Connecticut Town Squabbles Over Potential Casino Money

East Windsor, a small town of 11,400 residents in Connecticut, is the choice of the state’s gaming tribes for their $300 million satellite casino (l.). The town is already...

Published January 22, 2018

Pueblo Breaks Ground Near Santa Fe Opera

Ground was broken for the Tesuque Pueblo's new casino located next to the famed Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico. Opera officials have expressed concern about possible light and...

Published January 22, 2018

Supreme Court Lets Massachusetts Tribal Casino Go Forward

The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) won’t have to go to court anymore to defend its right to build a small Class II casino in a former community...

Published January 15, 2018

Four Winds South Bend Opens Tuesday

When Four Winds South Bend opens Tuesday, the 175,000 square foot venue will be the first Native American-owned casino (l.) in Indiana. Ground was broken in December 2016 for...

Published January 15, 2018

Washington Casino Opens This Week

The Spokane Tribe of Washington this week will open its third casino, the $40 million Spokane Tribe Casino (l.) near Airway Heights and in the flight path of the...

Published January 15, 2018

No Firm Date on 3rd Connecticut Tribal Casino

The Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequots of Connecticut refuse to say for sure when they will break ground on their East Windsor “satellite” casino. There are too many factors in...

Published January 15, 2018

Chippewa Crees, BEH Settle Lawsuit

The Chippewa Cree Tribe's online lending company, Plain Green LLC, and BEH Gaming reached a settlement regarding loans to expand the tribe's Northern Winz Hotel and Casino (l.). BEH...

Published January 15, 2018

Yreka Casino to Open Next Month

The northernmost Indian casino in California, the Rain Rock Casino in Yreka, is preparing to open next month with 500 slots and eight gaming tables. Last week the Karuk...

Published January 15, 2018

Mystic Lake Adds Rooms, Meeting Space

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently celebrated the opening of Mystic Lake Center in Prior Lake, Minnesota. It includes a 9-story, 180-room hotel, bringing the total at Mystic Lake...

Published January 15, 2018

Quapaws Open Downstream Craft Brewhouse

The Downstream Crafted Brewing Company recently opened at the Quapaw Tribe's Downstream Casino Resort in Quapaw, Oklahoma, following a $400,000 renovation of the casino's Legends Sports Bar. Currently Flat...

Published January 15, 2018

Cherokees Debate Alcohol Referendum

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal council unanimously approved holding a referendum regarding allowing alcohol sales outside tribal property. Some members said state law allows those sales and...

Published January 15, 2018

Oneidas Set to Open Third N.Y. Casino

The state’s increasingly crowded gaming market is going to get more crowded with the March 1 opening of a new gaming venue by the Oneida Indian Nation. Point Place...

Published January 15, 2018

Mohegan Sun Revenues Up, Foxwoods Down

Revenues are up substantially at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut, while revenues are down slightly at Foxwoods Resort Casino, the Sun’s longtime rival.

Published January 15, 2018

Massachusetts Tribe Closes Casino Office

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Gaming Authority in Taunton, Massachusetts has closed its tribal offices and the tribe is laying off employees. Some see this as the death knell of...

Published January 8, 2018

Indiana’s First Tribal Casino Opens January 16

The first tribal casino in Indiana and the fourth of its brand, Four Winds South Bend (l.) will open January 16, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians announced. The...

Published January 8, 2018

Beloit Casino Would “Devastate” Rockford

The Ho-Chunk Nation announced plans to build a $405.5 million casino and entertainment zone in Beloit, Wisconsin on the Illinois state line. Beloit City Manager Lori Luther called the...

Published January 8, 2018

MGM Wants to Intervene in Connecticut Lawsuit

MGM Resorts International has filed in federal court seeking to intervene in a case filed against the Department of the Interior by Connecticut and its two gaming tribes. The...

Published January 8, 2018

Lawsuit Challenging Elk Grove Casino Goes to Court

The case brought by challengers of a casino in Elk Grove, California that the Wilton Rancheria Indian Tribe hopes to build will have its first hearing on January 9....

Published January 8, 2018

Tribe Loses Claim that Connecticut Owes It $610 Million

The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation has lost its court case seeking $610 million from the state of Connecticut. The tribe claims the state took 2,000 acres from it without paying...

Published January 8, 2018

Santa Fe Opera Getting Casino Neighbor

The Tesuque Pueblo announced plans to build a casino next to the Santa Fe Opera (l.). Tribal and opera officials have been in talks the past year to make...

Published January 8, 2018