Minnesota’s Grand Portage Casino Awaits Canadians

The modest border resort Grand Portage Lodge and Casino in Minnesota is waiting expectantly for the U.S. to reopen the border with Canada. The lodge taps much of the...

Published August 2, 2021

Barstow, Chemehuevi Update Services Agreement

On July 27, the city council of Barstow, California, voted 4-1 to update its Municipal Services Agreement with the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe. The tribe hopes to build a casino...

Published August 2, 2021

Arizona Tribe to Add Fourth Casino

The Gila River Indian Community of Arizona Governor Stephen Lewis (l.) has announced plans to build a fourth casino near Chandler. Taking two years to complete, it will join...

Published August 2, 2021

Ontario Band Says Ford Broke His Word

Premier Doug Ford (l.) of Ontario has been criticized by the owners of the Blue Heron Casino on Scugog Island. The First Nation members say Ford went back on...

Published August 2, 2021

Oklahoma Casino Will Lure Lone Star Staters

The $600 million expansion of the Choctaw Casino & Resort (l.) in Durant, Oklahoma is due to open soon. It aims to tap the northern Texas market that includes...

Published August 2, 2021

Tribe Has Leverage in NY Mobile Market

There’s no guarantee that tribal gaming operators in New York state will get a piece of mobile sports betting, but the Oneida Nation has an ace up its sleeve...

Published August 2, 2021

California’s San Manuel Casino Unveils Expansion

San Manuel Casino in Southern California opened its $750 million expansion (l.) July 24. The opening, which coincided with the casino resorts 35th anniversary, added 1,500 new slots and...

Published August 2, 2021

Choctaws Open $600 Million Expansion August 6

The new $600 million, 21-story Sky Tower expansion at the Choctaw Casino & Resort (l.) in Durant, Oklahoma will open August 6. Aimed at North Texans, the 300,000-square-foot addition...

Published July 26, 2021

Mashantucket Tribe Steps up Diversification

The pandemic gave impetus to the inclination of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut to diversify its economy, according to Chairman Rodney Butler (l.). The stark experience of being...

Published July 26, 2021

N. California Casino Expected to Open Next Year

The Elk Valley Rancheria hopes to open its new off-reservation casino near Crescent City, Northern California sometime in 2022. The casino will replace the original casino (l.) that opened...

Published July 26, 2021

House Advantage, Bally’s Corp. Partner on Mobile Sportsbook

House Advantage has integrated its loyalty program capabilities for mobile sports betting in a partnership with Bally’s Corporation for its sports betting platform, Bally Bet.

Published July 26, 2021

California Casino Debuts Major Expansion

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians will open Phase 1 of a casino expansion project (l.) on July 24. The San Manuel Casino in Highland, California now has...

Published July 19, 2021

Ho-Chunk Wants More Space For Nebraska Casino

HoChunk, the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, plans to move Atokad Park racetrack (l.) in South Sioux City to expand the track and add a...

Published July 19, 2021

Cherokees Approve North Carolina Expansion Z

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians councilors have approved a $275 million expansion at the tribe’s Harrah’s Valley River Casino (l.) in Murphy, North Carolina. Projects will include a second...

Published July 19, 2021

Navajo Nation Casinos Reopen After 15 Months

Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort (l.) near Flagstaff, Arizona and three other Navajo casinos in New Mexico reopened after shutting down in March 2020 due to Covid-19. Several restrictions...

Published July 19, 2021

Seminole Tribe Donates to Support Surfside Fund

The Seminole Tribe’s Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming gave $250,000 to the Support Surfside Fund to help people affected by the Champlain Tower collapse (l.). The fund’s total...

Published July 12, 2021

New Mexico’s Sandia Resort & Casino Reopens

The Covid-19 pandemic last year closed down Sandia Resort & Casino, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. It reopened July 2 and showed off the $100 million in renovations that it...

Published July 12, 2021

Texas Tribe Hopes for Casino Gaming

The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas hopes Congress will eventually pass a bill that would allow them to legally operate a full casino in the state, where they already operate...

Published July 12, 2021

North Carolina’s Catawbas Open Temporary Casino

Local, state and federal officials took part in the opening of the Catawba Nation’s temporary “pre-launch” Two Kings Casino (l.) in North Carolina. Construction of the tribe’s $273 million...

Published July 12, 2021

Washington Tribe Buys Spokane Racetrack

Washington’s Kalispel Tribe of Indians has purchased the 243 acre Spokane County Raceway. Spokane County’s Board of Commissioners approved of the sale for $6.1 million. The county had owned...

Published July 12, 2021