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

Bay Mills Casino In Talks To Reopen

Site improvements have begun at the former Bay Mills Vanderbilt Casino (l.) in Vanderbilt, Michigan. Local officials said it may reopen soon. The small casino opened in November 2010...

Published November 28, 2016

Petition to Reverse California Casino Decision Has Enough Names

Petitioners trying to stop a casino from happening in an unfinished mall in Elk Grove, California may have gotten enough signatures on a petition to put the issue on...

Published November 28, 2016

Measuring Graton’s Effect on Bay Area Economy

When an Indian casino is built, it does more than just provide revenue for the tribe that operates it. It also provides ancillary benefits to the surrounding region. Such...

Published November 28, 2016

Cowlitz Tribe Casino Popular With Job Seekers

People wanting jobs at the soon-to-open ilani Casino near La Center, Washington, flooded a recent job fair in Portland, Oregon. It was standing room only to sign up for...

Published November 28, 2016