Texas Judge Rules Against Tiguas

The 20-plus-year legal battle between the Tigua Tribe and the state of Texas continued with a federal judge’s recent ruling that the games at the tribe’s Speaking Rock Entertainment...

Published March 11, 2019

Genting Stops Funding Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is no longer getting governmental support funds from the company that it partnered with to build the $1 billion First Light Resort and Casino. Nevertheless,...

Published March 11, 2019

Tule River Tribe to Relocate California Casino

Northern California’s Tule River Reservation has announced plans to relocate its Eagle Mountain Casino off of its hard-to-get-to reservation to near the Porterville airport. One thing it needs is...

Published March 4, 2019

Interior Department Denies Mashpee Accusations

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts has sued the Department of the Interior, claiming that it distorted facts in order to justify reversing its 2015 decision to put land...

Published March 4, 2019

Tribes Clash Over Oregon Casino

Two Oregon tribes are clashing over the desire of one tribe, the Coquille, to build a second casino in Medford, along Interstate 5. A rival tribe, the Cow Creek...

Published March 4, 2019

Wampanoag Tribe Begins Casino Construction

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), based on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts has begun construction of a small Class II casino. The casino will have 250 bingo-based machines, food,...

Published March 4, 2019

Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Could Grow

Officials from Oklahoma’s tribal casino operations recently gathered at a recent American Gaming Association “Get to Know Gaming” seminar in Tulsa. Tribal gaming generates $9.8 billion in annual revenue...

Published March 4, 2019

Seminoles Continue “Good Faith” Payments

Although they’re not legally bound, the Seminole Tribe, which operates the nation’s most profitable casino in Tampa (l.), has continued making monthly payments of $19.5 million to Florida from...

Published March 4, 2019

Connecticut Gaming Tribes Threaten to Stop Payments

Connecticut’s gaming tribes say that if the state begins to take steps to entertain bidding for a commercial casino that they will cut off the 25 percent payments they...

Published March 4, 2019

Coquille Tribe Still Waiting for Trust Decision

Four years after applying to the Department of the Interior to put land into trust in Medford, Oregon, the Coquille tribe is “very frustrated” that the federal government has...

Published February 25, 2019

Washington’s Muckleshoot Tribe to Expand Casino

Washington’s Muckleshoot Tribe has announced an expansion of its casino to add amenities and more room for gaming. The project could be completed in early 2020.

Published February 25, 2019

Tribal Attitudes Towards Sports Betting Are Complex

What statement best exemplifies the attitude of gaming tribes in the U.S. towards the legalization of sports betting? It’s complicated.

Published February 25, 2019

Soboba Casino Opens Replacement

The San Jacinto, California-based Soboba Casino (l.) is scheduled to open its replacement casino this week. This includes an upscale resort luxury hotel with 200 rooms overlooking a golf...

Published February 25, 2019

Some Gaming Tribes Seek Diversification with Cannabis

Some gaming tribes want to be able to grow and sell marijuana under the same sovereignty that they build and operate casino gaming. In California, where pot is legal,...

Published February 25, 2019

Massachusetts Casino Plaintiffs Request Change of Venue

Residents of East Taunton suing the Department of the Interior to prevent the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe from putting more than 300 acres into trust in Massachusetts for the First...

Published February 25, 2019

Pequots’ Lawsuit Against Interior Revived

The same federal judge who dismissed the lawsuit of the Pequot tribe of Connecticut and the state against former Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke last year is allowing...

Published February 25, 2019

California Gaming Tribes Strike Hard to Limit Cardrooms

The gaming tribes of California have taken off the gloves in their efforts to force cardrooms to obey state law and not offer banked card games. They have now...

Published February 25, 2019

North Carolina Tribe Eyes Tennessee

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is negotiating to by land in Sevier County, Tennessee as a site for a potential casino. The Cherokees operate two very successful casinos...

Published February 25, 2019

Texas Judge Rules Tiguas Violate Law

Texas recently prevailed again over the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo, or Tigua Tribe, when a federal judge ruled the video bingo games at its Speaking Rock Entertainment Center (l.)...

Published February 25, 2019

Massachusetts Town Commission Asked to Review Casino Plans

A commission that oversees buildings on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts is being asked by the town of Aquinnah to review the proposed Class II casino that the Wampanoag Tribe...

Published February 18, 2019