Navajos Approve $25M CARES Money for Casino Workers

The Navajo Nation Council has approved $25 million in relief for 1,100 workers of the nation’s four casinos that were impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The money comes from...

Published august 31, 2020

Wild Horse Pass in Arizona to Expand

The Gila River Indian Community of Arizona has begun a $143 million expansion of its Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino. The expansion will include a 11-story hotel tower...

Published august 31, 2020

Potawatomi Casino Announces Reservation-Only Gambling

Players now may reserve a spot in one of four 3-hour gaming sessions at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee. Reservations will be taken online. The venue also has...

Published august 31, 2020

Interior Approves Oklahoma Gaming Compacts

The Interior Department will allow gaming compacts Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt negotiated with the Kialegee Tribal Town and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee to take effect. The tribes...

Published august 31, 2020

Nebraska Tribe’s Proposal Blocked From Ballot

Although Ho-Chunk Inc., the economic arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, had enough signatures to place three initiatives on the November 2 ballot, Nebraska Secretary of State Bob...

Published august 31, 2020

Last Seminole Casino Hotel Reopens

The last of the Seminole Tribe of Florida's casino properties to reopen will be the Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee, on Monday, August 31. About 540 workers will return to...

Published august 31, 2020

Wisconsin Tribe Agrees to Settlement

The St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin and the National Indian Gaming Commission have agreed to a settlement regarding the misuse of $1.5 million in casino revenue by former tribal...

Published august 31, 2020

California County Sets Stage for Third Casino

A third casino could operate in Amador County, California, a sparsely populated area in the northern part of the state. The casino would be owned by the Ione Band...

Published august 24, 2020

Mohegan Sun Beats Foxwoods in July Revenues

Revenues for the Mohegan Sun and its rival Foxwoods Resorts were sharply divergent during July, their first full month of operations since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Mohegan Sun’s revenues...

Published august 24, 2020

Navajo Casinos Cautiously Plan to Reopen

Navajo Nation Gaming Chairman Quincy Natay (l.) has announced that the nation’s four casinos in Arizona and New Mexico will reopen soon, possibly in September. The properties have been...

Published august 24, 2020

NCPG Recognizes Hard Rock, Seminole Gaming

Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming has won the Corporate Social Responsibility Award of the National Council of Problem Gambling for their PlayersEdge employee training program.

Published august 17, 2020

North Dakota Tribes Cope With Covid-19 Spikes

The Spirit Lake Nation and other tribes in northeastern North Dakota closed their casinos in March due to Covid-19. July 4 celebrations caused a spike in infections, and now...

Published august 17, 2020

Choctaw Casinos Reopen in Mississippi

Casinos at the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians' Pearl River Resort in Philadelphia, Mississippi are reopening in phases. New health and safety protocols have been implemented

Published august 17, 2020

Interior Appeals Massachusetts Ruling

The U.S. Department of Interior has appealed the reversal of its ruling to remove land put in trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts. Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell...

Published august 17, 2020

Stitt Attorneys Request Rehearing on Compact Issue

Attorneys for Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (l.) have asked the state Supreme Court to rehear its July 21 decision, ruling Stitt's compacts with the Comanche Nation and Otoe-Missouria Tribe...

Published august 17, 2020

Kansas Sues Interior Over Wyandotte Casino

The state of Kansas, Sumner County, the city of Mulvane and two Indian tribes have sued the U.S. Department of the Interior in an effort to block the Wyandotte...

Published august 17, 2020

California Governor Signs Six Gaming Compacts

Governor Gavin Newsom (l.) of California has signed six tribal state gaming compacts and sent them to the legislature for ratification. Newsom also concurred with a recent Interior Department...

Published august 17, 2020

New Compact Allows California Tribe to Relocate Casino

Governor Gavin Newsom and several California tribes have signed tribal state gaming compacts that will allow the tribes to build new casinos. One tribe, the Tule River, will relocate...

Published august 10, 2020

Navajo Nation Mulls Casino Relief

The Navajo Nation Council is poised to pass a $24 million Covid-19 aid package for the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise, which is on the verge of running out of...

Published august 10, 2020

Michigan Tribe To Be Regulated, Taxed by State

Michigan tribal casinos have agreed to have the state regulate and tax sports betting and online platforms even though they’re sovereign nations. Bryan Newland (l.), chairman of the Bay...

Published august 10, 2020