Tim Evans: Update on Internet gambling and tribal issues

Tim Evans: Update on Internet gambling and tribal issues (October 27, 2011)

"In legislative action taken on the eve of its mid-term election recess in 2006, Congress enacted the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 5361-5367, as part of unrelated homeland security legislation known as the SAFE Port Act....

Racetracks say poll supports more gaming at racetracks

Racetracks say poll supports more gaming at racetracks (October 27, 2011)

A poll commissioned by the New York Gaming Association says people support more gaming -- at racetracks. According to the poll, 58 percent of New Yorkers support full casinos at the tracks. Another 40 percent said they were opposed to...

Bill to authorize non-Indian gaming breaks Seminole deal

Bill to authorize non-Indian gaming breaks Seminole deal (October 27, 2011)

A bill to expand non-Indian gaming in Florida would break the Class III compact with the Seminole Tribe if it becomes law. The tribe signed the deal in 2010. It requires the tribe to share about $250 million a year...

Mississippi Choctaw chief moving  casino in new direction

Mississippi Choctaw chief moving casino in new direction (October 27, 2011)

The new leader of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians says she is moving the tribe's casino resort in a "new direction." That means a new president and chief executive officer of Pearl River Resort. Bryce A. Warren, a 30-year...

County neutral on Spokane Tribe's off-reservation casino

County neutral on Spokane Tribe's off-reservation casino (October 27, 2011)

Officials in Spokane County, Washington, are required to remain neutral on the Spokane Tribe off-reservation casino. The county signed an intergovernmental agreement with the tribe to receive a share of revenues from the proposed casino in Airway Heights. But commissioners...

Blog: Pokagon Band's second, smaller casino worth a trip

Blog: Pokagon Band's second, smaller casino worth a trip (October 27, 2011)

"Sunday marks the two-month anniversary for the grand opening of the latest casino to our gaming landscape of Lake Michigan. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians opened their new casino, Four Winds Hartford, at 68600 Red Arrow Highway in...