Ponca Tribe Building Carter Lake Casino

The Ponca Tribe and Tribal Chairman Larry Wright Jr. (l.) recently broke ground for a casino in Carter Lake, Iowa on a 4.8-acre parcel purchased with a $2 million...

Published June 25, 2018

Cherokees Amend Compact For Craps, Roulette

The Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission amended its gaming compact with Oklahoma to allow the "ball-and-dice games" at Cherokee Nation casinos. The tribe's Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa will...

Published June 25, 2018

Bill Would Strip BIA of Tribal Recognition Power

Rob Bishop (l.), chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, has authored a bill that would remove the power to recognize tribes and put land into trust for them from...

Published June 25, 2018

California City, Visitors Bureau See Benefit From Casino

The City of Ridgecrest, which sits along the highway to tourist attractions like Death Valley and Mammoth in California’s Central Valley sees great potential from a casino proposed for...

Published June 18, 2018

Quinault Beach Casino Renovation Completed

Washington’s Quinault Beach Resort and Casino has completed its $25 million remodel. The project included renovating 159 hotel rooms, expanding the casino and adding a 250-seat buffet. It is...

Published June 18, 2018

Connecticut Delegation Demands Interior Investigation

Senators and House members, including Senator Richard Blumenthal (l.), representing Connecticut are urging the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior to step up its investigation of how...

Published June 18, 2018

Lansing Tribal Casino Increasingly Unlikely

The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians has pursued a casino (l.) next to the Lansing, Michigan downtown convention center since 2012. But prospects for the $250 million...

Published June 18, 2018

Mashpee Tribe Left Waiting at Gaming Station

An unsuccessful applicant for the southeastern gaming license three years ago is taking advantage of the fact that Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s casino project is at standstill to ask the...

Published June 18, 2018

Washington Tribe to Open Casino Resort in Phases

Washington’s Kalispel Tribe has always wanted to build a gaming project on its reservation. It is now working on a $10.5 million casino and economic development on the reservation...

Published June 11, 2018

Anti-Reservation Candidate Defeated

South Dakota state Senator Neal Tapio recently lost the Republican Congressional primary after calling Indian reservations "soul sucking welfare dependence" where most residents are "victims of incest and molestation."...

Published June 11, 2018

Mohegan Sun Opens Convention Center

The $80 million Earth Expo & Convention Center, which is big enough for several foot fields, has been opened by the Mohegan Sun. The ribbon cutting was attended by...

Published June 11, 2018

Court Affirms Judgment Against Choctaws

A Texas appeals court affirmed a $9.3 million judgment against the Choctaw Nation, holding it "vicariously liable" for an April 2013 bus accident that killed two passengers traveling to...

Published June 11, 2018

Golden Mesa Casino Breaks Ground

Ground recently was broken for the Golden Mesa Casino in Guymon, Oklahoma, owned by the Shawnee Tribe in partnership with the Chickasaw Nation and Global Gaming Solutions. Set to...

Published June 11, 2018

Miccosukee Tribe Could Owe $1 Billion

Members of the Miccosukee Tribe of south Florida could owe $1 billion according to a recent appeals court ruling, declaring per capita payments derived from gaming revenue are not...

Published June 11, 2018

Senator Warren Supports Wampanoag Casino

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (l.) has sponsored a bill that would allow the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to open its First Light Casino and Resort in Taunton. Some critics consider...

Published June 11, 2018

Arizona Casino Interchange Spurs Opposition

Arizona residents who would be impacted by a $10 million free interchange that would help bring motorists from Interstate 10 to the Vee Quiva Casino on Gila River Indian...

Published June 11, 2018

Nebraska, Iowa Go to Court to Fight Ponca Tribe Casino

Two states and the city of Council Bluffs are suing to prevent the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska from offering gaming on an isolated finger of land that is located...

Published June 11, 2018

Pamunkey Tribe Considers Casino Sites

Pamunkey Chief Robert Gray (l.) recently said although the tribe has purchased a 600-acre tract in New Kent County, Virginia, it's considering other locations for a proposed $700 million...

Published June 11, 2018

NIGC’s Chaudhuri Expected to Step Down

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri is expected to announce that he will leave his post when the NIGC has its annual report on gross Indian gaming...

Published June 11, 2018

Feds Approve 3rd Connecticut Casino

The Department of the Interior has finally published a notice in the Federal Register acknowledging the amendments to the tribal state gaming compact of Connecticut’s Mohegan tribe. When a...

Published June 11, 2018