Connecticut Braces for MGM Springfield

The relatively secure domination of gaming in New England by Connecticut’s gaming tribes, the Pequots and Mohegans, is about to end. They are preparing to deal with the effects...

Published August 20, 2018

NIGC Suspends Controversial Regulations

The National Indian Gaming Commission has made official what has been a fact of life since 2006, that it is suspending its minimum internal control standards. NIGC Chairman Jonodev...

Published August 20, 2018

Saganing Eagles Landing Casino Addition Rises

The expansion of the Saganing Eagles Landing Casino in Michigan is about halfway completed. It is expected to open in September 2019.

Published August 13, 2018

Jamul Tribe Breaks Ground on Road Improvements

A casino in a remote part of San Diego County, Jamul Casino, has broken ground on road improvements to serve the casino and try to improve safety. It should...

Published August 13, 2018

Wyoming Casino Touts its Economic Impact

Wyoming’s Wind River Casino says it has had a positive effect on the lives of young people as well as providing jobs and economic activity to its tribal members...

Published August 13, 2018

Osage Nation’s New Casino Opens August 31

The new $160 million Osage Nation Casino will hold a grand opening August 31. Referred to as the "downtown" casino, it's located four minutes north of downtown Tulsa. The...

Published August 13, 2018

Expert Says Rancheria Restoration has Fatal Flaw

An expert in Indian history says that a plan to restore the Siskiyou County Indian Rancheria has a flaw. The land designated as the tribe’s rancheria shows no signs...

Published August 13, 2018

Mashantucket Pequot Chairman Looking at Fourth Term

Rodney Butler (l.) is running for a fourth term as chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. For the time being, however, he is also interim chief executive officer of...

Published August 13, 2018

California City Wants Place at Casino Negotiations

Sonoma County in Northern California is resisting blandishments by the city of Petaluma to be included in negotiations with the Lytton Rancheria over 500 acres near Windsor. The county...

Published August 13, 2018

California Signs New Gaming Compacts

California Governor Jerry Brown (l.) has signed several tribal state gaming compacts and updated compacts with a wide variety of tribes that range up and down the Golden State....

Published August 13, 2018

Oklahoma Casinos Await Ball-and-Dice Approval

Many Oklahoma casinos are set to start offering roulette and craps, which the legislature approved in April. But they're still waiting for U.S. Department of Interior approval. The ball...

Published August 13, 2018

BIA Considers Beloit Casino

The Ho-Chunk Nation's proposed $405.5 million Beloit, Wisconsin casino will be reviewed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs on August 17. If the project is placed on the federal...

Published August 13, 2018

Casino Shelters Fire Evacuees

Northern California’s catastrophic wildfires have given area Indian casinos the chance to show what good neighbors they are. The casinos have opened their doors to be evacuation centers for...

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Four Winds South Bend Plans 10-Table Poker Room

Officials at the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' Four Winds Casino South Bend in Indiana said a 10-table poker room is set to open this fall in response to...

Published August 6, 2018

Jamul Casino Funding Road Improvements

The narrow, twisty road leading to the casino owned by the Jamul Indian Village is dangerous. But an agreement where Jamul will help fund improvements in the road make...

Published August 6, 2018

San Manuel Casino Begins $550 Million Expansion

San Manuel Casino (l.), which has never had a hotel, has been listening for years to customers asking for one. Now it is answering them with a $550 million...

Published August 6, 2018

Congress Clarifies Pueblos Rights on Tribal Land

A bill by U.S. Senator Tom Udall (l.) of New Mexico that awaits the president’s signature will allow two New Mexico pueblos to lease out land to businesses for...

Published August 6, 2018

Federal Judge Paves Way for California Casino

After a 15-year struggle the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians has won a court judgment. The ruling allows it to offer gaming on 300 acres near Fresno, California...

Published August 6, 2018

Tribe Exempt From Paying Casino Excise Tax

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe won't have to pay South Dakota excise tax on its $24 million Royal River Casino & Hotel expansion. Under state law, contractors must pay...

Published August 6, 2018

Mashpee Chairman Lobbies Congress for Trust Bill

Getting Congress to pass the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation Act may be the tribe’s last chance to have a reservation. Chairman Cedric Cromwell (l.) testified before Congress last...

Published August 6, 2018