N.Y.’s Seneca Tribe Takes Rev-Share Battle to DOI

The Seneca Indian Nation has gone to the U.S. Interior Department in what is likely its last shot at overturning an arbitration ruling requiring the tribe to resume millions...

Published May 3, 2021

Washington’s Colville Tribes Await Land Transfer

The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington have applied to put 194 acres in Pasco into trust for a casino. The Department of the Interior is expected...

Published April 26, 2021

Quapaw’s Berrey Faces Criminal Charges

Former Quapaw Nation Chairman John Berrey (l.) faces criminal charges including attempted embezzlement, conspiracy, abuse of office and improper gifts. Still, he said he plans to run for vice...

Published April 26, 2021

Michigan Tribal Casino Announces Expansion

A $300 million, 250,000-square foot expansion project at the Gun Lake Tribe’s Gun Lake Casino near Wayland, Michigan will add a 250-room, 4-diamond hotel, spa, restaurant and a glass-domed...

Published April 26, 2021

California’s Wilton Rancheria Win Casino Ruling

The Wilton Rancheria of California has won a ruling in a U.S. appeals court that will allow it to move forward on its Sky River Casino (l.) in Elk...

Published April 26, 2021

Pokagons Can Add Tables, More in South Bend

A compact between Indiana and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has received final legislative approval. The tribe can now offer live table games, slots and sports betting at...

Published April 26, 2021

Judge Tosses North Carolina Tribe’s Lawsuit

A federal judge rejected the North Carolina-based Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ lawsuit challenging the South Carolina-based Catawba Nation’s casino (l.), now under construction in Kings Mountain.

Published April 26, 2021

Seminole Hard Rock Named Best Managed Company

Seminole Hard Rock has become the first privately-owned gaming company to be recognized as a U.S. Best Managed Company, on a list compiled by Deloitte Private and the Wall...

Published April 19, 2021

California Tribe Moves On New Casino

California’s Tule River Tribe has broken ground for its new relocated Eagle Mountain Casino, on 40 acres in Porterville, Tulare County. Now it’s named HBG Design to its development...

Published April 19, 2021

DOI’s Haaland Begins First Tribal Listening Tour

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (l.) has begun the first of many “listening” tours since being sworn in. She went to New Mexico and Utah to hear concerns...

Published April 19, 2021

Alberta First Nations Sue Over Competition

Two Alberta, Canada First Nations have sued the government of the province. They claim that it was a conflict of interest for the province to begin an online casino...

Published April 19, 2021

Ho-Chunk Await Interior Department Go-Ahead

The Ho-Chunk Nation hopes the Interior Department will approve its $400 million casino resort and water park (l.) in Beloit, Wisconsin in the next few months so construction can...

Published April 19, 2021

Catawba Tribe to Open Temporary NC Casino

Despite an ongoing legal battle with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the Catawba Indian Nation will open a temporary facility on the site of its $273 million Two...

Published April 19, 2021

States Appeal Iowa Casino Ruling

Appeals are being heard in a suit filed by the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa and the states of Iowa and Nebraska against the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s casino...

Published April 19, 2021

Groundbreaking Held For Oklahoma Tribal Casino

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Comanche Nation new casino in Cache, Oklahoma. The 17,000-square-foot facility will offer 250 gaming machines, a restaurant and convenience store, and create...

Published April 19, 2021

Seminoles Reject Proposed Gaming Compact

Florida’s Seminole Tribe has rejected a gaming compact that would have allowed the tribe to control sports betting and build three new casinos in exchange for concessions, including allowing...

Published April 19, 2021

Tribe Breaks Ground on California Casino

A groundbreaking was held April 6 in Porterville, California for the relocated Eagle Mountain Casino (l.). The project, delayed for 20 years, includes a 250-room hotel and a casino...

Published April 21, 2021

Kiowa Tribe Gets Final Go-Ahead For Casino

Following approval of its land-trust application last December, the Kiowa Tribe in Hobart, Oklahoma may now act on its agreement with the city to develop the site of its...

Published April 21, 2021

Navajos Ban Smoking At Two Casinos

Smoking is now prohibited at the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise’s two New Mexico casinos, including Fire Rock (l.), that reopened March 19 after Covid-19 closures. Public health officials hope...

Published April 21, 2021

Firekeepers Michigan Contributes $15.6 Million to State, Local Governments

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, owners of FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan, just sent $15.6 million to the state and local governments as part of...

Published April 21, 2021