New Mexico Operagoers Look Askance at Casino

Some fans of the Santa Fe Opera (l.) in northern New Mexico are alarmed that the Tesuque Pueblo is building a casino next to the facility. It is an...

Published July 23, 2018

Hard Rock Fire Mountain Breaks Ground

Northern California’s Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of Enterprise Rancheria has broken ground on a $400 million casino that will open in October 2019. The casino is being built and...

Published July 23, 2018

Billionaire Yarbrough Believes In The Pamunkeys

Jon Yarbrough, one of the 400 wealthiest Americans, bought 600 acres in New Kent County, Virginia as a potential casino site for the Pamunkey Indians. He made his fortune...

Published July 23, 2018

Massachusetts Mayor Asks for Mashpee Resolution

Pressures are mounting on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to reconsider the rejection of a casino license for the city of Brockton, with a letter from Mayor Bill Carpenter (l.)....

Published July 23, 2018

Boyd Gaming Issues Bonds for Wilton Rancheria Casino

Boyd Gaming has announced it will issue $500 million in bonds to help finance the Wilton Rancheria’s proposed casino resort in Northern California. The bonds will be issued with...

Published July 16, 2018

Connecticut Casinos Ask for Extended Last Call

The two gaming tribes in Connecticut have asked the legislature to give them permission to serve alcohol as late as 4 a.m. They claim this will make them competitive...

Published July 16, 2018

Four Winds South Bend Opening Poker Room

A 10-table poker room will open by Labor Day at the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians' Four Winds South Bend in Indiana. Federal regulators in January determined by installing...

Published July 16, 2018

Grand Portage Lodge and Casino Refurbished

A ribbon cutting was held celebrating the completion of extensive renovations at the Grand Portage Lodge and Casino (l.) in Grand Portage, Minnesota. The project included a new lobby...

Published July 16, 2018

Table Mountain Rancheria Announces Casino Expansion

One of the oldest gaming tribes in California, Table Mountain Rancheria, which operates Table Mountain Casino in the Central part of the state, has announced plans for a new...

Published July 16, 2018

Grand Traverse Tribe Seeks Federal Contracts

The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians seeks federal contracts and acquisitions through its Grand Traverse Economic Development Corporation, formed in 2012 to invest a portion of...

Published July 16, 2018

Ho-Chunk Debut Wittenberg Expansion

The $33 million expansion at Ho-Chunk Gaming in Wittenberg, Wisconsin recently opened to the public. The project doubled the size of the gaming floor which now includes a non-smoking...

Published July 16, 2018

California Tribe Reinstatement Bill Stalls

California Rep. Doug LaMalfa (l.) is the author of two controversial bills that would by acts of Congress put land into trust for two tribes. The separate bills would...

Published July 16, 2018

Arizona City Council Scored for Taking Gifts From Tribe

Members of the city council of Glendale, Arizona are coming under criticism for accepting gifts from the Tohono O'odham Nation. The nation operates the Desert Diamond Casino (l), which...

Published July 16, 2018

Mashpee’s Case Worries Tribal Leaders

Tribal leaders all over the U.S. are concerned by the plight of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Taunton, Massachusetts, whose land into trust application is still stopped dead by...

Published July 16, 2018

Guitar-Shaped Hard Rock Topped Off in Florida

Adorned with flags and a small tree, the final beam was installed at the guitar-shaped Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. Part of a $1.5 billion...

Published July 16, 2018

Casino Opponents Win Minnesota Town Council Seats

The White Earth Nation's proposed Star Lake Casino in Dent, Minnesota suffered a setback as two anti-casino candidates won tribal council seats, giving casino opponents the majority. The council...

Published July 9, 2018

Supremes End Shingle Springs Challenges

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians will not have to pay a $30 million judgment to a former partner that loaned it the money to build its first...

Published July 9, 2018

2020 Target for Jamestown S’Klallam Hotel

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, which operates the 7 Cedars Casino on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, has begun a $40 million, 100-room hotel. Construction is expected to take until 2020.

Published July 9, 2018

Downstream Reaches 10-Year Milestone

Downstream Casino Resort (l.) in Quapaw, Oklahoma recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a concert by ZZ Top and several special promotions. Owned and operated by the Quapaw Tribe...

Published July 9, 2018

Pala Casino Adds More Gaming

San Diego County’s Pala Casino Spa and Resort (l.) is continuing its $170 million expansion. The next phase of that expansion is the just opened deluxe bar, expanded gaming...

Published July 9, 2018