Union pulls petition at Mashantucket casino (06/04)

The United Auto Workers has withdrawn a petition to represent slot technicians at the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. The move came after the UAW lost an election at the...

Editorial: Gaming business not always booming (06/04)

"The Mohegan Sun tribe showed its hand 19 months ago when it opened the state’s first casino at the aging racetrack in Plains Township. It ended up flush with a full house, repeatedly. Today, slot...

Quapaw Tribe moves closer to opening new casino (06/04)

The Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma is a month away from opening its new casino. The $300 million Downstream Casino Resort is located in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. The gaming portion is on the Oklahoma side....

Nebraska city opposes Ponca Tribe's casino in Iowa (06/04)

The city council in Omaha, Nebraska, voted to support the efforts of the state to block the Ponca Tribe from opening a casino in Iowa. The tribe, whose headquarters are in Nebraska, has trust land...

Suit seeks to bar Seminole Tribe's card games (06/04)

A non-Indian casino in Florida filed a lawsuit in federal court aimed at barring the Seminole Tribe from operating card games. The Pompano Park Isle Casino sued Gov. Charlie Crist (R) and Interior Secretary Dirk...