Supreme Court Rejects Two Tribal Gaming Issues

The highest court in the land has declined to hear two appeals of issues to Indian Country. Two lower courts that have ruled that tribes are governed by the...

Published July 4, 2016

Washington State Casino Moves Forward

Despite legal challenges the Cowlitz Tribe is more than 40 percent finished with its ilani casino resort (l.) near La Center, Washington. Nearby tribes are crying foul and claiming...

Published July 4, 2016

Cherokees Partner In Proposed Arkansas Casino

If the group Arkansas Wins In 2016 collects enough signatures to place a constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling on the November ballot, and if voters approve the amendment, Cherokee...

Published July 4, 2016

Tribe: Second Casino Not Dead

The Big Sandy Rancheria in central California has been trying to build a second, bigger casino for more than a decade, without success. It still hasn’t given up on...

Published July 4, 2016

Tribe Gave $30 Million to Michigan County Since 1999

Owners of the Little River Casino in Manistee, Michigan, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians has given $30,479,814 to Manistee County Revenue Sharing Board since 1999, under its...

Published July 4, 2016

$34 Million Casino Expansion Underway in Oklahoma

The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma on June 23 broke ground on its $34 million expansion of the Indigo Sky Casino near Seneca in Ottawa County. The expansion will...

Published July 4, 2016

California Tribes Support Neither Senate Candidate

Neither of the two candidates for U.S. Senate in California is feeling the love from the state’s powerful gaming tribes. Attorney General Kamala Harris (l.) and Rep. Loretta Sanchez...

Published July 4, 2016

NIGA Expands Washington D.C. Headquarters

The national organization representing gaming tribes, the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), last week the completion of its new headquarters located on Capitol Hill in Washington. NIGA leaders cut...

Published June 27, 2016

BIA’s EIS Positive For Pokagons’ Indiana Development

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, which operates the Four Winds Casino (l.) in Michigan, received good news from the Bureau of Indian Affairs' environmental impact study for the...

Published June 27, 2016

Washington Tribe Names Casino ilani

A word that means “to sing” in the native tongue of Washington’s Cowlitz Indian Tribe will be applied to the casino the tribe hopes to build in La Center....

Published June 27, 2016

Arizona Tribe Ordered to Produce Records in Trial

It is perhaps the first legal setback since the Tohono O'Odham Nation began its long journey to build the Desert Diamond West casino (l.) in Glendale, Arizona. Last week...

Published June 27, 2016

Michigan Gaming Tribe Continues to ‘Clear Hurdles’ Towards Lansing Casino

Michigan’s Sault St. Marie Tribe of Chippewa is awaiting a decision by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as to whether it will be allowed to put land into trust...

Published June 27, 2016

California Desert City Agrees to Host Casino

The city council of Barstow, California, approved an agreement last week with a tribe based in San Diego County that wants to build a casino. The municipal services agreement...

Published June 27, 2016

Northern California Tribe Picks Elk Grove for New Casino

The northern California based Wilton Rancheria has decided between three alternatives and chosen Elk Grove as the site for its proposed casino.

Published June 27, 2016

Cherokee Construction Ahead Of Schedule in Oklahoma

Construction of the $23 million Cherokee Casino Grove in Delaware County, Oklahoma is "outpacing construction goals," said Cherokee Nation Businesses Chief Executive Officer Shawn Slaton. A topping-off ceremony recently...

Published June 27, 2016

Tiguas’ Sweepstakes Games Ruled Illegal

The sweepstakes games offered by the Tigua Indians in their two Texas entertainment centers are illegal and must be removed by July 31, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone ruled...

Published June 27, 2016

Harrah’s Murphy Casino Delivers Economic Benefits

The $110 million Harrah's Cherokee Valley River Casino (l.) opened last September but already is having a positive impact on Western North Carolina. The property offers 1,000 slots and...

Published June 27, 2016

Southern California Casinos Expand With Amenities

In Southern California snowbirds and RVer’s look down on simple casinos. They want casinos with amenities like RV parks. And casinos are listening. The Pala Casino Spa & Resort...

Published June 27, 2016

Eastern Cherokees Study Diversification

An outlet mall at Harrah's Cherokee Casino in North Carolina is being considered by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians as it seeks to diversify beyond its lucrative gaming operation....

Published June 27, 2016

Mohegan Sun To Renovate Centerpiece Connecticut Hotel

The Mohegan Sun will be spending $50 million over the next 24 months to renovate its first hotel. At the same time its second hotel, the Earth Hotel is...

Published June 27, 2016