Lucky Eagle Announces $40 Million Expansion

The Lucky Eagle Casino and Hotel in Rochester, Washington will break ground this month on a $40 million expansion, including an additional 40,000 square feet of gaming and dining...

Published February 2, 2015

German Gambler Fined for Playing Online at UK Licensed Site

A German gambler has been fined for playing blackjack at an online site licensed in the UK, but not in Germany. A court ruled he had violated the country’s...

Published February 2, 2015

Bill Reintroduced to Kill Glendale, Arizona Casino

Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona have reintroduced a bill that would prevent the Tohono O’odham Nation from opening a casino in Glendale. Similar bills have failed...

Published January 26, 2015

Renew Seminole Compact Or Allow Casino-Resorts?

With a budget surplus, Florida Governor Rick Scott and state lawmakers may not be so quick to renew certain Seminole compact provisions, set to expire July 31. Although the...

Published January 26, 2015

California Tribal Faction Requests Court Intervention

Because some members of the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians in California are not being paid their monthly allotments, one of three factions vying to control the tribe have...

Published January 26, 2015

Cherokees Top Off Addition to Oklahoma Casino

An $80 million expansion of the Cherokee Casino & Hotel Roland will bring more than 800 gaming machines and 120 rooms, along with another 100 jobs.

Published January 26, 2015

Foxwoods, Mohegans See Slot Increase

The Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort Casino reported the first increases in slot machine wagering last month for the first time in two years.

Published January 26, 2015

Alabama Appeals Poarch Band Decision

In its pursuit of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians' slot machines in the tribe’s Wind Creek (l.) and other casinos, which it considers illegal, the state of Alabama...

Published January 19, 2015

Potawatomi Will Sue BIA Over Compact

The Forest County Potawatomi said they will sue the Bureau of Indian Affairs over the agency's rejection of a proposed amendment to the tribe's gaming compact. It would hold...

Published January 19, 2015

Seminole Compact Renewal Not Guaranteed

Florida legislators are deciding whether to renew the Seminole compact, which expires July 31 and gives the tribe banked card game in return for revenue sharing. Or lawmakers could...

Published January 19, 2015

Casino Money May be Funding Attorneys of Indicted Chukchansi Leaders

Casino money could be used to pay for the defense of Chukchansi tribal members who allegedly participated in an armed raid on the Chukchansi Gold Casino in northern California...

Published January 19, 2015

Mohegan Sun to Offer Helicopter Service

It’s up, up and away for patrons of the Mohegan Sun Casino, who can now take a helicopter from downtown Manhattan to the casino, 112 miles away.

Published January 19, 2015

New Mexico Auditor Sides With Tribes on Free Play

The state has been using faulty calculations when it tries to charge New Mexico’s gaming tribes for “free play,” according to the New Mexico State Auditor.

Published January 19, 2015

Tribe Benefits Greatly from Overnight Hotel Fees

While many people remain skeptical on what exactly overnight hotel fees go towards, The St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council has proven you can actually do good with the extra...

Published January 19, 2015

Creek Nation Plans Golf-Themed Complex

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation will build a $22 million golf-themed entertainment complex in south Tulsa, directly across the Arkansas River from the tribes River Spirit Casino and Margaritaville development....

Published January 19, 2015

Twin Arrows Casino Opens Arcade

The new arcade at Twin Arrows Casino Resort (l.) in Flagstaff, Arizona offers 15 stations with internet capability, high definition 42-inch monitors and Rocker gaming chairs. Xbox1, Xbox 360,...

Published January 19, 2015

Minnesota Lodging Names Treasure Island #1

Owned by the Prairie Island Indian Community, Treasure Island Resort & Casino recently was named Property of the Year by the Minnesota Lodging Association. Opened as a small bingo...

Published January 19, 2015

Acoma, New Mexico Negotiate Compact

New Mexico and the Acoma Pueblo recently reached agreement on a proposed 22-year gambling compact. The current compact, which allows the pueblo to operate the Sky City Casino (l.)...

Published January 19, 2015

BIA Rules on Wisconsin’s Potawatomi Compact

The Indian Affairs division of the Interior Department last week ruled that a compact between Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Forest County Potawatomi tribe is illegal. Walker must...

Published January 12, 2015

Financial Picture Grim At Foxwoods

Net revenue in 2014 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut fell 7.7 percent from $1.04 billion in 2013 to $960.1 million. Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville also reported...

Published January 12, 2015