Opinion: Catskills deserves better than casinos (02/25)

"A recipe for disaster ... Ingredients: * 1,700 acres of Catskill real estate. * 2,500 electronic slot machines. * Potpourri of drifters, prostitutes, footpads, sharpers, criminals (small time),organized crime (big time). * Donald Trump. Stir,...

Opinion: Uncertainty for Oneida Nation's casino (02/25)

"Turning Stone Casino in Oneida County is sidling toward legitimacy if a recommendation announced Friday by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs holds up. Not that anyone seriously thought the wildly successful Actually, two...

Louis Gray: Gaming vital to Oklahoma's economy (02/25)

"When federal regulators proposed regulations which would have crippled the economic gains won through class II gaming and pleased state opposition to Indian casinos a hearing to listen to the concerns of the affected tribes...

Opinion: Gaming not good for the environment (02/25)

"I am amazed at the great efforts the Native Americans of the Puget Sound region have made in investing the returns from their casinos. "Tribes are state's new high rollers — in business" [Times, Local...

San Pasqual Band appeals slot machine lawsuit (02/25)

The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate a lawsuit over the number of slot machines at its casino. The tribe's 1999 compact theoretically allows 2,000...

Tribes seeking to develop casino in Las Vegas (02/25)

The Muckleshoot Tribe of Washington is seeking to develop the first inter-tribal casino in Las Vegas, KPVI-TV reports. The tribe wants to buy 70 acres on the southern end of the strip. The Shoshone-Bannock...