Mashpee Wampanoag  casino predicted in three years

Mashpee Wampanoag casino predicted in three years (March 31, 2008)

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts will have a casino up and running in three years, a leading gaming specialist said. Clyde Barrow, the director of the Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, said...

Poison drummer accused of rape at Choctaw casino

Poison drummer accused of rape at Choctaw casino (March 31, 2008)

Rikki Rockett, the drummer for the rock group Poison, is awaiting extradition for an alleged rape at the casino owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. A Mississippi woman said Rockett, 46, assaulted her at the Silver Star...

BIA to make decision on Scotts Valley casino

BIA to make decision on Scotts Valley casino (March 31, 2008)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is taking public comments on the casino sought by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians in California. The tribe wants to build a 225,000-square-foot casino on about 30 acres in North Richmond. The site...

Opinion: Mohegan Sun cut out of '21' movie

Opinion: Mohegan Sun cut out of '21' movie (March 31, 2008)

"In Ben Mezrich's 2002 book, “Bringing Down the House” the Mohegan Sun was the scene of one of the more profitable plunders pulled off by a team of scheming MIT students who were raiding casinos by counting cards at...

Opinion: Massachusetts vote helps Rhode Island

Opinion: Massachusetts vote helps Rhode Island (March 31, 2008)

"Former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci declared the other day that Sal DiMasi is the greatest speaker of the House in Rhode Island history. The problem is DiMasi is the Massachusetts Speaker of the House. But the way Cianci sees it,...