No Indiana Tribal Casino Revenue Impact—Yet

Four Winds South Bend Casino (l.) only was open two weeks when the Indiana Gaming Commission released January 2017 versus January 2018 figures. Northwest Indiana's five casinos posted a...

Published February 19, 2018

Tribe Won’t Sell Pot, Says Chairman

Under no circumstances will the Timbisha Shoshone sell cannabis on land that it seeks to be put into trust. That’s the promise of Tribal Chairman George Gholson (l.), who...

Published February 19, 2018

California Tribe Opens Luxury Hotel, Spa

The Willows Hotel & Spa (l.), a luxury adults-only resort has opened at Viejas Casino in Southern California. About 350 VIPs attended the ribbon cutting last week.

Published February 19, 2018

Spokane Casino Celebrates Grand Opening

NIGA Vice Chairman David Bean was the most eminent VIP at the Grand Opening of the Spokane Tribe Casino on January 9. The casino has 450 slots and 12...

Published February 19, 2018

Washington Tribal Casino to Open Event Center

The Cowlitz Tribe will open its La Center, Washington casino’s first expansion since opening a year ago in April. The expansion will include the Cowlitz Ballroom, able to set...

Published February 19, 2018

Connecticut Tribes Say BIA Illegally Blocked Casino

Connecticut’s gaming tribes in court filings have accused the Department of the Interior of illegally sitting on the certification of the amended gaming compacts that would allow them to...

Published February 12, 2018

Florida House, Senate, Seminoles Begin Talks

Negotiating with Florida lawmakers, Seminole officials emphatically resisted expanded slots, designated player games, pre-reveal games and daily fantasy sports. But incoming state Senate President Bill Galvano (l.) said, "There...

Published February 12, 2018

Judge Dismisses Stockbridge-Munsee Lawsuit

In a repeat ruling from October, Judge James Peterson dismissed the Stockbridge-Munsee's lawsuit attempting to stop the Ho-Chunk Nation's Wittenberg, Wisconsin casino expansion (l.). The tribe claims the Ho-Chunk...

Published February 12, 2018

Tribes, Deadwood Oppose Yankton Casino

Legislation introduced in South Dakota could lead to a referendum on a constitutional amendment allowing a Yankton casino. The pro-casino Yankton Area Progressive Growth is promoting the proposed $50...

Published February 12, 2018

California Lawmaker Says State Lost From Super Bowl

Every time there is a big sporting event like the Super Bowl, California loses millions of dollars in taxes it could have collected from sports betting—if only sports betting...

Published February 12, 2018

San Diego Town Continues to Fight Casino

Residents of the town of Jamul in San Diego County may have lost their battle to prevent the Hollywood Casino (l.) from opening on the Jamul Indian Village. A...

Published February 12, 2018

Gun Lake Management Contract Ends

Gun Lake Casino now is wholly owned and operated by the Gun Lake Tribe in Wayland Township, Michigan. Federal law requires tribal casinos to end private management after seven...

Published February 12, 2018

Club Nomadic Ends Mystic Lake Suit

Club Nomadic dropped its breach-of-contract lawsuit against Mystic Lake Casino after a federal judge said the court had no authority over a sovereign tribe. Club Nomadic had spent $2.4...

Published February 12, 2018

Navajo Objection Delays Arizona Keno Bill

A bill that would allow the Arizona Lottery to offer keno has been withdrawn by its sponsor. The Navajo Nation had objected to the bill

Published February 12, 2018

California Casino Expansion Complicated by Legal Issue

Tribal members who refuse to move to make way for a $30 million casino expansion are complicating the lives of leaders of the Bishop Paiute Tribe of California. They...

Published February 12, 2018

House Bill Removes Alabama Land Confusion

The Alabama House unanimously passed the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Land Reaffirmation Act to resolve any possible legal confusion over the tribe's land as a result of a...

Published February 5, 2018

California Gaming Tribes Create 3,000 Jobs

Southern California’s gaming tribes have become hot job generating engines. Six tribes are in the midst or beginning expansion programs that are creating a total of 6,000 jobs or...

Published February 5, 2018

Pechanga Buys Golf Course

The Pechanga Resort & Casino has long been considered the largest Indian casino and resort in California. The purchase last week of the 305-acre Temecula Creek Inn Golf Course,...

Published February 5, 2018

Aqua Caliente Band Plans Third Casino

The Agua Caliente Band of California has taken steps that will culminate in its third casino in the Coachella Valley (Agua Caliente casino at left). It has applied to...

Published February 5, 2018

Blackjack, Poker Debut At Seminole Casino in Florida

Seminole Casino Brighton in Florida recently opened a new 750 square foot pit area, offering five blackjack tables and a 3-card poker table. The non-smoking slots area also was...

Published February 5, 2018