Opinion: Bingo battle escalating in Alabama

Opinion: Bingo battle escalating in Alabama (February 5, 2009)

"In Gadsden, Jasper, Dothan, Whitehall and elsewhere across Alabama bingo is springing up in many different forms...and it’s giving Attorney General Troy King a headache because the laws establishing the games are different in most every location. There is no...

Muscogee  Nation to open new casino on March 31

Muscogee Nation to open new casino on March 31 (February 5, 2009)

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma will open a new casino on March 31. The $195 million, 300,000 square-foot River Spirit Casino, currently known as Creek Nation Casino, is located in Tulsa. "It's a go," marketing director Jennifer Cross...

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe backs anti-casino bill

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe backs anti-casino bill (February 5, 2009)

The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe supports a bill that seeks to discourage a casino near the South Dakota-Iowa border. The Royal River Casino is located in Flandreau, not far from the Iowa border. The tribe is worried that the proposed...

Seminole Tribe weighs $1B casino expansion

Seminole Tribe weighs $1B casino expansion (February 5, 2009)

The Seminole Tribe is weighing a $1 billion expansion of its casino in Tampa, Florida. The tribe envisions a bigger gaming floor, more hotel rooms, additional meeting space, a music venue and new restaurants at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel...

County seeks new casino deal with Cowlitz Tribe

County seeks new casino deal with Cowlitz Tribe (February 5, 2009)

Commissioners in Clark County, Washington, voted to stop defending a casino agreement with the Cowlitz Tribe. Commissioners instead plan to seek a new deal with the tribe for the planned $510 million Cowlitz Casino Resort. The tribe has been abiding...

Soo Tribe's commercial casino approved for loans

Soo Tribe's commercial casino approved for loans (February 5, 2009)

The commercial casino that is majority owned by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan won approval for $46 million in loans. Approval came from a federal bankruptcy judge who is overseeing the restructuring of the Greektown...