San Pasqual Band seeks to assure gaming investors (08/05)

The company that runs the casino owned by the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians is seeking to reassure investors. The tribe is going through a leadership crisis but the San Pasqual Casino Development Group...

Soo Tribe's casino in Detroit to open August 29 (08/05)

The commercial casino that is majority owned by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians will open on August 29, earlier than anticipated. The Greektown Casino in Detroit has been operating in a...

Connecticut tribes see big drop in gaming revenues (08/05)

Connecticut's two federally recognized tribes have seen a big drop in gaming revenues for the first time since they opened their casinos in the mid-1990s. Over the past year, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and...

NIGC investigates Seneca-Cayuga checks (08/05)

A leadership dispute within the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of of Oklahoma has drawn the attention of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Newly elected leaders said former chief Paul Spicer wrote severance checks to former employees of...

California county weighs gaming referendum (08/05)

Supervisors in Butte County, California, are considering a referendum that asks voters about future tribal casinos. The county is suing the National Indian Gaming Commission in hopes of blocking the Mechoopda Tribe from building a...