Bill Would Allow Texas Tribe to Offer Gaming

For years the state of Texas has been trying to shut down a Class II casino (l.) being operated by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas. A recently introduced bill...

Published May 27, 2019

House Passes Mashpee Trust Bill

The House last week passed the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act. It would put 321 acres in Massachusetts into trust for the Mashpee tribe, allowing it to operate...

Published May 27, 2019

Tahlequah Casino Celebrates Tribe

The new Cherokee Casino Tahlequah (l.) in Oklahoma recently opened, spotlighting Cherokee Nation culture inside and out. The 96,000 square foot facility, which replaces an older casino, offers 500...

Published May 20, 2019

Oglala Sioux Tribe Ban Governor From Reservation

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem (l.) has been banned from the reservation of the state's largest tribe, the Oglala Sioux, which operates the Prairie Wind Casino & Hotel in...

Published May 20, 2019

Oklahoma Senate Passes Gambling Debt Exclusion

In Oklahoma, HB 2667 would allow taxpayers to exclude gambling losses from the $17,000 itemized deduction limit. State Senator Dewayne Pemberton opposes the exclusion, claiming the state would lose...

Published May 20, 2019

Wisconsin Tribe Faces Fines For Embezzlement

The St. Croix Chippewa of Wisconsin, charged with 527 violations of federal and tribal ordinances, face fines of $5.5 million. Tribal leaders allegedly embezzled $1.5 million in casino funds...

Published May 20, 2019

Trump’s Tweet Kills Tribal Relief Bill

President Donald Trump is known for his tweets. Recently one of his tweets appeared to dash the hopes of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe for its own reservation—and a casino...

Published May 20, 2019

Connecticut Gaming Legislation Unlikely This Year

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has tried his best to hammer together a comprehensive gaming bargain that will have something for everybody and will include sports betting. However, the governor...

Published May 20, 2019

Nez Perce Mull Gaming at Golf Course

Now that the Nez Perce Tribe has purchased the Clarkston Golf and Country Club (l.) in Washington. Now the tribal executive committee is considering proposing gaming on the golf...

Published May 13, 2019

Appeals Court Rules County Can Tax Those Leasing Trust Lands

The Agua Caliente Reservation fought an attempt by Riverside County, California to tax non-Indians who lease land on the reservation. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed that...

Published May 13, 2019

Ponca Tribe’s Casino Remains Open

For the third time in 10 years, the National Indian Gaming Commission ruled the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska could legally build the Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake, Iowa,...

Published May 13, 2019

Tribe Returns to Court to Defend Casino Rights

The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe is once again in federal court. The tribe, whose right to build a Class II casino was affirmed by the Supreme Court earlier this year,...

Published May 13, 2019

Catawba Chief Testifies At U.S. Capitol

The U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs heard testimony from Catawba Indian Nation Chief Bill Harris regarding the tribe's proposed $300-$600 million casino resort in North Carolina. U.S. Senator...

Published May 13, 2019

Wampanoag Casino’s Fate Up in the air

The House of Representatives is likely to vote this week on H.R. 312, that would put lands into trust for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to build its First Light...

Published May 13, 2019

Quapaw Nation Seeks Arkansas Casino License

Downstream Development Authority, the Quapaw Nation's business arm, became the first applicant for a new casino license in Arkansas, in Jefferson County. The first phase of the tribe's proposed...

Published May 13, 2019

Choctaw Casino Will Be Oklahoma’s Largest

A $500 million expansion, targeted for completed in spring 2021, will make the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's Choctaw Casino and Resort in Durant the largest in the state. The...

Published May 6, 2019

Cheyenne and Arapahos Begin Expansion

Ground recently was broken for the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes' expansion at the Watonga Lucky Star Casino in Watonga, Oklahoma. Expected to be completed in summer 2020, the project will...

Published May 6, 2019

California Regulators Trying to Close Sahara Dunes Casino

California gaming regulators are trying to shut down the Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino in Southern California for failing to provide registration materials. The casino has been operating for...

Published May 6, 2019

Amador County Casino has Soft Opening

The soft opening of Harrah’s Northern California casino near Ione, brought out thousands of people last week—and strained the facility so much the CHP had to turn away vehicles....

Published May 6, 2019

BIA Releases Scoping Report for Tejon Casino

The federal government is taking steps to study the environmental impacts that a casino on 306 acres near Bakersfield would have. The 944-member Tejon Indian Tribe was recognized by...

Published May 6, 2019