The Seneca Nation of New York is urging the Obama administration to reject an off-reservation casino for the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin. The Senecas say the Mohicans aren't entitled to a casino in the Catskills region...

Tribal gaming revenues grew 70 percent from 2005 through 2010, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. In 2005, tribal revenues came to $1.02 billion. Last year, they jumped to $1.74 billion. Meanwhile, non-Indian gaming revenues fell from $672 million to $574 million....

"Over the past decade or so, at least two initiatives to expand non-tribal gambling have been voted down by the state legislature by an overwhelming majority. Now, with the state in the grip of one of its worst budget crises...

"Now that the Bureau of Indian Affairs has granted permission to the Cowlitz Tribe to establish a reservation and build a casino near La Center, Northwesterners should hope the proverbial other shoe doesn’t fall before Jan. 10. A decade-long quest...