May 21, 2013
Tribes in California continue to work on Internet gaming proposals and a new one could be released this week, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. A coalition that includes the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, the Agua...
Supervisors in Mendocino County, California, will take up a casino agreement with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation at a meeting tonight. The tribe signed a Class III gaming compact with Gov. Jerry Brown (D) in August...
A Class III gaming compact for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians in California could get a final vote on Friday, The Sacramento Bee reports. The compact has been controversial, with opposition coming from...
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut will hold a public meeting June 3 to discuss its proposed commercial casino in eastern Massachusetts. The tribe and its partners plan to build the Foxwoods Massachusetts Resort...
Opponents of the Seneca Nation off-reservation casino in downtown Buffalo, New York, are planning to appeal after losing the latest round in court. The tribe acquired the site of the Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in...
The grand opening takes place on Friday but eager visitors can already check out the new Navajo Nation facility in Arizona. The $175 million Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort is the tribe's first in the...
Artist's rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort. Image from Tohono O'odham Nation. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ordered the Obama administration to take a second look at Tohono O'odham Nation off-reservation...
May 20, 2013
The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut is seeing local opposition to its proposed commercial casino in Massachusetts. The tribe is bidding on a license for a commercial casino in eastern Massachusetts. The potential market...
The Ho-Chunk Nation is still submitting information to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for its off-reservation casino, an official in Beloit, Wisconsin said. The BIA is preparing an environmental impact statement for the casino. A...
The Oneida Nation didn't feel threatened by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), who has pushed for an expansion of non-Indian gaming, tribal Representative Ray Halbritter said. The tribe negotiated a new Class III gaming...
Columnist wants to know what happened to the Catskills off-reservation casino for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe: Ten years ago this month, then-Gov. George Pataki signed an agreement with the St. Regis Mohawks to pave...
Red Hawk Casino. Photo Courtesy Red Hawk Casino. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians is closer to a new Class III gaming compact for its casino in California. The tribe signed a new deal...
Rendering of the proposed Enterprise Rancheria casino. Photo Enterprise Rancheria. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has placed an off-reservation gaming site in trust for the Enterprise Rancheria in California. The BIA published notice of the...
Writers oppose an off-reservation casino for the Coquille Tribe in Oregon: The Coquille Tribe wishes to install a gambling casino in Medford. The tribe's plans include excluding the land on which it is proposed to...
Wyoming Public Radio reports on how gaming has impacted the Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming: IRINA ZHOROV: The Wind River Casino has been open for almost a decade but it’s still a novelty to walk...
May 17, 2013
QuadJacks analyzes an Internet gaming proposal released by a group of California tribes: A group of eight California Indian tribes has released a draft of a new bill to license and regulate online poker in...
The Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians in California hosted a grand opening for a $22 million hotel at the Black Oak Casino. The hotel features 184 rooms and 16 suites. The five-story building also features...
Off-reservation gaming has been good to Airway Heights, Washington, the city manager said. The city hosts the Northern Quest Casino, owned by the Kalispel Tribe. Property values have grown by more than $101 million since...
Artist's rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort. Image from Tohono O'odham Nation. The House Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held a hearing on Thursday to consider H.R.1410, a bill that would...
Artist's rendering of proposed First Light Resort and Casino. Image from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is looking to speed up the process for a non-Indian casino in southeastern Massachusetts even as the...
May 16, 2013
Artist's rendering of proposed First Light Resort and Casino. Image from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe called on Massachusetts lawmakers to approve its Class III gaming compact. The deal requires the tribe to...
Despite winning one round in court, the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan faces obstacles in reopening its off-reservation casino. The site in Vanderbilt was acquired in connection with the Michigan Indian Land Claims Settlement...
The Oneida Nation has reached a new Class III gaming compact with the state of New York, according to news reports. The tribe has agreed to share 25 percent of slot machine revenues with the...
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin is defending the legality of its electronic poker games. The tribe installed the games at Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison, a Class II facility in DeJope. A February 2009 opinion from the...
Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina are seeing an increase in their casino per capita payment. The tribe makes two payments every year. This first payment will be $4,023, up...
The Eastern Shoshone Tribe of Wyoming is planning a $38 million expansion of its casino. The tribe will add 165,000 square-feet to the Shoshone Rose Casino, The Riverton Ranger reports. Plans call for a 100-room...
Artist's rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort. Image from Tohono O'odham Nation. Columnist supports off-reservation casino for the Tohono O'odham Nation in Arizona: It all started when some land on the Tohono O'odham Nation...
May 15, 2013
Artist's rendering of proposed First Light Resort and Casino. Image from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe updated the public on plans for a casino in Taunton, Massachusetts. The $500 million First Light...
The Obama administration is supporting the Bay Mills Indian Community in a gaming dispute with the state of Michigan. The tribe opened a casino on land that was acquired in connection with a land claim...
The state of Wisconsin is once again asking a federal judge to stop the Ho-Chunk Nation from operating electronic poker games at one of the tribe's casinos. The tribe installed the games at Ho-Chunk Gaming...
Victor Rocha, the owner of Pechanga.net, invites you to Indian Country Online, the first-ever conference dedicated to Internet gaming in Indian Country: Several people have asked why I created Indian Country Online: The 2013 Congress...
Gaming revenues from the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi in Michigan are helping the local community. Under the Class III gaming compact, 2 percent of net winnings from electronic machines at the FireKeepers Casino...
Artist's rendering of the proposed West Valley Resort. Image from Tohono O'odham Nation. Opponents of the Tohono O'odham Nation off-reservation are asking for a trial even though they lost a major ruling in their lawsuit...
A Class III gaming compact for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians gets its final hearing in the California Senate today. The compact authorizes an off-reservation casino on a 305-acre site in Madera County....
Columnist doesn't think the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and the Mohegan Tribe should take on more law enforcement responsibilities at their casinos: From the beginning, I've thought Gov. Dannel Malloy's plan to allow tribal police...
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