Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Gay Head tribe’s bingo hall permanently banned by judge

The November dismissal by U.S. District Court Judge Dennis Saylor IV of the suit between the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the state was strengthened on Tuesday when a permanent injunction against ...

Connecticut Attorney General seeks dismissal of MGM casino suit

On Wednesday a motion was filed in federal court by the state attorney general’s office that requests a lawsuit filed by MGM Resorts in August be dismissed. The suit, filed by the developer of a new casino in S...

The Pride of Texas Casino ship gets new launch date

Scheduled to be up and running by January 2015, CEO of The Pride of Texas Casino, Vidal Conde, says that now, "We're looking at having the ship here within the next 60 days, at least by the first quarter of 201...

Oklahoma tribe plans to launch online gambling site

If given final approval the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma will soon become the first tribe in the state to operate an international gambling website. Players from other countries would play real money casino games ...

Landowners attempt to cork casino’s water supply with 19th-century lawsuit

The edge of wine country in California’s Santa Ynez Valley is the site of the latest water war. A group of landowners there are rolling the dice with an 1897 lawsuit in an attempt to stop an expansion of the Ch...