Ojibwa Casinos Face Construction Delays

Septic, electrical and other issues have delayed construction—and drive up costs by $33 million--at the Ojibwa Tribe's Baraga casino and Marquette Casino Convention Center in Michigan. Construction on both...

Published October 23, 2017

Osage Casino Sponsors XPO Game Festival

The second annual XPO Game Festival recently concluded in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Sponsored by Osage Casino, the event attracted thousands of gamers, fans, developers and game industry leaders. Game developer...

Published October 23, 2017

Trump Administration Discouraging Off-Reservation Casinos

The Obama Administration overturned the old Bush Administration policy of requiring “commuting distance” between a tribe and land off the reservation that it wants to put into trust. The...

Published October 15, 2017

Court Decision May Affect Tribal Sovereignty

A decision last summer by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that a man accused of murder on Indian land should have been tried in a federal, not state,...

Published October 15, 2017

Oklahoma Games Proposal Fading

During the recent three-day special session, Oklahoma lawmakers showed no interest in state Rep. Kevin Wallace's proposal to allow Class III games at tribal casinos. The legislation would let...

Published October 15, 2017

Third Connecticut Casino Hangs on BIA Approval

After winning the right to build a third Connecticut casino (l.) in the legislature, the state’s two Indian tribes could be tripped up by the requirement that an amendment...

Published October 15, 2017

Saginaw Chippewa Disenrollment Overturned

The Tribal Office of Administrative Hearings has overturned the disenrollment of 18 members of the May family that were kicked out of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan....

Published October 15, 2017

Supreme Court Sets Gun Lake Hearing

Oral arguments will begin November 7 at the Supreme Court in Patchak v. Zinke. The case questions whether federal law can deprive an American of the right to pursue...

Published October 15, 2017

Kansas Petitions Supreme Court

The Quapaw Indians offer gambling on the Oklahoma portion of their Downstream Casino (l.) but want build a casino on the Kansas portion. The National Indian Gaming Commission approved...

Published October 15, 2017

Ho-Chunk, Madison Discuss Sports Complex

Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison and the city of Madison, Wisconsin commissioned a study indicating a $38.3 million sports complex could generate $3.8 million in revenue by its fifth year of...

Published October 15, 2017

Report Expands View of Indian Gaming Economic Activity

A report that has for 17 years chronicled the profitability of Indian gaming, is now including how multiplier effects generate even more economic activity. This new approach was in...

Published October 15, 2017

Oklahoma and Tribe Fight Over Water Rights

The Osage Nation thinks it owns the water rights to what’s under its reservation. The state of Oklahoma thinks otherwise. Because the nation has issued a permit to drill...

Published October 15, 2017

Tribes Defend IGRA to U.S. Senate

Gaming tribes last week scrambled to defend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) as the U.S. Senate committee responsible for tribal gaming subjected the 30-year old act to increased...

Published October 15, 2017

California Tribal Chairman: Sports Betting “Oversold”

Promoters of legalized sports betting are overselling their point without much reliance on research data according to Mark Macarro (l.), chairman of the Pechanga Band, which operates the Pechanga...

Published October 15, 2017

Washington Tribe Eyes 2020 for First Casino Tower

Washington’s Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe says it plans to build three hotel towers to serve its 7 Cedars Casino (l.). It plans to begin the first tower with a 2020...

Published October 15, 2017

Wyoming Tribe Gets Ultimatum

Wyoming’s Northern Arapaho Tribal Court has given the tribal business council until October 23 to show why it should follow the orders of the tribal council and fire the...

Published October 15, 2017

Bet Rebate Company Files for Bankruptcy

Bettor Racing Inc., which one year handled $171 million annually in horseracing bets, has filed for bankruptcy. The bet rebate company, based in South Dakota, lost a legal battle...

Published October 15, 2017

Brown Approves Wilton Rancheria Compact

The Wilton Rancheria tribe and California Governor Jerry Brown (l.) recently signed a compact allowing the tribe to build a casino resort in Elk Grove in Sacramento County. The...

Published October 8, 2017

‘Human Error’ Causes Graton Data Breach

Between February and August, due to "human error," some customers' personal information inadvertently was released by Graton Resort and Casino (l.) in Rohnert Park, California. Officials did not confirm...

Published October 8, 2017

Mystic Lake Expansion On Schedule

The $90 million expansion at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota, is expected to open January 1. Its new 9-story, 180-room hotel plus the existing 586-room hotel...

Published October 8, 2017