Lawmakers Await GAO Report on Indian Gaming

U.S. lawmakers anxious to tinker with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act are interested to see if an upcoming report next year by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) will give...

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Arizona Tribe Could Begin Casino now, Some Legal Experts say

The Tohono O’odham Nation faces a risky decision: begin construction on its casino (l.) in Glendale, Arizona now, or wait until all legal and legislative challenges have been resolved.

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Proposed Changes To Federal Recognition Are Controversial

Supporters and opponents are not hard to find for new rules proposed by the Department of the Interior for granting tribes recognition. The proposed regulations are stirring up controversy...

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Seminole Negotiations Unlikely Before November

Florida Governor Rick Scott (l.) and the Seminole Tribe of Florida reportedly left the negotiating table when lawmakers left town in May at the end of the legislative session....

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Tribal Group Examines Whether Smoke-Free Casinos Could Draw More Patrons

Survey data compiled by the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council reveals new and existing customers would visit casinos more often if they were smoke-free.

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New Potawatomi Hotel Opens August 19

The newest hotel in downtown Milwaukee, the $97.5 million, 19-story Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, will open August 19 with 381 rooms, including the 3,000 square foot, $4,000-per-night Presidential Suite,...

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Senecas Could Grow in Cuba

Seneca Gaming and Entertainment cut the ribbon on its new gaming facility in Cuba, New York on August 1. The mini-casino with 100 Class II games has been open...

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Tulsa Margaritaville Opening Delayed

While the Muscogee (Creek) Nation awaits an environmental permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, the Margaritaville development at the tribe's River Spirit Casino in Tulsa is on hold....

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Congress Once Again Considers IGRA Reform

It has been many years since Congress looked seriously at reforming the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, but now several factors are at work to possibly make that happen. Minnesota...

Published August 4, 2014

BIA Extends Comment for Tribal Recognition

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has extended by 60 days the public comment period for its proposed regulations that would make it easier for the federal government to recognize...

Published August 4, 2014

New Mexico Tribe Goes Over Governor’s Head to Feds Over Compact

The Pueblo of Pojoaque and New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez have stopped talking about the tribe’s gaming compact. So the tribal Governor George Rivera (l.) has gone over the...

Published August 4, 2014

Tribes Battle Over Trust Land

In District Court, the Cherokee Nation said the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians' casino should remain closed. The UKB said that would interfere with its sovereign rights. Judge...

Published August 4, 2014

New York County Exec: Nix to Casinos

In a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the U.S. Interior Department, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks vowed to fight any future attempt by the Seneca Nation...

Published August 4, 2014

Oklahoma Indian Casinos Add Amenities

The Wyandotte, Choctaw and Muscogee (Creek) tribes in Oklahoma are spending millions of dollars to expand their casinos and transform the properties into family-friendly destinations within the next year....

Published August 4, 2014

Developers Pray For Casino Success

An empty megachurch building near Detroit Metro Airport could become a casino. Backers include the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, which opened and lost Greektown Casino in...

Published August 4, 2014

Protesters Decry Kings Mountain Casino

At a recent meeting of the Kings Mountain, North Carolina city council, dozens of members of the anti-gambling Kings Mountain Awareness Group recently made their feelings known about the...

Published August 4, 2014

Grand Ronde Disenrolls 86 Family Members

In an action she described as "morally and ethically reprehensible," Mia Pickett said although an ancestor was a tribal chief, 86 members of her family were disenrolled by the...

Published August 4, 2014

Catawbas Re-Open Bingo Hall

For the first time since 2006, when the Catawba Indian Nation closed its bingo operation in Rock Hill, South Carolina, bingo is back in a former grocery store. Meanwhile,...

Published July 28, 2014

August 1 Deadline for Comments on Federal Recognition Rules

The deadline is near for commenting on the federal government’s proposed new regulations governing how tribes are recognized. Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn (l.) says reform is long overdue.

Published July 28, 2014

Cherokee Nation Announces 8th Casino

The Cherokee Nation will start construction next month on its eighth casino, located on a restricted Indian allotment one mile south of the Kansas border in South Coffeyville. The...

Published July 28, 2014