Editorial: Internet gambling won't resolve America's fiscal woes (12/13)

"Legalized gaming is not and never will be America's fiscal savior. As if it's not nauseating enough that states are stampeding to the legalized gambling buffet as a way to feed their own spending frenzies,...

Law Firm: Bill to regulate Internet gambling affects tribal rights (12/13)

"The staff of Nevada Senior Senator Harry Reid, the Senate Majority leader, is reported to be circulating an Internet poker (I-poker) bill that will permit licensed casino gaming facilities and horse race tracks licensed in...

Stockbridge Munsee Band talks off-reservation casino with DOI (12/13)

The Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin has discussed its off-reservation casino with Interior Department officials, Chief Kimberly Vele said. The meeting took place in Washington, D.C. Vele said she hopes to hear...

DOI official denies 'personally' working on anti-gaming proposal (12/13)

Indian Country Today interviewed David Hayes, the deputy secretary at the Interior Department, about a controversial anti-gaming proposal being pushed on Capitol Hill. Hayes confirms that Interior provided "drafting services" to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California),...

Editorial: Market dictates success of Mississippi Choctaw casino (12/13)

"The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is set to open its new Bok Homa casino on Dec. 20 near Sandersville in Jones County. The controversial casino - dubbed by vocal opponent Gov. Haley Barbour as...

Guidiville Chair: Efforts to restrict off-reservation gaming unfair (12/13)

"Sens. Feinstein and Harry Reid, D-Nev., have been actively intimidating Department of Interior staff to stall tribal applications regardless of the law. Unable to force the administration to reject legitimate tribal claims, the senators now...