"This week, gambling has been in the news again because the majority down at the Capitol, having put itself in the untenable position of balancing the state’s budget without taking in any new tax revenue, is looking at expanding gambling....

The Manchester Band of Pomo Indians in California has opened its first casino. The 10,000-square-foot Garcia River Casino features 200 slot machines. It opened April 16 with the help of two other tribes, whom Chairman Nelson Pinola declined to identify....

Members of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe of New York approved a $75 million casino expansion project. The tribe will move the Mohawk Bingo Palace to the site of the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino. The project would also include a seven-story...

"Florida continues to be the gaming industry's Holy Grail. And, like the line from the Monty Python movie, casino expansion advocates hope the issue is not dead yet. There's too much money to be made from the Sunshine State. In...

"The Narragansett Tribe has expressed an understandable interest in acquiring Twin River, the financially troubled slots emporium upon which Rhode Island relies for more than $250 million a year in revenue. Native American tribes in other states have done well...