Upgrades Begin at Shooting Star

Officials of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe announced the Traditions Buffet recently closed for renovations and expansion, the first of several projects scheduled at the tribe's Shooting Star...

Published May 14, 2018

Washington Tribe Mulls Entertainment Venue

Washington’s Suquamish Tribe, which has plenty of experience in putting on show, is mulling a new entertainment venue in Kitsap County. It hasn’t yet settled on a site or...

Published May 14, 2018

Michigan Lawmaker Amends Online Gambling Bill

Michigan state Rep. Brandt Iden (l.) has amended his online gambling bill to lower the tax rate from 15 to 8 percent and add sports betting. Opponents claim the...

Published May 14, 2018

Tribes, Connecticut Disagree on Sports Betting

Connecticut’s gaming tribes insist that if sports betting becomes legalized in the state that they have a monopoly on it. Attorney General George Jepsen (l.) disagrees. If that monopoly...

Published May 7, 2018

Craps, Roulette A ‘Win- Win- Win’ For Oklahoma

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Casinos Chief Executive Officer Pat Crofts (l.) said the passage of legislation in Oklahoma allowing traditional craps and roulette in tribal casinos is a "win-win-win" for...

Published May 7, 2018

Pequot Chairman Butler Calls for Joint Tribal Projects

Gaming tribes that are strong by themselves could be even stronger pulling together. That was message that Rodney Butler (l.), the chairman of one of the leading gaming tribes,...

Published May 7, 2018

Seminoles’ Guitar-Shaped Hotel Progressing

At the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, the $1.5 billion guitar-shaped, 450-foot hotel is moving forward. The project will offer 638 rooms and suites, a...

Published May 7, 2018

County Commissioners Approve Texas Gaming

Commissioners in Polk County, Texas approved a resolution supporting U.S. Congressman Brian Babin's legislation allowing the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe's Naskila Gaming (l.) to continue to offer Class II gaming. The...

Published May 7, 2018

BIA Processes Ridgecrest fee Into Trust Request

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has been to process an application by the Timbasha Shoshone tribe of California to put land into trust within the city of Ridgecrest. The...

Published May 7, 2018

Commercial Gaming Companies Need to Work at Partnerships With Tribes

Commercial gaming corporations need to develop new strategies for forming successful gaming partnerships with gaming tribes. The old paradigms are not working any more say consultants who are forging...

Published May 7, 2018

Northern California Casino Celebrates Opening

The northernmost casino in California, the Rain Rock Casino, opened last week. The Karuk tribe celebrated with a ribbon cutting and expressed hopes of becoming an economic driver in...

Published April 30, 2018

Foxwoods Fights Unionization: Vote Looms

Janitorial and cleaning workers at Foxwoods Resort Casino will vote this week on whether to unionize. The Unite Here New England union already represents dealers, bartenders, slot techs and...

Published April 30, 2018

Resident Sues to Stop California Casino

The Timbisha Shoshone tribe wants to put land into trust in Ridgecrest, California and has applied to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for an off-reservation casino. The idea is...

Published April 30, 2018

Osage Casino Sets August Opening

An August opening is scheduled for the new Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The $150 million , two-story property will include a state-of-the-art casino, 141-room hotel, sports bar, grill,...

Published April 30, 2018

Town of Mashpee Opposes Federal Bill

The board of Selectmen of the small town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, has voted to oppose a bill in Congress that would end the challenge to the land into trust...

Published April 30, 2018

Idaho Tribe Accused of Breaking Law to Fight Initiative

Supporters of amending the Idaho constitution to allow historical racing machines at the state’s racetracks accuse the Coeur d’Alene Tribe of trying to pay signature gatherers to stop—a violation...

Published April 30, 2018

Federal Judge Rules for Mechoopda Tribe

Butte County, California is contemplating whether it should appeal the decision of an appeals court upholding the land into trust decision that gave the Mechoopda Indian Tribe land to...

Published April 30, 2018

Land Into Trust Process Doesn’t Get Easier

Thirty years after the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, challenges are mounting. It is becoming harder and harder to put land into trust for casinos. If the...

Published April 30, 2018

Navajo President Calls for Diversifying Business

Indian gaming help bring about prosperity to many tribes. Only diversification will preserve that prosperity, and expand it declared Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye (l.) last week.

Published April 30, 2018

Analyst: Wind Creek Bethlehem Represents ‘Next Frontier’ for Tribes

Gene Johnson (l.), executive vice president of Indian gaming advisory firm Victor-Strategies, while moderating a panel at the NIGA Indian Gaming Tradeshow, called the Poarch Band’s purchase of the...

Published April 30, 2018