California's gaming revenue sharing fund quickly drying up (04/23)

California's Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund will be down to just $5 million in 2013, The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports. The fund was created when tribes signed Class III gaming compacts in 1999. At one point,...

Winnebago Tribe welcomes visitors to new hotel at casino (04/23)

The Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska is hoping to draw more visitors to its casino with the addition of a 78-room hotel. The WinnaVegas Casino in Iowa attracts about 500,000 people a year. The hotel...

Lawmaker urges county to question Poarch Creek casinos (04/23)

A state lawmaker who worked for an anti-gaming governor is behind an Alabama county's campaign to question the status of lands held in trust for the Poarch Creek Band of Indians. Sen. Bryan Taylor (R)...

SCOTUSBlog: Supreme Court to hear gaming land dispute (04/23)

"On Tuesday, April 24, the Court will hear arguments in a case challenging the federal government’s decision to put into trust land purchased by an Indian Tribe in Michigan, in order to facilitate the Tribe’s...

Karen Karsten: Racism and hypocrisy over Seneca casino (04/23)

"Several articles recently appeared in local publications about the Seneca Nation's casinos, and one article in the Buffalo News about the Hamburg Casino. Frank Parlato, publisher of the Niagara Falls Reporter, went on a full...

Editorial: Lawmakers could block Graton Rancheria casino (04/23)

"Hopes of avoiding the crushing impacts of an unwanted mega-casino in Rohnert Park may be fading, but are not yet completely dimmed. Thanks to action taken earlier this week by the Petaluma City Council, North...