Casino Renovations Ongoing, Racing Season Starting

A $3.5 million renovation is under way at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs (l.) in Claremore, Oklahoma. The project will be completed in April 2017 and relocate the casino...

Published September 5, 2016

California Casino Provides Fire Refuge

A northern California casino resorts, Twin Pine Casino & Hotel, twice provided relief, food and lodging for refugees from two raging wildfires during the summer. The most recent fire...

Published September 5, 2016

Tribal Casino Rivalry Brewing in Canada

Two Canadian First Nations are heading for a collision as both plan to build large casino resorts in the same city, Lloydminster. The city sits on the border between...

Published September 5, 2016

Chumash Tribe, County, Sign Police Contract

The County of Santa Barbara and the tribe based there, Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, last week signed an agreement for the tribe to fund two law enforcement...

Published September 5, 2016

Interior Department Fires Back At Judge’s Decision in Mashpee Case

The Department of Interior last week responded to a decision challenging the department’s land-into-trust ruling for the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in Massachusetts. The department says the judge erred in...

Published August 29, 2016

Texas Attorney General Sues Alabama-Coushattas

Although it's been open since June 2, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe's Naskila Entertainment Center, featuring 365 electronic bingo games, finally was targeted by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (l.). He...

Published August 29, 2016

California Must Pay $36.3 Million to Tribe

Because it fraudulently collected millions of dollars from the Pauma tribe of San Diego County, the state of California must now pay the money back. The 9th Circuit Court...

Published August 29, 2016

Residents Still Oppose Jamul Casino

Residents of Jamul, in San Diego County, continue to fiercely oppose the Jamul Indian Village’s Hollywood Casino. The casino is ready to open in about a week, but many,...

Published August 29, 2016

Mohegan Sun Prepares for 20th Anniversary

The Mohegan Sun, one of the largest casinos in the world, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in October. The casino plans an entire month of star-studded entertainment.

Published August 29, 2016

California Anti-Casino Groups Opposes Going to Federal Court

A group of activists challenging the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ use of water for their Chumash Casino don’t want the case to go to federal court. Save...

Published August 29, 2016

Choctaws Break Ground On Grant Expansion

Choctaw Nation officials recently broke ground to expand the Grant Casino Resort (l.) in Grant, Oklahoma. Set for completion in July 2017, additions will include a 96-room hotel tower,...

Published August 29, 2016

Florida’s Miccosukee Members Must Pay Taxes

Miccosukee tribal member Sally Jim must pay federal income taxes on her 2001 gaming per-capita payment of $272,000, a federal judge recently ruled. Jim had argued the money was...

Published August 29, 2016

Solar Power Benefits Minnesota Casino

A new $2.2 million solar energy complex will lead to savings for the Fond du Lac Band's Black Bear Casino in Carlton, Minnesota, as well as 150 homes and...

Published August 29, 2016

Niagara Falls Police Want Casino Pay

The Niagara Falls Police Department spends about $125,000 annually to provide policing services for the Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, Police Superintendent Bryan DalPorto recently told...

Published August 29, 2016

Grand Ronde Taking Case To Supreme Court

Having lost its appeal to stop the Cowlitz Tribe from building the $510 million Ilani Resort and Casino 15 miles north of Portland, Oregon, the Grande Ronde hopes to...

Published August 29, 2016

Proposed Minnesota Casino Worries Citizens Group

The White Earth Nation's proposed Shooting Star Casino would be built on trust land in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, but the parking lot would be situated on public land....

Published August 29, 2016

Potawatomis Dramatically Increase Political Spending

The Forest County Potawatomi Community in Wisconsin spent more on politics--$70,000--in the first six months of 2016 than it did in the past six years combined, said the nonpartisan...

Published August 29, 2016

Margaritaville Tulsa A “Game-Changer”

The $365 million Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant at River Spirit Casino in Tulsa recently opened, featuring a 27-story glass tower with a tropics-themed 483-room hotel, a gaming floor with...

Published August 29, 2016

Texas Tribal Casino Pushing Legal Limits

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas opened Naskila Entertainment (l.) with 365 electronic bingo machines in mid-May. The state of Texas claims the venue is illegal and wants to shut...

Published August 22, 2016

Mashpee Wampanoag Petition to Join Land-Into-Trust Suit

The Mashpee Wampanoag want to join a lawsuit brought by citizens in Taunton, the home of the proposed tribe’s First Light Casino (l.) against the Interior Department. The suit...

Published August 22, 2016