Seminoles Take Cautious Approach to Sports Betting

The game isn’t over in Florida. West Flagler Associates and the Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. have at least one card to play with the U.S. Supreme Court in their suit...

Published December 4, 2023

Large California Tribes Oppose Sports Betting Proposal

In 2022, California tribes split allegiances to support one of two propositions for sports betting. Both failed big. A year later, still licking their wounds, tribes don’t seem in...

Published December 4, 2023

Senecas, Hochul Agree to Temporary Compact Extension

The Seneca Nation and New York Governor Kathy Hochul have agreed to a short-term extension of the tribe’s gaming compact with the state, just eight days before the original...

Published December 4, 2023

Oklahoma Tribe Opens Second Casino

Oklahoma’s Osage Nation November 16 opened its second casino in two months: Osage Casinos Bartlesville. Just a month ago the nation opened Osage Casino and Hotel in Pawhuska.

Published November 20, 2023

Wisconsin Tribe Closer To Casino Development

The Kenosha City Council approved an agreement with the Menominee Indian Tribe allowing a $360 million Hard Rock Kenosha. Voters passed a Kenosha casino referendum in 2003 but it...

Published November 20, 2023

Graton Resort & Casino Observes First 10 Years

The Graton Resort & Casino (l.) in Rohnert Park, Northern California November 5 celebrated its 10th anniversary. During that decade it welcomed more than 50 million visitors. It has...

Published November 20, 2023

Florida Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Seminole Sports Betting

An attempt by the parimutuels in Florida to halt the sports betting launched by Seminole Hard Rock earlier this month has been thwarted.

Published November 20, 2023

Stitt Proposes Non-Tribal Sports Betting in Oklahoma

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (l.) isn’t the favorite of the state’s many tribes, and last week annoyed them even further when he suggested he'd be open to online sports...

Published November 13, 2023

Pala Tribe Wants No Part in California Sports Betting Proposal

The Pala Band of Mission Indians, often at the forefront of tribal proposals, claimed no part of the recent initiatives filed to approve sports betting in California. The tribe...

Published November 13, 2023

Florida Seminoles Launch Online Sports Betting

The Seminole Tribe is coming into play with caution after legal victories. They opened online sports betting on a limited basis and won’t go retail until December 7.

Published November 13, 2023

Texas Tribal Casino Receives 100th Statement of Support

The city council of Port Arthur, Texas recently provided the 100th statement of support for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe’s right to offer electronic bingo at its Naskila Casino (l.). Other...

Published November 6, 2023

Arkansas Supreme Court Upholds Casino Ruling

The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision that the license awarded to Legends Casino and Cherokee Nation Businesses by the Arkansas Gaming Commission was unconstitutional, since only...

Published November 6, 2023

Oklahoma Lawmakers Reject Two Compacts

Stating compacts allowing two small Oklahoma tribes to offer off-reservation gaming contained “significant fatal flaws,” a legislative panel unanimously rejected the compacts negotiated in 2020 by Governor Kevin Stitt...

Published November 6, 2023

Nebraska Regulators Approve WarHorse Sports Betting

The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission will allow WarHorse Casino Omaha to offer sports betting after November 1 at Horsemen’s Park temporary facility, while construction continues on the permanent...

Published October 30, 2023

Multiple Resolutions Passed by Inter-Tribal Council of Five Tribes

It was a productive meeting for the Inter-Tribal Council of Five Tribes, who passed several resolutions, including one supporting the nomination of Sara Hill for the U.S. District Court...

Published October 30, 2023

CNIGA Chairman Calls CA Card Rooms Unconstitutional

The chairman of CNIGA, a California gaming tribe association, has written an article arguing that most card clubs are unconstitutional. He supports a bill that would allow tribes to...

Published October 30, 2023

1846 Massacre Complicates Relocation of Win-River Casino

More than 150 years ago, hundreds of Indians were massacred along the Sacramento River. This bygone incident is playing an outsized role in the Redding Rancheria’s proposal to relocate...

Published October 30, 2023

New York Senator Urges Governor to Close Seneca Deal

New York state Senator George Borrello has called on Governor Kathy Hochul (l.) to meet as soon as possible with Seneca Nation of Indians President Rickey Armstrong Sr. to...

Published October 30, 2023

Tribal Casinos Slow to Employ Cashless Gaming

Only 5 percent of tribal casinos use cashless payments. However that will begin to change over the next few years say experts. The catalyst will be the younger generation.

Published October 23, 2023

Dispute Delays North Carolina Casino Construction

The Catawba Nation wants to sever its agreement with developer SkyBoat LLC, but that would cost the tribe $125 million which Chief Brian Harris said is too high. The...

Published October 23, 2023