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The Commonwealth Casino Commission has voted to adopt regulations that will affect Saipan’s gaming industry. The commission met Friday March 27, 2015 to make a decision on Resolution No. 2015-001 or what is als...
The State of Oklahoma has filed a suit against the Kialegee Tribe for starting construction of their Red Clay Casino on Indian Reservation land near Broken Arrow. The casino construction is halted until the Su...
Indiana lawmakers want to control any process for approval of casinos planned on tribal lands. An amendment to House Bill 1540, allowing riverboat casinos to move onto land, would see the way gaming compacts in...
The Deputy Director of the Ministry of Economy Finance Industry Department has reported that the border of Cambodia to Vietnam will now be the home of three new casinos. Ros Phearun spoke with the Phnom Penh Po...
The Cherokee Nation tribe built the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa in Catoosa, Oklahoma back in 2004 for an estimated $80 million. The operation was a success and the tribe decided to expand the facility in...
VinaCapital, a Vietnam based company, is going to gain two new partners for their Vietnam casino resort project. Genting Malaysia was originally a 20% stakeholder in the project, with VinaCapital holding the ot...
Yesterday we ran a story about SM Investments Corp considering the possibility of developing a casino on Cebu. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission the company has clarified their position, s...
The House Natural Resources Committee approved H.R. 308 by a voice vote on Wednesday. Without naming any tribes specifically, if passed by both houses and signed by the president, or slipped into another bill a...
Update 3-27-15: SMIC has issued an official clarification with the PSE Securities And Exchange Commission clarifying that, "At the Latham and Watkins Conference, we only mentioned the possibility of having a g...
Just last night, officials of the Baha Mar mega-resort released a statement that confirmed the new destination would not be opening this Friday and instead push back the opening until sometime in "early May". T...
The Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes in Connecticut have been lobbying to get permission to construct an additional three casinos in the state in an effort to keep locals from growing across the border an...
Live! Hotel and Casino was awarded the second license in the state by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. the casino is to be built in Philadelphia. However, the decision has caused issues and other casino ...
The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma is now facing opposition to their plan to create a new casino outside the city limits of Guymon, Oklahoma. Residents in the area that are opposed to the casino have created a group...
The Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation are going to build the Buffalo Rivers Casino and Lodge in Poplar, Montana. The project is now underway since funding approval has been provided. T...
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians plan to build a casino and tribal village close to the United States 20 bypass is moving forward after the Bureau of Indian Affairs issued a draft environmental impact stu...