Trump Administration Says States Can’t Tax Tribal Casino Free Play

Not often that the Trump and Obama administrations have seen eye to eye. But they do on the issue of whether tribes must pay taxes to the states for...

Published November 6, 2017

Connecticut Tribes Wait for BIA Ruling

The Mohegan and Pequot tribes of Connecticut are waiting for the Bureau of Indian Affairs to give them the ruling on the amended tribal state gaming compact that would...

Published November 6, 2017

Oklahoma Considers Indian Gaming Expansion

A measure allowing Native American casinos to offer games with dice and roulette balls recently was approved by the Oklahoma House Rules Committee. The House estimated the bill would...

Published November 6, 2017

Judge Rules Wisconsin Tribe Waited Too Long

A federal judge ruled the Stockbridge-Munsee Band waited too long to sue the Ho-Chunk Nation over expanding its Wittenberg, Wisconsin casino (groundbreaking earlier this year at left). U.S. District...

Published November 6, 2017

Alcohol Permits Divide Eastern Band in North Carolina

In 2009, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians voters supported alcohol sales within their dry land, only at Harrah's Cherokee Casino. But a 2015 state law allowed alcohol sales in...

Published November 6, 2017

The Rez Coming To Hard Rock Tampa

The Rez Grill will open December 14 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, with a menu designed by James Beard award-winning chef Frank Anderson, the property's new...

Published November 6, 2017

Soaring Eagle Plans 7-Phase Renovation

The Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan will begin a $25.5 million renovation in January, to be completed in fall 2018. The 7-phase project will include...

Published November 6, 2017

All New Mexico Tribes Have Class III Compacts now

After years of legal wrangling, all 17 of New Mexico’s gaming tribe are reportedly operating under legal Class III tribal state gaming compacts.

Published November 6, 2017

Liquor License Granted to Hollywood Casino

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) has granted a permanent liquor license to the Hollywood Casino in Jamul. Local residents had hoped the administrative law judge would...

Published November 6, 2017

Trump Administration Not Pushing Rule Tribes Support

Much of Indian Country is pushing for a new rule that would update the old Indian Traders rule. It would prevent dual taxation of non-gaming enterprises on tribal land....

Published October 30, 2017

MGM Pushes Bridgeport Casino

MGM, which may be listed in a dictionary somewhere under “those who don’t take no for an answer,” continues to push its idea—unpopular with most Connecticut lawmakers—for a casino...

Published October 30, 2017

AGA Report: Oklahoma has Second Largest Indian Gaming

Oklahoma has the second largest Indian gaming industry. That’s according to the annual “Economic Impact of Tribal Gaming: A First-Ever State-by-State Analysis,” just published by the American Gaming Association....

Published October 30, 2017

Hard Rock Hollywood Holds ‘Guitar Smash’

Officials recently were invited to a "guitar smash" to preview the $1.5 billion expansion and renovation ongoing at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The...

Published October 30, 2017

Five San Diego Casinos Under Construction

The Indian casinos of San Diego County are engaged in a building war. The flurry of construction has spent, or will soon spend, about $1 billion in expanding. The...

Published October 30, 2017

Sault Tribe Will Challenge Denial

In July the Department of Interior denied the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe's land-trust application for a tract in downtown Lansing, Michigan, where it would open a casino (l.). The...

Published October 30, 2017

Senate Celebrates 30 Years of Indian Gaming

In recognition of landmark Supreme Court decisions that helped launch the immense Indian gaming industry 30 years ago, a U.S. Senate committee heard testimony last week about the effects...

Published October 30, 2017

Residents Fear Tribal Casino

The Prairie Island Indian Community has applied to the Interior Department for federal land-trust status for a 110-acre tract in Red Wing, Minnesota. Tribal officials said the top priority...

Published October 30, 2017

Tribe’s Online Radio Station Prospers

A gaming tribe in Northern California started an online radio station two years ago. Today Rancheria Radio is a successful adjunct to the Jackson Rancheria Band of Miwuk Indians....

Published October 30, 2017

Ad Indicates Ponca Casino Plans

The Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma recently ran an advertisement seeking applicants for a gaming executive director, indicating it may have plans to build a casino east of Enid. However,...

Published October 30, 2017

Menominee Purchase Arena Naming Rights

The Menominee Nation Arena will be the name of the new $21 million, 3,600-seat arena for the Wisconsin Herd basketball team, the minor league affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks,...

Published October 30, 2017