Navajo Nation Buys Land Near Casino

The Navajo Nation will purchase for $980,000 about 67 acres located less than one mile east from its Northern Edge Navajo Casino near Farmington, New Mexico. President Ben Shelly...

Published December 8, 2014

Supreme Court Upholds California Tribe’s Compact

The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal of a challenge to the legal status of the gaming compact of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California....

Published December 8, 2014

Montana Tribes Announce Gaming Expansion

A $27.4 million expansion project will begin next year at a new facility that will replace the Gray Wolf Peak Casino (l.) in Evaro, Montana, owned by the Confederated...

Published December 8, 2014

MGM, Legislators Against Tribe’s Recognition

The Pamunkeys want to be Virginia's first federally recognized tribe—not to open a casino, but to protect fishing rights. But a now-repealed tribal law banning intermarriage with blacks has...

Published December 8, 2014

Pulltab Revenue, Gambling Commission Staff Decreasing

Pulltabs, the game of choice a decade ago in Washington, today make up only 2 percent of gambling operators' net income. The state gaming commission has shrunk too, by...

Published December 8, 2014

Foxwoods Seeks Alcohol Service Exemption

Officials at the Mashantucket Pequot's Foxwoods Resort Casino want Governor Dannel Malloy to allow it to serve alcohol beverages beyond the state time limits, to better compete with casinos...

Published December 8, 2014

Phoenix Sun’ Arena Dubbed Talking Stick Resort Arena

The sports arena in downtown Phoenix, Arizona has a new sponsor and a new name: Talking Stick Resort Arena. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of Arizona is paying...

Published December 8, 2014

Florida Gearing Up For Gambling Talks—Again

In the next Florida legislative session expanded gambling will be addressed with more intensity, as the state could lose $116 million annually if the Seminole compact expires in July....

Published December 1, 2014

New Mexico Tribes Seek New Compacts

Seven New Mexico tribes want to renew their state gaming compacts in the next legislative session. Several tribes' compacts expired in June, others do not have a compact and...

Published December 1, 2014

The Money of Indian Casinos Leads to Power Struggles in California

The lure of money, lots of it, appears to be at the root of several power struggles among gaming tribes in California, with that sometimes violent struggle among three...

Published December 1, 2014

New Law Protects Tribal Members from IRS Harassment

Indian tribes are greeting a new law that makes it harder for the IRS to harass them, the Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act (GWE) with optimism. But they are...

Published December 1, 2014

Congresswoman Criticizes Putting Washington Tribe’s Land Into Trust

A congresswoman representing constituents who are fighting a casino proposed by the Cowlitz tribe of Washington is objecting to the Department of the Interior signaling plans to put land...

Published December 1, 2014

South Dakota Sues Over Sales Taxes

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe sued the state of South Dakota in an argument over sales taxes at the Royal River Casino. The state claims the tribe is disobeying...

Published December 1, 2014

Oklahoma Casino Rising On Unwanted Sandbar

A neglected sandbar, owned by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation since the early 19th century, is the site of the $329 million Margaritaville Casino in Tulsa, set to open in...

Published December 1, 2014

Lacking Approval, Wisconsin Job Training Begins

It's likely Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will not announce his decision regarding the Menominee Tribe's proposed $810 million casino in Kenosha until February 19. Meanwhile the tribe and Gateway...

Published December 1, 2014

Saginaw Chippewa Appeals NLRB Decision

The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe filed an appeal in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the National Labor Relation Board's ruling that it has jurisdiction over employees at...

Published December 1, 2014

Arizona Tribes Discuss Compacts, Technology

Tribal gaming compacts, which begin to expire in 2023, and the impact of technology on Indian casinos were two of the major topics at the recent Arizona Indian Gaming...

Published December 1, 2014

NY Court: Tribal Golf Course Not Sovereign

New York’s highest court has ruled that the Seneca Indian Nation’s 250-acre Hickory Stick golf course in Lewiston is not covered by sovereign immunity and therefore may be subject...

Published December 1, 2014

Seminole-Florida Compact Renewal Uncertain

Florida Governor Rick Scott (l.) almost succeeded in renegotiating the state's gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe, which gives the tribe exclusive rights to offer card games at its...

Published November 24, 2014

Talk in Connecticut of Third Casino

Connecticut, home of Foxwoods and the Mohegan Sun, could give birth to a third casino designed to help protect those two casinos from the predatory raids of casinos in...

Published November 24, 2014