TRIBAL GAMING Archives - Page 46 of 191

Oregon City Won’t Press Tribe on Tourism Funds

The city council of the Oregon coastal town of Coos Bay last week voted not to ask the Coquille Indian Tribe to pay tourism funds for the upcoming quarter....

Published June 15, 2020

Tribe Files Motion to Stop CARES Funding

A Kansas tribe is suing the U.S. Treasury over the formula it uses to disburse CARES Act funds to tribes. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation filed for an injunction...

Published June 15, 2020

CA Tribes Sue for Time on Sportsbook Measure

California gaming tribes are demanding more time to gather signatures for a ballot measure that would legalize sports bets at tribal casinos. Their effort was stopped in March by...

Published June 15, 2020

Bill Would Support Texas Tribe’s Casino

Letters of support for HR 759, which would allow two tribes in Texas to legally offer Class II gaming, such as the Naskila Entertainment City (l.) in Livingston, are...

Published June 15, 2020

Alabama Band, Nontribal Operators Ready To Talk

In an online meeting of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey's (l.) study group on gambling, Poarch Creek Indian officials and commercial gambling operators said they're ready to resolve their differences...

Published June 15, 2020

Interior Approves Oklahoma Compacts

The U.S. Interior Department has approved the controversial gaming compacts between Oklahoma and two so-called rogue tribes. Attorney General Mike Hunter called the decision "irresponsible." Otoe-Missouria Tribal Chairman John...

Published June 15, 2020

U.S. Treasury Gives Tribes More Time to Upload CARES Data

The U.S. Treasury extended the deadline to May 29 to tribes for uploading data to the Treasury website to apply for the $3.2 billion that remains of CARES Act...

Published June 8, 2020

BIA Rejects Oregon Casino Plan

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) last week rejected the application by the Coquille Indian Tribe of Oregon to put land into trust that is located 170 miles from...

Published June 8, 2020

Michigan’s Gun Lake Tribe Issues $7.9 Million to Governments

The Gun Lake Tribe of Wayland, Michigan has shared more than $7.9 million in gaming revenue payments with state and local governments. Tribal Chairman Bob Peters (l.) called it...

Published June 8, 2020

Virginia Casino Deal Goes from Tribal to Commercial

Norfolk, Virginia officially named the Pamunkey Tribe its operator for a $500 million commercial—not tribal—casino. Local voters will approve or reject the projects in November.

Published June 8, 2020

Oklahoma Tribes Urge Federal Compact Approval

In Oklahoma, the Comanche and Otoe-Missouria tribes are defending their actions in signing a new gambling compact with Governor Kevin Stitt—a move widely criticized by other tribes. The dissenting...

Published June 8, 2020

Navajo Casinos in New Mexico Won’t Reopen Until June

The Navajo Nation, one of the tribes hardest hit areas by the Covid-19 outbreak, has announced that it will not reopen its three casinos in New Mexico until June...

Published June 1, 2020