016

California Casino Enemies Go To Court

There are now two extant lawsuits whose purpose is to prevent the Wilton Rancheria from building an off-reservation casino in a moribund mall (l.) in Elk Grove, near Sacramento,...

Published December 12, 2016

Scott Meets With Seminole Officials

Seminole Gaming Chief Executive Officer Jim Allen and other officials recently met with Florida Governor Rick Scott (l.). Last year he negotiated a new compact with the tribe, only...

Published December 12, 2016

California Tribal Gaming: $7.8 Billion Economic Engine

California Indian Gaming two years ago generated nearly $8 billion in economic activity, according to a report paid for by the California Nations Indian Gaming Association. The report was...

Published December 12, 2016

Nine Sue Over Chukchansi Prosecutions

Nine men who took part in an evening raid of the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino (l.) in Madera County, California on October 9, 2014 are suing the County,...

Published December 12, 2016

Gaming Tribes Use Free-Play Sites to Lure Customers

Gaming tribes are with increasing frequency jumping into offering free-play social gaming sites. The purpose is to increase traffic to their brick and mortar casinos—and to pave the way...

Published December 12, 2016

Renovation, Expansion At Ojibwa Casinos

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community in Michigan will spend $6.5 million to renovate its Ojibwa Casino in Baraga and $33.5 million to expand the Ojibwa Casino (l.) in Marquette....

Published December 12, 2016

California Tribe Submits New Casino Plans

Redding Rancheria in Northern California has offered plans for a new casino that would replace its old Win-River Casino. The tribe’s original plans were rejected by the Bureau of...

Published December 12, 2016

ilani Casino Aims at April Opening

The Cowlitz tribe’s ilani casino resort near La Center, Washington, is three quarters completed and moving towards opening in April. The $510 million facility will try to tap the...

Published December 5, 2016

Redding Rancheria Tries Again with BIA

A California tribe, the Redding Rancheria, is taking another bite at the apple and applying for a second time to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to be allowed to...

Published December 5, 2016

MGM Argues Connecticut Case at Appeals Court

MGM Resorts International and the state of Connecticut made their cases last week before the 2nd U.S. District Court of Appeals on the lawsuit that MGM is pursuing against...

Published December 5, 2016

NIGC Plans Tribal Consultations

The National Indian Gaming Commission will hold consultations with tribal nations that operate gambling entities, February through May. NIGC Chairman Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri (l.) says the Indian Gaming Regulatory...

Published December 5, 2016

Petitions Received for Anti-Casino Vote

A mysterious group with secret funding has gathered enough signatures on a petition to possibly force an election on an Indian casino proposed for Elk Grove, California. The goal...

Published December 5, 2016

Florida’s Negron To Seek Seminole Compact

Florida Senate President Joe Negron (l.) said he wants to negotiate a new compact with the Seminole Tribe that also considers parimutuels. House Speaker Richard Corcoran warned any gambling...

Published November 28, 2016

Tribe Wants Alabama Gaming Compact

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians is ready to negotiate a gaming compact with Alabama, said tribal Vice Chairman Robert McGhee (l.). The tribe operates three Class II casinos...

Published November 28, 2016

Supremes to Explore Tribal Sovereign Immunity

The U.S. Supreme Court during the current session will decide an issue of tribal sovereign immunity. The case derives from a car accident caused by a limousine driver working...

Published November 28, 2016

Choctaws Pay Off Bond, Refinance Loan

The Choctaw Nation announced its economic development arm, the Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, recently paid off outstanding bond debt and refinanced its existing bank loan. The CRDE owns and...

Published November 28, 2016

Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Turns 1

Harrah's Cherokee Valley River casino resort (l.) recently turned one year old. Located in Murphy, North Carolina, the $110 million property had 1.1 million visitors, including more than one-third...

Published November 28, 2016

Developer Pays for Report on Third Connecticut Casino

A developer who wants to build a third tribal casino in East Hartford has paid for a report that shows that the state could make $148.3 million, including $37.1...

Published November 28, 2016