Arizona Governor Wants More Casino Money From Tribes

Although the tribal state gaming compacts that most Arizona tribes operate under don’t expire for several years, Governor Steve Ducey (l.) doesn’t want to wait. He has hired a...

Published January 28, 2019

Snoqualmie Casino Gets Minority Business of the Year Award

The University of Washington School of Business last month recognized the Snoqualmie Casino as the minority business of the year. The casino sponsors the university’s Tribal Gaming and Hospitality...

Published January 21, 2019

Prairie Band Casino Turns 21

The Prairie Band Casino and Resort (l.) in Mayetta, Kansas has undergone numerous changes since it opened in January, 1998. In its 21 years, the property has added more...

Published January 21, 2019

Rhode Island Senators Threatened to Block Wampanoag Bill

Last year two Rhode Island Senators often close progressive allies of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (l.) sabotaged a bill she sponsored to help a tribe in her state put...

Published January 21, 2019

Elk Grove Casino Could Break Ground Soon

The Wilton Rancheria’s proposed $500 million casino, located at an abandoned mall (l.), could break ground in Elk Grove sometime this year. Tribal Chairman Raymond Hitchcock says the casino,...

Published January 21, 2019

Aquinnah Board Requests Details on Tribal Casino

Color the Board of Selectmen of the Massachusetts town of Aquinnah irritated. In a letter to tribal Chairman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais (l.), they seek more open communication between themselves and...

Published January 21, 2019

Senator Reelected to Indian Affairs Chairmanship

North Dakota’s U.S. Senator John Hoeven (l.) has been reelected chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. He has pledged to work to empower tribal economic progress and...

Published January 21, 2019

Craps, Roulette Attracting New Players in Oklahoma

Craps and roulette are attracting new customers to the Cherokee Nation’s Oklahoma casinos, since the ball-and-dice games were authorized last August by the federal government. The games will generate...

Published January 21, 2019

N.D. Tribes Would Collect State Taxes Under Bill

A bill with bipartisan support has been introduced in North Dakota that would allow tribes to collect and spend state taxes that are usually not collected on the reservation....

Published January 21, 2019

Morongo Begins Expansion

Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in California’s Riverside County has begun an expansion that will expand the gaming area by 30 percent. It will add 800 slot machines and...

Published January 14, 2019

FireKeepers Opens Gapi Coffee Shop

Gapi is the Potawatomi word for coffee and also the name of the new coffee shop at FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan. The new establishment offers coffee...

Published January 14, 2019

Cowlitz Tribe Ordered to Release Assault Video

A Washington state tribe has been ordered by a superior court in Clark County to turn over a surveillance video showing a man being beaten up on the property...

Published January 14, 2019

California Tribe Aims at 2020 Casino Opening

A tribe hoping to build a $500 casino in the site of an uncompleted outlet mall in Elk Grove, California, says it plans to open sometime in 2020. “There’s...

Published January 14, 2019

Mashpee Wampanoag Bill Reintroduced

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts is hailing a bill that has been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress to put 321 acres it owns into trust. It would undo...

Published January 14, 2019

Three Tribes Sue California in Federal Court

After seven years of gaming tribes threatening to hold the California state government accountable for allowing card clubs to operate “banked” card games, three tribes went to federal court...

Published January 14, 2019

Senecas Lose Revenue-Sharing Fight

Two years ago, the tribe stopped paying New York a percentage of its casino slot revenues. That’s a violation of its compact, according to an arbitration panel appointed to...

Published January 14, 2019

Easing Way for Third Connecticut Casino

A bill to smooth the process of creating a third tribal-owned casino in Connecticut was introduced by state Senator Catherine A. Osten last week. The bill would remove the...

Published January 14, 2019

Cypress Bayou Reaches 25-Year Milestone

Cypress Bayou Casino Hotel in Charenton, Louisiana, owned by the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. It began as Chitimacha Bayouland Bingo and has had an...

Published January 7, 2019

Gun Lake Tribe Forwards $9 Million

The Gun Lake Tribe of Wayland, Michigan recently made a revenue-sharing payment of $9 million to the state, based on electronic gaming revenue from its Gun Lake Casino between...

Published January 7, 2019

Gaming Tribes Slow to Embrace Sports Betting

Two gaming tribes have so far taken advantage of the lifting of the federal ban on sports betting to open their own sportsbook operations: the Mississippi Band of Choctaw...

Published January 7, 2019