Opinion: Gaming compacts will help California (01/16)

"Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a "fiscal emergency" because the state faces a $14.5 billion deficit. He has said we may have no choice but to release 22,000 nonviolent offenders from prison early, and he...

Illinois county goes over Prairie Band agreement (01/16)

Officials in Dekalb County, Illinois, went over a casino agreement with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas. The agreement calls for the tribe to share 2.5 percent of annual gaming revenues from a Class...

Five California tribes agree to abide by MICS (01/16)

Five California tribes have agreed to comply with the National Indian Gaming Commission's minimum internal control standards, or MICS. The MICS cover nearly every aspect of a Class III operation. But the D.C. Circuit Court...

Massachusetts tribes lobby state on gaming (01/16)

The two federally recognized tribes in Massachusetts have stepped up their lobbying expenditures amid efforts to legalize casino gaming in the state. The Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe spent $75,000 in 2007, according to figures reported...

NLRB opens hearing into Pequot union challenge (01/16)

The National Labor Relations Board opened a hearing on Tuesday to determine whether a union can organize at the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. The NLRB allowed the United...

Navajo Nation's $100M gaming loan in limbo (01/16)

The Navajo Nation is looking at alternative sources of funding for its new gaming empire due to concerns about a $100 million loan from JP Morgan Chase bank. The tribe agreed to secure the loan...