National Indian Gaming Commission

US tribal casino fiscal year revenues drop for the first time in decades

August 18, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

The National Indian Gaming Commission has shared the annual report for the sector this week, revealing that tribal casinos in the United States have seen a decrease in fiscal earnings. A total of $27.8 billion ...

Las Vegas Sands Corporation eyeing Jacksonville casino possibility

Adam Morgan

July 15, 2021

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American land-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation has reportedly pumped approximately $17 million into an effort that could see a large gambling-friendly development brought to the northern Florid...

Casino operator attempting to scupper Florida online sportsbetting agreement

Adam Morgan

July 6, 2021

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The firm behind one of the largest commercial casinos in Florida has reportedly filed a federal lawsuit in an attempt to invalidate a recent deal that is destined to bring legalized online sportsbetting to the ...

Oneida Nation inks Wisconsin land-based sportsbetting deal

Adam Morgan

July 2, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, NFL, Casino expansion projects, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Wisconsin

The governor for the American state of Wisconsin has reportedly signed a new gaming compact with the Oneida Nation that is to allow the federally-recognized tribe to launch land-based sportsbetting within its c...

Sportsbetting looks to be on its way to Florida following gubernatorial consent

Adam Morgan

May 27, 2021

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The governor for the southern American state of Florida, Ron DeSantis (pictured), has reportedly put his signature to a new gaming compact that is to allow the Seminole Tribe of Florida to begin operating land-...

Florida legislators sign off on new tribal gaming compact

Adam Morgan

May 20, 2021

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In the southern American state of Florida and local lawmakers have reportedly overwhelmingly approved proposed legislation that would legalize land-based sportsbetting and authorize the building of up to three ...

Florida legislators remove online and mobile from proposed gaming compact

Adam Morgan

May 18, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Florida, Sports betting, Taxation, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

In the southern American state of Florida and legislators have reportedly removed a section of a proposed agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would have allowed the tribe to offer mobile and onlin...

Northern Michigan tribal casino to re-open following coronavirus shuttering

Adam Morgan

May 4, 2020

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In northern Michigan and the Island Resort and Casino has reportedly announced that it will be re-opening from Wednesday after being shuttered for almost seven weeks due to fears over the ongoing coronavirus pa...

Connecticut tribes at odds with Governor over future sportsbetting landscape

Adam Morgan

March 5, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Connecticut, Online Gambling News, Sports betting

The two casino-operating tribes in Connecticut are reportedly at odds with the eastern state’s Governor, Ned Lamont (pictured), over just who should get to operate any future sportsbetting services. Accordin...

NIGC figures herald a good year for the American tribal gaming industry

Adam Morgan

September 20, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

The 501 tribal gaming operations in the United States reportedly had a great 2018 after seeing their aggregated gross gaming revenues for the twelve-month period increase by a little over 4% year-on-year to top...

US Tribal casinos earn best revenue year yet in 2018

Sadonna Price

September 16, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Economy/Finance

The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) has released the 2018 casino revenue totals for tribal casinos in the United States. The year was a record-setting one for the 520 tribal casinos in the nation as $3...

Coharie Tribe member claims National Indian Gaming Commission chairman position

Sadonna Price

August 2, 2019

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The National Indian Gaming Commission is an independent federal agency that is responsible for regulating over 500 gaming organizations that are operated in the United States by close to 250 tribes. The group i...

California casino-operating tribe being taken to court over loan default claims

Adam Morgan

July 22, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, California, Economy/Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

American banking and insurance giant, Wells Fargo and Company, has reportedly filed a lawsuit against California’s Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians amid allegations that the casino-operating tribe is at...

Sequoyah Simermeyer nominated to serve as new Chairman for the NIGC

Adam Morgan

June 27, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News

President of the United States, Donald Trump, has officially nominated Sequoyah Simermeyer (pictured) to oversee the multi-billion-dollar tribal gaming industry as Chairman for the United States Department of t...

St. Croix Chippewa Indian Tribe of Wisconsin accused of embezzling $1.5M from casino

K Morrison

April 22, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Crime, Wisconsin

According to federal regulators, tribal leaders of the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin pocketed a minimum of $1.5 million in casino funds or used the revenues to cover expenses for trips to Las Vegas an...