Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Turns Earth for $1 Billion Casino

Last week the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts held a groundbreaking for its $1 billion Taunton casino, the First Light Resort & Casino. Five hundred tribal members, city and...

Published April 11, 2016

Class III Arizona Casino May Be Delayed

It may be awhile before the Desert Diamond Casino (l.) near Glendale, Arizona is able to have Class III games. In making the decision to sue Arizona’s State Gaming...

Published April 11, 2016

BIA Accused of Dragging Feet on Putting Land Into Trust

The Bureau of Indian Affairs isn’t acting fast enough to make good on the Obama administration’s promise to put 500,000 acres into trust by the end of 2016. That’s...

Published April 11, 2016

New Mexico Tribes Adopt 2015 Compact

Two gaming tribes in New Mexico, the Sandia and San Felipe pueblos, have signed gaming compacts with the state that allow them to open their casinos for longer hours...

Published April 11, 2016

Supreme Court Puts Nebraska Village Into Reservation

The state of Wyoming is asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said that a small Nebraska town was...

Published April 11, 2016

9th Circuit Rejects Challenge of Arizona Casino—Again

Once again federal judges have shot down an attempt by rival gaming tribes and the state of Arizona to prevent the Tohono O'odham tribe from operating the Desert Diamond...

Published April 4, 2016

No Decision Soon in Seminoles’ Battle With Florida

A federal judge has set an October trial date in a lawsuit filed by Florida’s powerful Seminole Tribe in its fight to secure a new compact with the state...

Published April 4, 2016

California Tribe Sues Governor to Stop Casino

The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians who operate a casino (l.) in Coarsegold, California, have sued the governor of California to stop a compact that would allow the North...

Published April 4, 2016

Card rooms sue to Stop Cowlitz Sewer in Washington

La Center, Washington, a town with about 3,000 people, recently made a deal with the Cowlitz tribe to build a sewer line to serve a commercial development for the...

Published April 4, 2016

No Last-Minute Deal, Courts Will Decide Seminole Compact

Although lawmakers and lobbyists tried to patch together a last-minute agreement to save expanded gambling in Florida, the deal fell through before the session ended. Now rulings in the...

Published March 28, 2016

Tribe and Commercial Company Face Off in Massachusetts

Will there be two casinos in the southeast region of Massachusetts? The Mashpee Wampanoag have qualified for their First Light Resort (l.) in Taunton, but since the state Gaming...

Published March 28, 2016

Connecticut Casino Study Bill Rejected

Another study, proposed by Rep. Chris Perone (l.), won’t be conducted before the Connecticut legislature allows the state’s two gaming tribes to move forward in identifying a border town...

Published March 28, 2016

Pokagon Band, South Bend Reach Agreements

While the Bureau of Indian Affairs considers the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' land-trust application, the Michigan-based tribe and the city of South Bend, Indiana recently signed agreements regarding...

Published March 28, 2016

Appeals Court Hearts Arguments in Washington Casino Case

Opponents of the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington State, who argue that the Bureau of Indian Affairs improperly put 152 acres for the tribe into trust in La Center, argued...

Published March 28, 2016

California Seeks Supreme Court Review of Pauma Band Compact Case

California Attorney General Kamala Harris (l.) is heading the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court that seeks to overturn a decision that awarded $36.2 million to the Pauma Band....

Published March 28, 2016

Off-Reservation Casinos Remain Sault Priority

Seeking re-election, Aaron Payment, chair of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, said getting approval for two off-reservation casinos remains a top priority. The tribe claims the...

Published March 28, 2016

Little River Casino Expansion Nearly Complete

The $18 million gambling-floor expansion at the Little River Casino in Manistee, Michigan will be completed in June, officials said. Owned by the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,...

Published March 28, 2016

Eastern Cherokees Want Bidding Changes

Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, owners of Harrah's Cherokee Casino in North Carolina, want the Tribal Employee Rights Office to improve bidding opportunities for tribal members....

Published March 28, 2016

California Casino Doesn’t Need Management Contract to Open

A management contract is not required by a gaming tribe before it can open a casino the National Indian Gaming Commission ruled last week. This would allow the Jamul...

Published March 28, 2016

Tribal Leaders Feel the Bern in Washington

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (l.), speaking in Washington state, moved the issues important to tribal leaders up to the front of his agenda. He met with several tribal...

Published March 28, 2016