Arizona Tribe Break Ground on Expansion

The Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona last week broke ground on a $400 million expansion (l.) of the Desert Diamond West Valley Casino and Resort. The once-controversial resort is...

Published December 4, 2017

Supremes Get Final Arguments in Wampanoag Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide later this month whether it will review a case where the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is fighting for the right to...

Published November 27, 2017

Connecticut Challenges Foxwoods’s Class II Games

The Pequot tribe has about 100 electronic Class II bingo machines sitting in the Foxwoods Resort Casino (l.) ready to be turned on. This has set off alarm bells...

Published November 27, 2017

MGM Silent About Bridgeport Initiative

MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren (l.) is raising eyebrows because he didn’t mention a $675 million casino proposal for Bridgeport, Connecticut during a conference call with investors last week....

Published November 27, 2017

Mashpees Looks at Belt-Tightening

The longer the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is prevented from building its $1 billion casino in Taunton the larger its debt to the Genting Group grows. The debt...

Published November 27, 2017

Judge Rules Against Comanche Nation

Judge Joe Heaton recently denied the Comanche Nation's request for a preliminary injunction to stop a Chickasaw Nation casino in Terral, Oklahoma, near the Texas border. The Comanches said...

Published November 27, 2017

NIGC Rules For Ponca Tribe

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska may pursue a casino in Carter Lake, Iowa, the National Indian Gaming Commission recently ruled. It was the second time the NIGC approved the...

Published November 27, 2017

San Manuel Plans $500 Million Upgrade

The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians last week unveiled plans for a $500 million upgrade to its casino that will include a 500-room hotel. A groundbreaking is expected...

Published November 27, 2017

Osage Narrows Casino Location to Cuba

Cuba is the name of the town where the Osage Nation wants to open the first tribal casino in Missouri. Osage Casinos CEO Byron Bighorse made the announcement last...

Published November 27, 2017

Group Formed to Fight California Casino has Deep Roots

Although the group formed to fight moving the Win-River Casino in Northern California adjacent to Interstate 5 is new, it is composed of veterans of several community fights to...

Published November 27, 2017

Pechanga Expansion to Open in December

Pechanga Resort and Casino’s massive $285 million expansion is expected to open before the New Year. It brings to an end a two-year construction.

Published November 27, 2017

Santa Fe Downs to Get Makeover

The 323-acre home of a now-defunct racetrack (l.) near Santa Fe, New Mexico, will undergo a makeover. The Pueblo of Pojoaque Development Corporation is soliciting proposals for the Santa...

Published November 27, 2017

$33 Million Ho-Chunk Renovation Nearly Complete

Ho-Chunk Gaming in Wittenberg, Wisconsin opened a new gaming floor with 200 additional slots, a non-smoking area and an updated bar as part of a $33 million renovation and...

Published November 27, 2017

Pokagons Open South Bend Police Substation

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians recently opened a tribal police substation near its estimated $400 million Four Winds Casino, now under construction in South Bend, Indiana. Tribal Chairman...

Published November 27, 2017

Arizona Casino to Expand Hotel

The Pascua Yaqui Tribe has announced plans to build a second hotel—with 150 rooms—to serve its existing Casino del Sol Resort in Arizona. The tribe also plans to increase...

Published November 27, 2017

Headline Offends Mississippi Choctaws

A front-page story about the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indian's casino referendum ran in the November 16 Carthaginian under the headline, "Chocs go to polls today." The tribe considers...

Published November 27, 2017

Judge: Casino Managers Can Keep Jobs

A Northern Arapaho Tribal Court judge ruled Wind River Hotel and Casino Chief Executive Officer and Assistant Manager Andrea Clifford can keep their jobs. The Northern Arapaho Business Council...

Published November 27, 2017

Connecticut Senators try to Intervene in MGM, Tribal Casino Battle

No action by the Interior Department on approval for the third Connecticut casino to be built jointly by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes has attracted the attention of...

Published November 20, 2017

Tiguas’ Games Continue For Now

Questioning if federal courts have jurisdiction, a federal judge did not issue a ruling in the Texas state attorney general's office's case against electronic games at the Tiguas' Speaking...

Published November 20, 2017

Mississippi Choctaws Reject Fourth Casino

The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians voted 1,449 to 654 against a fourth casino, the Red Water. Chief Phyliss J. Anderson had said the casino would generate $50 million...

Published November 20, 2017