Minnesota Racetrack’s Deal With Tribe Ending

The 10-year contract between Canterbury Park racetrack (l.) and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux tribe will end December 31. Discussions are ongoing about extending the deal, which generated $68.5 million...

Published July 18, 2022

Texas Drops Effort To Shut Down Naskila Gaming

After decades of trying, Texas will no longer try to close the Alabama-Coushatta’s Naskila Gaming electronic bingo hall (l.). A federal appeals court and the U.S. Supreme Court both...

Published July 18, 2022

Checkbooks Out; Start Your Engines

With the certification by California’s Secretary of State Shirley Weber (l.) there will be just two sports betting referendums in front of California voters in November, backers on each...

Published July 11, 2022

Wisconsin Community Approves Seminole Land Purchase

The Seminole Tribe of Florida was approved to purchase land in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where observers said it wants to develop a casino (l.). Area residents fear community leaders are...

Published June 27, 2022

CA’s Newsom Approves Tejon Casino

California Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) has signed a tribal state gaming compact with the Tejon Indian Tribe. The compact still needs the legislature’s nod. The tribe wants to build...

Published June 20, 2022

Oklahoma Casino On Hold As Litigation Proceeds

The opening of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe’s Warm Springs Casino (l.) remains on hold as the Comanche and Kiowa nations’ federal lawsuit moves forward. Those tribes claim Warm...

Published June 20, 2022

Hard Rock Opens new Concert Venue Near Sacramento

On June 3, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain opened its new 2,500-seat, 6,000-square-foot stage. The concert venue can be moved to accommodate music, boxing,...

Published June 13, 2022

Mohegans, Yale Team up to Fight Problem Gambling

Connecticut’s Mohegan Tribe is donating $2 million to the Yale University School of Medicine (l.) to help develop new cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients fight problem gambling. This...

Published June 13, 2022

Oneida Nation Goes All-Out to Recruit Dealers

New York’s Oneida Nation has launched a dealer recruitment program, with incentives that include 50 new apartments in central New York at below-market rates at its Turning Stone Casino...

Published June 13, 2022

Oklahoma Choctaw Landing Groundbreaking Planned

Ground will be broken June 14 for the Choctaw Nation’s newest venue, the $165 million Choctaw Landing (l.) casino resort in Hochatown, Oklahoma, scheduled to open in 2023.

Published June 13, 2022

Illinois’ South Suburban Chicago Casino Breaks Ground

Ground was broken on the Wind Creek Chicago Southland casino hotel on the Homewood-East Hazel Crest Border. Owned by the Poarch Creek Indians, the venue will open in 2023...

Published June 13, 2022

Poll Shows Majority Support For Michigan Tribal Casino

A new poll shows 76 percent of voters in Muskegon County, Michigan support the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians’ proposed casino. Governor Gretchen Whitmer must approve the project...

Published June 6, 2022

Omaha WarHorse Temporary Casino Planned

Regulatory issues have delayed construction of Ho-Chunk’s WarHorse Gaming’s $220 million casino (l.) at Horsemen’s Park in Omaha. But officials said they plan to break ground this summer and...

Published June 6, 2022

Virginia Tribe Requests Temporary Casino Approval

The Pamunkey Tribe awaits the Norfolk, Virginia city council’s approval to open a temporary HeadWaters Casino (l.) at Harbor Park. The permanent casino resort is projected to open in...

Published June 6, 2022

Washington Tribe to add Hotel, Expand Casino

The Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington State has announced plans to expand its casino gaming floor. It will also add three new restaurants, a hotel, spa and 2,000-seat entertainment and...

Published June 6, 2022

Oklahoma’s Osage Nation Takes Steps to Combat Inflation

Like everyone, the Osage Nation has been hammered by inflation. The tribe has added a 10 percent boost to employees’ paychecks to compensate.

Published June 6, 2022

Cuningham Completes Washington Tribal Casino

Cuningham last week announced that it had completed development of the Emerald Queen Casino (l.) in Tacoma, Washington, owned by the Puyallup Tribe of Indians.

Published June 6, 2022

CA Law Exempts Tribal Projects From Environmental Reviews

Tribal projects by two California gaming tribes will be exempt from scrutiny by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) thanks to a bill signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (l.)....

Published June 6, 2022

California Rancheria May Buy Prime Bay Area Land

California’s Guidiville Rancheria looks to be able to acquire 270 along the shores of San Francisco Bay for $400. It’s the result of the city of Richmond rejecting a...

Published May 30, 2022

Federal Court Moves toward Unionizing Tribal Casinos

California’s gaming tribes may be forced to allow unionization. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals says the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation must abide by its gaming compact...

Published May 30, 2022