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South Dakota tribes to host gaming summit (12/20)

South Dakota tribes are hosting a gaming summit during the annual Lakota Nation Invitational tournament in Rapid City. The summit takes place Friday and Saturday. Speakers include National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen, who...

NIGC to audit Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (12/20)

The National Indian Gaming Commission is sending three auditors to Oklahoma next month to investigate the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. The agency wants to know how the tribes spent $50 million in gaming revenues, The...

Nottawaseppi Huron Band moves casino forward (12/18)

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi is moving forward with its $270 million FireKeepers Casino in Emmett Township, Michigan. The tribe won approval of its gaming management contract with Full House Resorts. "We are...

Investors make more money than Mohegan Tribe (12/17)

The backers of the Mohegan Tribe's casino in Connecticut have made slightly more money than the tribe, The Boston Globe reports. From 2001 to 2006, Sol Kerzner and Len Wolman of Trading Cove Associates...

NIGC's Hogen meets with Seminole Tribe (12/14)

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen met with leaders of the Seminole Tribe of Florida on Thursday. The NIGC is investigating the tribe's use of gaming revenues. Concerns were raised four years ago and...

NIGC heads to Florida to talk with Seminole Tribe (12/10)

The National Indian Gaming Commission went to Florida last week as part of ongoing investigation into the Seminole Tribe. NIGC conducted an audit of the tribe's casino spending. The review found 13 problem areas and...

Gaming firm sees delay for Nambe Pueblo casino (12/06)

It looks like Nambe Pueblo will have wait a bit longer for its first casino in northern New Mexico. The tribe's gaming management partner, Full House Resorts, has pushed back the anticipated opening date...

Chickasaw Nation opposes facility license rule (11/30)

The Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma says the National Indian Gaming Commission doesn't have the authority to issue facility license regulations. The regulations were published in the Federal Register on October 18. Gov. Bill Anoatubby...

NIGC reviewing Alabama Quassarte casino site (11/28)

The National Indian Gaming Commission is trying to determine whether the Alabama Quassarte Tribal Town's new casino in Wetumka, Oklahoma, is legal. Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, a casino must be located on...

NIGC investigates Seminole use of gaming funds (11/27)

The National Indian Gaming Commission has an ongoing investigation into the use of gaming revenues by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The agency has known for several years of lavish spending by tribal officials. The...

Judge dismisses suit over Nooksack casino (11/20)

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the legality of the Nooksack Tribe's new casino in Washington. A group called the North County Community Alliance sued to block the opening of the...

Harold Monteau: NIGC violates trust responsibility (11/16)

"The National Indian Gaming Commission recently released its long-dreaded revised regulations with regard to Class II machine gaming. The tribal and industry response was swift, vehement and absolutely correct. Communications from tribes to the NIGC...

NIGC extends Class II comment period (11/13)

Today at G2E, National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen announced an extension of the comment period for the Class II regulations. "We're doubling the comment period," he said this morning. The comment period...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe hopes for Class III (11/09)

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts is moving forward with plans for a casino even though Class III gaming is not yet legal in the state. The tribe hopes that will change under legislation...

Oklahoma tribes oppose NIGC's Class II regulations (11/02)

Oklahoma tribes are the latest to join opposition to the National Indian Gaming Commission's new Class II regulations. Tribes in the state have long depended on bingo and electronic versions of bingo. These machines normally...

Washington tribes oppose Class II regulations (11/01)

Washington tribes will be hurt by the National Indian Gaming Commission's new Class II regulations, a tribal leader said. Tribes in the state are limited to a certain number of Class III machines under their...

Class II regulations could spell an end to bingo (10/29)

Tribes in Oklahoma are worried that Class II games could become obsolete under new regulations proposed by the National Indian Gaming Commission. Oklahoma is one of the biggest markets for Class II games. An estimated...

NIGA opposes NIGC's latest Class II regulations (10/25)

The National Indian Gaming Association opposes Class II regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Wednesday. NIGA Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. said the rules would hurt tribal economies. "The most basic problem is...

NIGC publishes first training catalogue (10/24)

The National Indian Gaming Commission has published its first training catalogue . The catalogue provides information about training courses available to tribal leaders, gaming commissions, regulatory and compliance officials and other interested parties. The sessions...

Chuck Choney of NIGC to retire at end of year (10/03)

Cloyce "Chuck" Choney, the vice chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, will retire at the end of the year after five years of service. Choney, a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, joined...

10th Circuit rejects appeal in UKB Indian lands case (09/07)

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday dismissed the state of Oklahoma's appeal in an Indian lands case involving the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. The UKB opened a casino in Tahlqeuah but...

Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe faces gaming hurdles (09/06)

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has to jump through a lot of hoops before it can open a casino in Massachusetts. The tribe faces a review of its land-into-trust applications. Since one of the applications involves...

NIGC: 'No comment' on losing Soo Tribe casino case (08/30)

The National Indian Gaming Commission isn't talking after losing a case that allows the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe to open a $41 million casino in Michigan. The NIGC stopped the tribe from opening the Kewadin...

Ex-Quapaw casino manager to pay $10M fine (08/22)

The former manager of the Quapaw Tribe's casino in Oklahoma has agreed to a $10 million fine and a lifetime ban of involvement in Indian gaming. Marc Dunn and his companies ran the tribe's casino...

La Jolla Band wants to end management contract (08/21)

The La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians is trying to get out of its management contract with Nevada Gold, a gaming compact. The tribe and Nevada Gold have been working on a small casino. But...

Tribes prepare Class II proposal for NIGC (08/15)

The National Indian Gaming Commission is moving forward with plans to write definitions and technical standards for Class II gaming. The agency wants to draw a brighter line between Class II games like bingo and...

NIGC hires new director of enforcement (07/24)

The National Indian Gaming Commission has hired Cesar Valdez Jr, as director of enforcement. Valdez comes to the NIGC from the Oneida Nation of New York. He served as director of security for the tribe's...

Group battles off-reservation Seneca casino (07/10)

An anti-gaming group plans to ask a federal court to shut down the Seneca Nation's off-reservation casino in Buffalo, New York. The tribe opened a temporary casino last week. But Citizens for a Better Buffalo...

Alaska Native village to resubmit Class II request (07/06)

The Alaska Native village of Eklutna plans to resubmit its request to conduct Class II gaming on its lands. In April, the village asked the National Indian Gaming Commission to approve a gaming ordinance and...

NIGC approves Seneca Nation off-reservation casino (07/03)

The National Indian Gaming Commission have given approval for the Seneca Nation of New York to open an off-reservation casino, The Buffalo News reports. The tribe acquired the site in downtown Buffalo pursuant to...

Seneca Nation hired DOI official who fought for casino (07/02)

An Interior Department official who overruled objections to the Seneca Nation's off-reservation casino in Buffalo, New York, was hired by the tribe as its lobbyist. Michael G. Rossetti served as counselor to former Secretary...

NIGC's Hogen addresses Class II/Class III rules (06/20)

National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen spoke about the need to draw a “bright line” between Class II and Class III machines at the North American Gaming Regulators Association conference in Kansas City...

NIGC reports 11 percent rise in tribal revenues (06/05)

Tribal gaming facilities took in $25.1 billion in 2006, an increase of 11 percent from the year prior, the National Indian Gaming Commission said on Monday. "The Indian gaming industry has doubled between 2001 and...

NIGC voids Cheyenne-Arapaho management contract (05/17)

The National Indian Gaming Commission on Wednesday nullified the management contract between the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and Southwest Casino and Hotel Corporation. NIGC Chairman Phil Hogen refused to extend the existing contract....

Judge won't reverse stance on Seneca casino land (04/23)

A federal judge refused to overturn his ruling that called into question the legal status of the Seneca Nation's proposed off-reservation casino site in Buffalo, New York. In January, Judge William M. Skretny rebuked the...

Nambe Pueblo cites NIGC approval for casino (04/12)

Nambe Pueblo in New Mexico says the National Indian Gaming Commission has approved the environmental assessment for a new casino. The tribe says the NIGC concluded the 50,000-square-foot casino would not have a significant impact...

NIGC approves Oklahoma casino agreements (03/27)

The National Indian Gaming Commission has approved an extension to the management agreement of two Oklahoma tribes. The Miami Nation and the Modoc Tribes jointly own the Stables Casino. The facility is managed by Butler...

Wyandotte Nation prepares to reopen Kansas casino (03/22)

The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma is preparing to reopen a casino in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The tribe owns a small piece of land in the city. It is held in trust but the...

NIGC reviews status of Onedia Nation casino land (03/19)

The National Indian Gaming Commission is reviewing the legal status of the Oneida Nation's casino, The Albany Times-Union reports. The Turning Stone Resort & Casino was built within the tribe's original reservation. But the land...

Kempthorne to swear in DesRosiers at NIGC (03/15)

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne will swear in Norm DesRosiers to the National Indian Gaming Commission this afternoon. DesRosiers joins NIGC as its third member. He was the longtime gaming commissioner for the Viejas Band...

Seneca Nation to respond to NIGC subpoena (03/12)

The Seneca Nation of New York says it will respond to a subpoena issued by the National Indian Gaming Commission. The tribe was refusing to turn over documents to NIGC as part of an ongoing...

NIGC subpoenas documents from Seneca Nation (03/09)

The National Indian Gaming Commission has issued a subpoena to the Seneca Nation of New York as part of an investigation into the tribe's per capita payments. Each tribal member received about $6,000 this year...

NIGC announces preliminary fee rate for 2007 (02/28)

The National Indian Gaming Commission has announced its preliminary annual fee rate for 2007. The agency will collect 0.00 percent of revenues from tribes in the Tier 1 category and 0.59 percent of revenues from...

Legal issues cloud off-reservation casino (02/19)

The Seneca Nation of New York already broke ground on its off-reservation casino in Buffalo but the site's legality remains in question. The tribe bought the site with land claim settlement funds. Under an...

Oklahoma tribes fight changes to Class II rules (02/12)

Oklahoma tribes say their casinos will be the most affected if the National Indian Gaming Commission changes its Class II rules. Most of the tribes in the state have Class III compacts. But Oklahoma...

Tribes fight NIGC's Class II machine proposal (01/29)

Tribes across the nation, but particularly those in states without a gaming compact, are fighting the National Indian Gaming Commission's proposed Class II regulations and standards. Tribes like the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of...

NIGC continues work on Class II gaming proposal (01/26)

The National Indian Gaming Commission continues to work on a controversial proposal that tribes say would change the face of the $23 billion tribal casino industry. Last year, NIGC proposed technical regulations and standards for...

NIGC fines Kaw Nation over late MICS-related report (01/12)

The National Indian Gaming Commission issued a notice of violation to the Kaw Nation of Oklahoma for submitting a late report related to the minimum internal control standards (MICS). The Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) report...