Lamont, Connecticut Tribes Reach Gaming Agreement

Connecticut’s gaming tribes, the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes have announced a deal with Governor Ned Lamont (l.) that clears the way for sports betting and online gaming in...

Published March 22, 2021

Covid-19 Has Devastated Indian Country

Since the first documented case of Covid-19 in Indian Country on March 2, 2020, the pandemic has taken more than 5,300 lives of Native Americans and caused more than...

Published March 15, 2021

California Casino Hikes Wage Levels

Graton Resort & Casino of Rohnert, California has announced industry-leading minimum wage increases across its entire workforce. The changes, effective March 8, include $18.50 for non-tipped workers, according to...

Published March 15, 2021

Massachusetts Town Seeks Accord With Tribe

The Board of Selectmen of the town of Aquinnah on Martha’s Vineyard want a rapprochement with the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head. They want an end to the battle...

Published March 15, 2021

Michigan Tribe Contributes $21 Million Over Five Years

In the past five years, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe has given $21 million in grants from 2 percent of revenue from its Soaring Eagle Casino in Mount Pleasant,...

Published March 15, 2021

Arizona Tribes Oppose Historical Horseracing Bill

Arizona tribes oppose a bill that would permit historical horseracing at racetracks and off-track betting parlors. They said its passage could derail the compact they renegotiated with Governor Doug...

Published March 15, 2021

Navajo Nation Receives Covid-19 Funding

The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise will receive $15 million of the $18.7 million nation recently approved by Navajo President Jonathan Nez (l.) to help its four tribal enterprises address...

Published March 8, 2021

Wilton Rancheria Plans Groundbreaking

The Wilton Rancheria Tribe will break ground on a new casino resort (l.) near Sacramento on March 9. Operated by Boyd Gaming, the venue will open in the second...

Published March 8, 2021

California Tribe Debuts Casino Expansion

A new $180 million hotel expansion at Cache Creek Casino Resort (l.), owned and operated by the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, has made it one of northern California’s largest...

Published March 8, 2021

Michigan Tribal Casino Hits Legislative Setback

Michigan’s Little River Band of Ottawa Indians plans a $180 million casino at the former Great Lakes Downs racetrack. But a House resolution opposes “any off-reservation” project barring compact...

Published March 8, 2021

Crosswinds Casino to Open March 2

The Wyandotte Nation will open its Crosswinds Casino in Park City, Kansas this week with 700 slot machines. The opening ends decades of legal battles with the state’s attorney...

Published March 1, 2021

Senecas Lose Again in Revenue-Sharing Dispute with New York

A U.S. Appeals Court judge has joined arbitrators and a District Court judge in rejecting the validity of the Seneca tribe’s 2017 decision to halt casino revenue-sharing payments to...

Published March 1, 2021

Connecticut Gaming Tribes Look Overseas for Growth

Effectively blocked from expanding their casinos in Connecticut, the state’s gaming tribes, the Mohegans and the Mashantucket Pequots are casting their eyes overseas—the Mohegans to Japan and the Pequots...

Published March 1, 2021

New Mexico Tribal Council Approves Gaming Funds

The Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise of New Mexico will receive $15 million from the tribal council to help four casinos forced to temporarily close due to Covid-19. The funds...

Published February 22, 2021

Cherokees Sue to Void Gulfside License

The Cherokee Nation of Arkansas has filed a lawsuit appealing the state racing commission’s decision to give a Pope County gaming license to Gulfside Casino Partners.

Published February 22, 2021

Shinnecock Nation Announces Long Island Casino

The Shinnecock Indian Nation has announced it will develop a Class II casino on its Southampton, New York reservation, partnering with Tri State Partners, which has collaborated with the...

Published February 22, 2021

Arizona Lawmaker Fights Governor’s Compact Deals

The Arizona legislature is discussing new gaming compacts negotiated by the state’s tribes and Governor Doug Ducey. State Rep. Mark Finchem (l.) says Ducey didn’t have the authority to...

Published February 15, 2021

New Tribal Casino Opens in Washington

The Tulalip Tribes of Washington have opened their new $125 million Quil Ceda Creek Casino in Snohomish. The facility, which has 1,500 slots, replaces the old “Q” that first...

Published February 15, 2021

Former Tribal Chairman Seeks to Dismiss Charges

Former Mashpee Wampanoag Chairman Cedric Cromwell (l.) says bribery and extortion charges relating to a $1 billion casino in Taunton, Massachusetts are “a Trump set-up.”

Published February 8, 2021

Audit Alleges OK Tribal Leader Misappropriated Millions

Former officers of the Quapaw Nation are accused of misappropriating millions in tribal funds. Onetime Chairman John Berrey (l.) led the tribe for more than 20 years.

Published February 8, 2021