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

Ho-Chunk Awaits Next Casino Step

The Ho-Chunk Nation still is waiting for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to list its Beloit, Wisconsin casino on the federal registry. The $405.5 million project would include a...

Published April 30, 2018

Indian Sovereignty Act Battle Pits Allies Against Each Other

Big labor and Indian Country can usually count on Democratic lawmakers in Congress to have their back. But lately they have been fighting each other over the issue of...

Published April 30, 2018

Scott, Seminoles Reach Agreement

Florida Governor Rick Scott (l.) and the Seminole Tribe reached a compact agreement. The Seminoles will continue to pay the state $19.5 million a month, or $300 million a...

Published April 30, 2018

Virginia Tribe Secures Investor, Land for Casino

The Pamunkey Tribe has bought through a partnership with former VGT owner Jon Yarbrough (l.) more than 600 acres near Richmond for a $700 million gaming resort it plans...

Published April 30, 2018

Caesars to Build Tribal Casino Near Sacramento

Caesars Entertainment, which operates tribal casinos in California and Arizona, announced that week that it would build and operate a casino for the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians...

Published April 23, 2018

Labor Wins, Tribes Lose, Senate Vote

When the dust settled after an epic battle between labor and tribes, the U.S. Senate (l.) wasn’t able to muster enough votes to pass the Tribal Sovereignty Act. Tribes...

Published April 23, 2018

Chance of New Casino ‘Zero’ Says Connecticut Speaker

Chances are zero for any more casinos in Connecticut without the nod of the federal government. That’s the opinion of Connecticut Speaker of the House Joe Aresimowicz (l.), who...

Published April 23, 2018

Florida Special Session Still Possible

The Seminole Tribe will continue to pay $300 million annually to Florida in exchange for blackjack (l.) exclusivity, although it has the right to stop. Still, lawmakers are considering...

Published April 23, 2018

Oklahoma’s Duck Creek Casino Expansion Debuts

A grand opening celebration recently was held for the 8,000 square foot expansion at the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Duck Creek Casino (l.) in Beggs, Oklahoma. The enlarged casino floor...

Published April 23, 2018

Courts Back Two California Tribal Casinos

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the right of the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to open a casino in Central California. The tribe proposes a...

Published April 23, 2018

FireKeepers Provides Healthy Food Carts

Battle Creek, Michigan area schools are fighting childhood obesity with help from FireKeepers Casino Hotel, which provides carts with healthy snacks kids can eat during the school day and...

Published April 23, 2018

Hard Rock’s Temporarily Relocates Hollywood Restaurant

Council Oak Steaks and Seafood at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida will temporarily relocate while the property's $1.5 billion expansion, including a new guitar-shaped hotel tower, is...

Published April 23, 2018

Seneca-New York Relations Plunge from Bad to Worse

The two sides are already embroiled in a dispute over casino revenue sharing. Now the powerful western New York tribe is suing the state over the validity of a...

Published April 23, 2018

Tribe Abandons Bay Area Casino Effort

After more than ten years of litigation the Northern California Guidiville Band of Pomo Indians has acknowledge defeat in its efforts to build a $1.2 billion casino on land...

Published April 23, 2018

City Supports Timbisha Shoshone casino

The city of Ridgecrest and the city’s visitors bureau see a lot to like about a proposal by the Timbisha Shoshone for a casino. The facility would aim at...

Published April 23, 2018

Work Proceeds on Soboba Replacement Casino

A replacement Soboba Casino and Resort being built under construction by the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians is moving ahead briskly. The tribe is confident the replacement will be...

Published April 23, 2018

Arizona Tribe Won’t Allow National Guard on Lands

The Tohono O’odham tribe, which operates the Desert Diamond casinos, wants visitors to its casinos, but draws the line at the National Guard. Last week the tribe declared it...

Published April 23, 2018