Bishop Paiute Tribe upgrades casino with beer and wine sales (04/09)

The Bishop Paiute Tribe of California added beer and wine service to its casino last month. The tribe hired 13 new employees to handle the sale of beer and wine in the lounge at the...

Forest County Potawatomi Tribe scales back casino hotel plan (04/09)

The Forest County Potawatomi Tribe of Wisconsin has scaled back the size of its casino hotel. The hotel at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino will still have 381 rooms, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. But it...

Jamul Band reignites controversy with plans for $360M casino (04/09)

The Jamul Indian Village of California has reignited local opposition with plans for a $360 million casino on the reservation. The tribe says the 200,000 square-foot facility, to be developed in partnership with Penn National...

Texas bill authorizes Class III gaming for three tribes in state (04/09)

A bill that was introduced in the Texas Legislature authorizes casinos for the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, the Tigua Tribe and the Kickapoo Tribe. Senate Joint Resolution 6 creates a gaming commission that will award licenses for...

Editorial: Eastern Cherokee casino generates positive impacts (04/09)

Newspaper welcomes positive impact of casino owned by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: We in Sevier County like to think we have everything a visitor could want. And we do have a huge variety...

Opinion: Book raises touchy issues about tribal casino industry (04/09)

Writer says The Curse: Big-Time Gambling's Seduction of a Small New England Town raises "touchy issues" about Indian gaming in Connecticut: Are Indian casinos the just revenge against the white man for the genocide of...

Rep. Franks takes aim at Tohono O'odham Nation casino again (04/09)

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Arizona) is introducing a bill that seeks to prevent the Tohono O'odham Nation from opening an off-reservation casino in Arizona. But instead of going after the tribe's land claim settlement act, Franks...