First New England Gaming Summit slated  for 2010

First New England Gaming Summit slated for 2010 (July 28, 2009)

The first New England Gaming Summit will take place September 13-14, 2010, at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. The summit will be produced by Spectrum Gaming Group and BNP Media. The two...

Shakopee  Community busy with casino upgrades

Shakopee Community busy with casino upgrades (July 28, 2009)

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota is on a multi-year project to renovate the Mystic Lake Casino Hotel. Work started in the fall of 2008. The tribe has added a performance showroom and new restaurants and is making...

Compact negotiations with Seminole Tribe  on hold

Compact negotiations with Seminole Tribe on hold (July 28, 2009)

The Seminole Tribe and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) have only met once to discuss a Class III compact, The Miami Herald reports. The talks were authorized by the Florida Legislature. But both sides are concerned that lawmakers were too...

Pokanoket Tribe objects  to Mohegan Tribe casino

Pokanoket Tribe objects to Mohegan Tribe casino (July 28, 2009)

A non-recognized tribe in Rhode Island doesn't want the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut to build a casino in Massachusetts. The Pokanoket Tribe of the Wampanoag Nation says its ancestral territory is in western Massachusetts. "We descend from that area," historian...