Northern California Tribe Chooses Alternative Site for Casino

The Wilton Rancheria in Northern California has chosen to build its proposed casino on 35.9 acres in Elk Grove, passing up on nearby Galt because it faced $30 million...

Published June 20, 2016

Connecticut Tribe Tries Again for Federal Recognition

The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe based in Kent, Connecticut has applied for a second time to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to grant it federal status. It has done so...

Published June 20, 2016

Pojoaque Pueblo Awaits Legal Outcomes

The Pueblo of Pojoaque in New Mexico operates two casinos, including Buffalo Thunder (l.) outside of Santa Fe, although its state gaming compact expired last year. Unlike other pueblos,...

Published June 20, 2016

Yreka, California Casino Could Cost Neighbors 22 percent

The casino that the Karuk Tribe of Yreka is building in Northern California could lose 22 percent or more of its revenues if the Coquille Indian Tribe is allowed...

Published June 20, 2016

Minnesota Tribal Casinos Lure Millennials

Casinos need to “rethink their casino floor” to attract younger players who favor table games over slots, said author Dave Palermo. At Mystic Lake (l.) in Minnesota, “cosmic blackjack,”...

Published June 20, 2016

Group Protests Proposed White Earth Casino

The White Earth Nation wants to build a casino on trust land it owns on Star Lake in Minnesota. But the Star Lake Concerned Citizens Group recently met to...

Published June 20, 2016

Duluth, Tribe Settle Long-term Legal Battle

After seven years of lawsuits and countersuits, the city of Duluth, Minnesota and the Fond du Lac Band have agreed that the tribe will pay the city $150,000 annually...

Published June 13, 2016

Ruling Endangers Texas Tribal Casino

Naskila Entertainment, the Alabama-Coushatta's bingo hall on its Polk County, Texas, reservation, recently held a grand opening. But its days could be numbered following a federal judge's ruling against...

Published June 13, 2016

Seminoles, Florida File Dueling Motions

Both the Seminole Tribe of Florida and state officials recently filed motions for summary judgments in federal court. The tribe asked U.S. Judge Robert Hinkle to declare it can...

Published June 13, 2016

Cayuga Nation Can Sue NY Village

A three-judge panel for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a prior decision by U.S. District Judge David Hurd, who in May 2015 ruled a Cayuga Indian Nation...

Published June 13, 2016

Arizona Gaming Director Wants Behind the Scenes Notes in Lawsuit

Daniel Bergin, director of gaming for Arizona, seeks to force the Tohono O’odham Nation to reveal documents that would cast lights on its inner workings as far back as...

Published June 13, 2016

Senecas Bid for Rochester Casino

The Seneca tribe is looking to short-circuit competition by teaming with businessman Robert Morgan (l.) to open a casino in downtown Rochester, New York.

Published June 13, 2016

Connecticut Tribe Tries Again for Federal Recognition

The Schaghticoke Indian Tribe of Kent, Connecticut is petitioning the Bureau of Indian Affairs to give its application for federal recognition a second look. The tribe hopes to become...

Published June 13, 2016

California Tribe Eyes Spring 2017 Opening for Casino

The Northern California Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of Enterprise Rancheria anticipates opening its Fire Mountain Casino (l.) next spring. The tribe has been waiting for 15 years.

Published June 13, 2016

California Casino was Target of Credit Fraud Says Grand Jury

A federal grand jury has charged two people with operating a wire fraud that siphoned a total of $1.2 million from several casinos including the Cache Creek Casino in...

Published June 13, 2016

North Dakota Tribe Drills Own Oil

Under the motto "Sovereignty by the Barrel," the Three Affiliated Tribes has taken over oil production on its Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. Its company, Missouri River Resources,...

Published June 13, 2016

Debt Vs. Opportunity in Massachusetts

The recent groundbreaking of the First Light Resort & Casino (l.) owned by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is a real event, despite lawsuits challenging the project and reports that...

Published June 6, 2016

Tribes Anxious for Supreme Court to Rule on Labor Dispute

Tribes are watching anxiously to see if the U.S. Supreme Court will decide to take up the issue of whether the National Labor Relations Board has jurisdiction over tribal...

Published June 6, 2016

Margaritaville Expected To Alter Tulsa Market

The new Margaritaville at River Spirit Casino & Resort (l.) not only will bring more visitors to Tulsa, Oklahoma—it's also expected to spur more economic development along the Arkansas...

Published June 6, 2016

Seminoles Dramatically Reduce Building Budget

The Seminole Tribe had promised it would spend $1.8 billion on expansions at its casino resorts in Tampa and Hollywood, Florida—that is, if the legislature approved a compact negotiated...

Published June 6, 2016