California Tribe Proposes Casino Resort

Sacramento, California, would get one of its largest Indian casinos ever if the Wilton Rancheria gets permission for its Twin Cities Casino Resort. The tribe released the environmental impact...

Published January 4, 2016

Snoqualmie Denies Discrimination Charges

City officials in Snoqualmie, Washington denied allegations of racial discrimination and rights violations as claimed in a lawsuit filed by Snoqualmie Tribe against the city, its mayor and city...

Published January 4, 2016

Sides Lining Up Over Seminole Compact

Since Governor Rick Scott announced the proposed compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe, the pro and con sides have been busy solidifying their positions. The proposed compact would...

Published December 21, 2015

Washington Tribe Closes Casino Over Financial Problems

A Washington tribe that had fallen behind in payments to lenders who financed its casino renovation has now closed the facility. The Nooksack Tribe of Washington last week shut...

Published December 21, 2015

Texas Opposes Tigua Gaming

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (l.) on December 9 filed a federal complaint to stop the Tigua Tribe of El Paso from reopening its Speaking Rock casino, which is...

Published December 21, 2015

Controversial Arizona Casino Prepares to Open December 20

The Desert Diamond West Casino (l.) near Glendale, Arizona, is preparing to open on December 20 with a Class II operation. The casino will open with 1,089 slot machines.

Published December 21, 2015

Connecticut Tribes Delay Deadline for Selecting Casino Site

MMCT, the entity created by Connecticut’s gaming tribes, the Pequot and Mohegan tribes to determine a site for a satellite casino, has postponed the decision. The original deadline was...

Published December 21, 2015

Washington Tribe Reveals Details for La Center Casino

Washington’s Cowlitz Indian Tribe last week revealed more details for its $510 million casino (l.) that began construction recently in La Center. The controversial casino is anticipating a spring...

Published December 21, 2015

Many Changes for Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently voted for sweeping changes to tribal leadership and opened a second tribal casino and an $82 million hospital to promote wellness and...

Published December 21, 2015

Off-Reservation Residents Want To Vote

The 2,660 Santee Sioux members who live off the Knox County, Nebraska reservation want the same voting rights as the 800 who live there. Petitions are circulating to hold...

Published December 21, 2015

Salish, Kootenai Casino Work Underway

A new Gray Wolf Casino near Evaro, Montana, will open by the end of 2016, but without a 70-room hotel, RV park, and convenience store, officials for the Confederate...

Published December 21, 2015

Massachusetts Tribe Appeals Casino Ruling

A Massachusetts tribe that wants to open a Class II casino on Martha Vineyard is not taking no for an answer from a federal judge. The Wampanoag Tribe of...

Published December 21, 2015

Oklahoma Tribal Casinos Lure Arkansans

Along the Oklahoma border, five tribal casinos lure Arkansas gamblers with Las Vegas-style properties and attractive hotels. One of the newest tribal-casino hotels, located just minutes from Fort Smith,...

Published December 21, 2015

Shoshone-Bannock Proceed with Casino Planning

The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes are moving forward with construction of a proposed 70,000-square-foot casino in Fort Hall, Idaho, and are meeting with three architectural firms to choose a design and...

Published December 21, 2015

Opponents of California Casino Expansion Use Water Rights as Weapon

Opponents of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians plans to renovate the Chumash Casino Resort have discovered a new weapon: a court decision more than a century old...

Published December 21, 2015

Snoqualmie Tribe Claims City Discriminated

The long-simmering battle between the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe and the city of Snoqualmie, Washington has boiled over to a discrimination lawsuit filed in federal court by the tribe against...

Published December 21, 2015

Ho-Chunk Unveils Development Plans

Four development projects totaling $107 million recently were announced by Ho-Chunk Incorporated, the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. Plans include the $75 million Flatwater Crossing...

Published December 21, 2015

Washington Tribe Buys Country Club

Washington’s Kalispel Tribe recently closed the purchase of the state’s oldest golf course, the Spokane Country Club (l.) for $3 million. It has renamed it the Kalispel Golf and...

Published December 21, 2015

Event Center Coming To Apache Casino

The Fort Sill Apache Tribe broke ground on a new event center at its Apache Casino Hotel in Lawton, Oklahoma. The $27 million, 50,000 square foot center, opening in...

Published December 21, 2015

California Tribe Plans Casino Expansion, Hotel

Southern California’s Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is beginning to hint at its plans for a new hotel and expansion of its Spa Resort Casino in Palm Springs....

Published December 21, 2015