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Minnesota tribe staying quiet on future development

April 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Minnesota

After finishing a $6.2 million renovation of its Fond-Du-Luth Casino in Minnesota last year, the Fond Du Lac Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians are remaining silent on what they intend to do with an adjacen...

Casino agreement reached between South Bend and Pokagon Band

K Morrison

March 24, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, Indiana

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians may not be able to say when it will break ground on a new tribal village and casino in South Bend, Indiana; it has however reached agreements with city officials that spel...

Cowlitz land-into-trust case heard by D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals

K Morrison

March 19, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Washington

A federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. was packed on Friday morning as oral arguments were heard in a closely watched land-into-trust case. What was supposed to be a 30-minute hearing ended up lasting twic...

Work on Class III gaming compact ongoing for Rosebud Sioux Tribe

K Morrison

March 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, South Dakota

A year or more of negotiations between the state of South Dakota and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has yet to produce a new Class III gaming compact. Both parties, however, have been able to agree on two extension...

Off-reservation casino being considered by Keweenaw Bay Indian Community

K Morrison

February 13, 2016

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, North America Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Casino project updates, Gaming Industry News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Michigan

Considering the announcement in December by the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) that this year’s ballot would include two multi-million dollar casino referendums, including money for the renovation of thei...

Connecticut approval for Schaghticoke Tribe casino license filed in error

K Morrison

February 4, 2016

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Connecticut, Licenses

It appears that the announcement on Tuesday night by Schaghticoke Tribal Nation Chief Richard Velky that the tribe had received federal recognition from state officials and therefore entitled to compete for Con...

Group continues to oppose Catawba casino near Charlotte

K Morrison

January 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News

Federally recognized in both South Carolina and North Carolina, the Catawba Indian Nation has high hopes for two significant projects in the not so distant future: one a multi-million-dollar movie studio in par...

Wisconsin Governor stops casino; starts Presidential Campaign

Sam Mitchell

July 15, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Wisconsin

Earlier in 2015, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker stopped the Menominee Nation from opening an off-reservation casino. On Monday, July 13, 2015, he officially announced his 2016 presidential campaign for the Rep...

Class III gaming compacts approved for 27 Washington tribes

Sadonna Price

June 5, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Washington

Twenty seven Indian tribes in Washington State now have approval for Class III gaming thanks to a new compact approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Almost every tribe in the state signed the new agreement w...

Catawba Nation Kings Mountain casino gathers support

Lars Jones

February 26, 2015

Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Casino openings

Cleveland County North Carolina businesses are expressing support for the Catawba Nation's plans to build a casino off of their reservation. Last month religious leaders met with Bureau of Indian Affairs in D.C...