By 
Robert Johnson ·
Representatives for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) have confirmed their intention to build a bingo hall after the US Supreme Court refused to review a case against the…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians rejected during a Thursday vote the proposal for the construction of the tribe’s fourth casino, local media reported. According to first numbers released by…
By 
Terry Davis ·
Members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians will be able to cast their vote on whether they approve the construction of the tribe’s fourth casino this Thursday. The tribe…
By Terry Davis ·
Two of Maine’s federally recognized tribes mounted opposition to the proposed construction of a third casino within the state’s borders. Maine residents will be able to cast their vote in…
By Terry Davis ·
The New York State Comptroller’s Office has warned that the city of Niagara Falls could see a serious shortage of finances as a result from a prolonged dispute between state…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida’s Seminole Tribe and Governor Rick Scott reached an agreement about the tribe’s exclusivity over the provision of blackjack within the state’s borders more than a month after the Legislature…
By Robert Johnson ·
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said on Friday in an interview for local media that he would only sign a casino expansion proposal that would not harm the existing revenue sharing…
By Robert Johnson ·
The US Department of the Interior reaffirmed its stance from last year that a third casino in Connecticut would not affect the slots revenue-sharing agreement between the state and its…
By Terry Davis ·
Casino workers at Connecticut’s two existing casinos rallied on Wednesday in front of the State Capitol to support a proposal for the construction of a new casino off tribal land…
By 
Susan Sutton ·
The Kalispel Tribe has filed a legal complaint against the US Department of the Interior in District Court. The tribe is to sue the federal government for giving the Spokane…
By Terry Davis ·
The Seminole Tribe of Florida has contested a recent Circuit Court Judge’s ruling that the installation of certain slot machine-like devices at poker rooms, bars, and other venues around the…
By Robert Johnson ·
Generally speaking, New York State lawmakers tend to adopt a rather conservative stance when it comes to gambling expansion. It was in 2013 when the state approved the last expansion…
By Robert Johnson ·
Although there are two gambling bills in the Florida Legislature, both of them offering the Seminole Tribe what is considered to be certain benefits, tribal officials do not seem to…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida Senate President Joe Negron, who was sworn in office on Tuesday, told media that he would support the passage of a new gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe of…
By Terry Davis ·
The Seminole Tribe of Florida won on Wednesday a more than a year-long court battle with the state over the right to provide blackjack and other banked table games at…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Elk Grove City Council voted unanimously in favor of a proposed memorandum of understanding with the Wilton Rancheria tribe over a plan for the construction of a hotel and…
By Terry Davis ·
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma announced on Monday that it has rescheduled the international launch of Phase 2 of its gaming website in order to coordinate its rollout with foreign…
By Terry Davis ·
Tribal casinos across the US generated a total of $29.9 billion in 2015, the National Indian Gaming Commission said in a report from earlier this week. The figure posted represented…
By Terry Davis ·
The Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria has won a long-standing legal battle with the Northern California Butte County after a US District Judge issued a 17-page ruling in favor…
By Terry Davis ·
The Spokane Tribe of Indians revealed on Thursday more details about its planned casino in Spokane County, Washington and showed members of the host community how the venue would look.…
By Terry Davis ·
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe and its partner the Mohegan Tribe announced on Monday the name of their jointly developed casino resort in La Center, Washington. The venue will be called…
By Terry Davis ·
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma launched on Wednesday phase one of its international free-to-play online casino project. The new website is now available to residents of the United States (excluding…
By Terry Davis ·
The Seminole Tribe of Florida dropped on Friday its court filing aimed at preventing the disclosure of what it believed was confidential financial information about the tribe’s casinos and their…
By Susan Sutton ·
According to reliable sources Genting Malaysia Bhd, one of the leading Asian leisure and hospitality companies, is about to ink a deal authorizing it to run the soon-to-be-established casino resort,…
By Terry Davis ·
The Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians, a California-based federally recognized tribe, announced on Thursday that its Tribal Council has filed a lawsuit against state Governor Edmund Brown Jr., arguing that…
By Robert Johnson ·
Michigan-based Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians argued that it has acquired enough land not far from the Detroit Metro Airport to be given the green light by federal…
By Susan Sutton ·
Representatives of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation announced that the tribe has been granted federal recognition and therefore, it has the right to enter the competition for building the third commercial…
By Terry Davis ·
The Seminole Tribe of Florida and Governor Rick Scott are pushing together for the state Legislature to approve a gambling agreement that, among other things, would allow for a $1.8-billion…
By Robert Johnson ·
East Windsor officials said this week that two new potential sites for what would be Connecticut’s third casino are being considered. Both sites are easy to reach from Interstate 91.…
By Robert Johnson ·
Construction on Mackinaw City’s first casino has begun, local media reported. The gambling venue is expected to be completed and launched in less than six months. Once operational, it would…