New Quil Ceda Creek Casino Construction Begins

The Tulalip tribe of Washington state has begun construction of a $140 million casino resort that will eventually take the place of its old Quil Ceda Creek Casino. The...

Published March 19, 2018

New Jersey Mayor Gets State Job

Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty has been named as the deputy executive director of the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority—a post that pays $150,000 a year. Doherty has extensive political connections...

Published March 19, 2018

Connecticut Tribes Begin Demolition For New Casino

Connecticut’s gaming tribes last week celebrated the demolition of a vacant cinema—the first steps towards building a third satellite casino owned by both tribes. But questions are being raised...

Published March 12, 2018

California Tribe Wins Casino Challenge

A federal judge has ruled in favor of California’s Wilton Rancheria and against challengers of the tribe’s proposed $500 million casino. The tribe plans to move forward in building...

Published March 12, 2018

Penn National Bails on California Tribe

Penn National Gaming has abandoned its agreement with the Jamul Indian Village and will hand over the San Diego County-based Hollywood Casino Jamul-San Diego (l.) to the tribe a...

Published March 12, 2018

Mashpee Tribe, Town Council to Meet

The town council of Mashpee and leaders of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe haven’t met in more than a couple of years. Serious problems have arisen in the internal and...

Published March 12, 2018

Ponca Tribe Awaits Court Ruling

The National Indian Gaming Commission approved the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska's proposed casino at Carter Lake, Iowa, but the city of Council Bluffs sued to stop it. As it...

Published March 12, 2018

Oklahoma Tribes Open, Renovate Properties

In Oklahoma, the Osage, Cherokee and Creek Nations are building or renovating casinos in the Tulsa area. The $150 million Osage Casino and Hotel, complete with an in-house craft...

Published March 12, 2018

Tribal Newspaper Returns

Indian Country Today was once a stalwart journalistic source for everything about tribes. Then it shut down in September. But now it’s being revived under the auspices of the...

Published March 12, 2018

California Group Asks to Review Gaming Agreement

Stand Up for California, a casino watchdog organization, has asked the Trump administration to withdraw an agreement between the Timbisha Shoshone Tribe and the city of Ridgecrest.

Published March 12, 2018

Washington Tribe Sues Worker it Overpaid

A casino in Washington, the Ilani Casino Resort paid a former table games supervisor for several months after her employment was terminated. Now it wants the money back and...

Published March 12, 2018

Florida House, Senate Advance Gambling Bills

Both the Florida House and Senate bills would ratify a 20-year compact with the Seminole Tribe, granting it exclusive rights to blackjack and slots outside Miami-Dade and Broward counties...

Published March 5, 2018

Supreme Court Rules For Gun Lake

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Congress acted within its authority when it passed the Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act, effectively ending Michigan resident David Patchak's prolonged fight against...

Published March 5, 2018

Firekeepers’ Largest Profits yet

Michigan’s FireKeepers Casino Hotel (l.) has announced the largest profits yet, an increase of 5.84 percent over last year. The casino has seen five straight years of increased profits.

Published March 5, 2018

New Connecticut Bill Would End Third Indian Casino

Junior members of the Connecticut legislature revolted against two power committee co-chairmen and forced a bill out of committee that would repeal last year’s law giving a monopoly on...

Published March 5, 2018

Month Delay in U.S. Mashpee Decision

Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag tribe will have to wait another month before hearing the final ruling by the Department of the Interior on whether it will put land into trust...

Published March 5, 2018

High Court Reviews Two Tribal Right Cases

Tribal leaders are watching with some trepidation three big cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up this year. All of the cases in some way concern tribal...

Published March 5, 2018

Nevada Tribe Seeks New Compact

In an effort to expand the appeal of its Wa She Shu Casino (l.), the Washoe Tribe of Nevada is negotiating a new Class III gaming compact with the...

Published March 5, 2018

Michigan Tribal Council Approves Controversial New Casino

Infrastructure work has begun on the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians' $50 million waterfront casino and hotel in Peshawbestown, Michigan, following the tribal council's 4-3 vote...

Published March 5, 2018

Guitar-Shaped Hotel Halfway Done

Hard Rock International officials announced the 450-foot guitar-shaped hotel tower at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida is more than half completed. It's part of...

Published March 5, 2018