Gabe Galanda: Calling on all casino managers to Buy Indian! (06/14)

"Tribal Casino Managers: As you know, fueled by a stable $26 billion in annual gross gaming revenues, tribal governmental gaming operations wield hundreds of millions of dollars in Indian purchasing power. You wield the tribes’...

Bartenders at casino owned by Pequot Tribe eye NLRB vote (06/14)

Bartenders at the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut want the National Labor Relations Board to oversee an election. Local 371 of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union tried to...

Isleta Pueblo officially reopens casino as Hard Rock facility (06/14)

Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico officially rebranded its casino as the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on Friday. The tribe spent $100 million to upgrade the facility. There's the signature oversized guitar out front, a...

New governor for South Dakota might bring shift on gaming (06/14)

South Dakota tribes might see a shift in gaming under a new governor. Republican candidate Dennis Daugaard said he will work with tribes if they want to renegotiate their Class III compacts. That's something the...

Chumash Tribe seeks expansion for liquor license at casino (06/14)

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians of California wants to expand the liquor license at its casino, The Santa Maria Times reports. The tribe wants to serve liquor in the showroom at the Chumash...

AllGov: Some background on Tracie Stevens, NIGC nominee (06/14)

"If confirmed as chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Tracie Stevens would become the first woman to lead the oversight body for the $27 billion Indian gaming industry. A member of the Tulalip...

Editorial: Local input needed for Mississippi Choctaw casino (06/14)

"By comparison to the opulent, Las Vegas quality casinos it operates in Neshoba County, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians appears to be expanding its gaming operations into the Jones County community of Sandersville relatively...