Some Gaming Tribes Concerned About GAO Casino Audit

Many gaming tribe officials are apprehensive about what may result from a multi-year study of Indian gaming by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). They fear the report may lead...

Published October 13, 2014

Opponents of California Casino Compact Have Outraised Proponents

California’s Proposition 48 will give voters a chance to approve or disapprove of off-reservation casinos. The tribe that wants such a casino, the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians,...

Published October 13, 2014

Gun Lake Breathes Easier

A looming court decision that could have closed the Gun Lake casino in Michigan was negated last week as President Barack Obama signed a bill that ends the litigation...

Published October 13, 2014

Three At Osage Casinos Lose Licenses

As part of an ongoing investigation into alleged gaming violations, the Osage Nation Gaming Commission suspended the gaming licenses of interim Chief Executive Officer Joseph Olujic, Chief Financial Officer...

Published October 13, 2014

Griffith Would Negotiate Tribal Compact

The Democratic candidate for governor of Alabama, Parker Griffith (l.), recently said he would negotiate a compact with the Poarch Creek Indians if he's elected. He said the tribe...

Published October 13, 2014

Judge Hears Tiguas Contempt Arguments

U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone said she will issue a written ruling whether she will grant the state of Texas' request to shut down two entertainment centers operated by...

Published October 13, 2014

Public Meeting Set For Michigan Casino

The public will have a chance to comment on a proposed off-reservation casino Wakefield Township, Michigan on October 22 at the Indianhead Mountain Ski Resort, which the Lac Vieux...

Published October 13, 2014

California’s Prop. 48 Impacts More Than One Tribe

When Californians vote on Proposition 48, which addresses a gaming compact between the state and the North Fork Tribe of Mono Indians, more than just that tribe will be...

Published October 6, 2014

Groups Sue Arizona City Over Referendum

Groups opposed to the Tohono O'odham Nation's $400 million casino resort in Glendale, Arizona sued the city and City Clerk Pam Hanna for rejecting their referendums, which would ask...

Published October 6, 2014

California Casino Sets Expansion

The California-based Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians recently self-certified its environmental statement. It plans to begin construction on its $112 million expansion of the Chumash Casino Resort this...

Published October 6, 2014

U.S. Lottery: $17.5B in Online Bets?

The online lottery industry in the United States is potentially worth as much as $17.5 billion in annual sales, according to a new market report. A betting operator commissioned...

Published October 6, 2014

Shinnecocks Dissolve Gaming Authority

A majority of Shinnecock Nation tribal members voted last month to disband the tribe’s gaming authority, once led by former trustee Lance Gumbs (l.). The authority was first established...

Published October 6, 2014

Failed Seminole Gaming Compact ‘Largest of its Kind’

A tentative agreement between Florida Governor Rick Scott and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, operators of the Hard Rock Casino Hollywood (l.), that was never completed would have been...

Published October 6, 2014

Connecticut Challenges BIA Proposals

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy (l.) and the state's Congressional delegation are united in opposing the Bureau of Indian Affair's proposed rule changes that they say would allow more federally...

Published October 6, 2014

Arizona Senator McCain Leads Effort to Stop Glendale Casino

U.S. Senator John McCain, who wrote the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, has co-sponsored a bill that would, he says, prevent violating the spirit of that law by...

Published September 29, 2014

Judge Stays Live Poker Injunction

U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill recently denied a motion to suspend an injunction he imposed earlier this month on live poker games at the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's northern...

Published September 29, 2014

NLRB Rules Against Tribe

The National Labor Relations Board recently ruled the Fair Employment Practices Code of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in Michigan is in violation of the National Labor...

Published September 29, 2014

Things Remain Tense on Northern California Rancheria

Two feuding factions of the Picayune Rancheria in Northern California are being kept separated by overworked Madera County Sheriff’s deputies, while the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino continues to...

Published September 29, 2014

Voters Will Decide Fate of Northern California Casino

For the first time ever, voters in the Golden State will be able to vote on the issue of whether a tribe can build a casino on land located...

Published September 29, 2014

Bentley Urged To Start Compact Talks

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (l.) is being urged to begin preliminary compact talks with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians as the state faces a projected $200 million deficit....

Published September 29, 2014