Tonkawa Tribe insists casino opening on track

Tonkawa Tribe insists casino opening on track (April 5, 2006)

The Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma says its new Native Lights Casino will open soon despite comments by a National Indian Gaming Commission official that suggested the contrary. The tribe was fined by the NIGC and separately by the Financial Crimes...

Opinion: Slot machine debate in Massachusetts

Opinion: Slot machine debate in Massachusetts (April 5, 2006)

"A recent poll showed that Massachusetts residents may support slot machines because the state is losing tens of millions of gambling dollars to the Connecticut casinos. Casino fever first gripped the Statehouse in 1993 when former GOP Gov. William F....

Witness list: House hearing on off-reservation  gaming

Witness list: House hearing on off-reservation gaming (April 5, 2006)

The House Resources Committee is holding a hearing this morning on H.R.4893, a bill to amend Section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Richard Pombo (R-California), makes it harder to acquire lands for off-reservation...