var s1 = new SWFObject('http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/CommPlayer/mediaplayer.swf','mediaplayer','320','240','9'); s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true'); s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always'); s1.addParam('flashvars','file=/vCommFiles/indian072910&streamer=rtmp://fms.senate.gov/Committee/&autostart=true&type=video&start=1100&bufferlength=5'); s1.write('senView'); Phil Hogen, the former chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, says regulation in Oklahoma isn't as strong as it could be. Hogen, who tried to shut down tribes in...

The Seminole Tribe of Florida says it is responding to a National Indian Gaming Commission violation report. The notice of violation NOV) listed six violations of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The NIGC said the tribe used gaming revenues in...

The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida says its members don't have to pay federal taxes on their share of gaming revenues. The tribe distributes revenues to 650 members four times a year. According to The Miami Herald, the payment comes to...

A union said it would organize under tribal law at the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut. Bartenders, bar porters and bar servers at the Foxwoods Resort Casino. voted to join the United Food and Commercial...

The Mooretown Rancheria of California is undertaking an $8 million expansion of the Feather Falls Casino. The tribe began work in April. The project includes a renovation of the gaming area, a new parking garage and a new restaurant with...

"We understand the concern among some folks about the newly named Grand Falls Casino Resort that's beginning construction across the border in Larchwood, Iowa. The potential economic loss to Sioux Falls because of area residents taking their entertainment dollars to...

"About the economic effects of a new tribal-owned mega-casino adjacent to Glendale, we candidly see both good and bad. The resort proposed by the Tohono O'odham Nation at 95th and Northern avenues will hurt some local Glendale businesses if built,...