Tagged nebraska

Sports betting bill gets nod from Nebraska senators; Cornhusker home games not included

May 14, 2021

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

After on March 17, 2021, lawmakers in Nebraska gave first-round approval to a measure that would create regulations to govern the state’s newly legalized casinos upon opening, legislators have now reportedly am...

Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission approves zoning changes for new Warhorse Gaming casino

Sadonna Price

March 19, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Nebraska

A proposed casino by WarHorse Gaming is moving ahead. The venue would be located in southwest Lincoln, and recently received approval for zoning changes. The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission gave th...

WarHorse Gaming shows off 3-D conception rendering of new casino project

Sadonna Price

January 15, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, Casino project updates, Nebraska

WarHorse Gaming, the economic development arm of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, released a conceptional rendering this week, revealing details regarding a new casino in Lincoln. The new facility will be locat...

GiG Incorporated bringing sportsbetting to Sioux City

Adam Morgan

September 21, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Technology, Mobile gaming, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Iowa

Maltese iGaming solutions developer Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) Incorporated has announced the signing of an agreement that is to see it bring sportsbetting to western Iowa’s Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Sioux ...

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...

Newly-opened Prairie Flower Casino facing legal challenges

Adam Morgan

March 4, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Iowa

Some four months after premiering its $10 million Prairie Flower Casino in western Iowa and the federally-recognized, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, is now reportedly facing a legal fight to keep the facility open. ...

American tribal gaming industry records successful 2017

Adam Morgan

June 27, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Economy/Finance

In the United States, the National Indian Gaming Commission has announced that 2017 saw the nation’s 494 aboriginal-run gambling venues chalk up a 3.9% increase year-on-year in aggregated gross gaming revenues ...

Proposal for new Iowa tribal casino given the green light

Adam Morgan

November 16, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Iowa

After over a decade of legal struggles, the federally-recognized Ponca Tribe of Nebraska has now reportedly been given permission to build and operate a tribal casino on land it owns in the small Iowa city of C...

South Dakota tribes sign short-term gaming compact extensions

Adam Morgan

March 27, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Licenses, South Dakota

In South Dakota, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe have signed short-term extensions to their Class III gaming compacts despite an ongoing dispute concerning the number of slots non-aborigi...

Ho-Chunk Inc. to sue polling company due to failed casino petition drive

Sadonna Price

January 16, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nebraska

Ho-Chunk Inc. has decided to sue Northstar Campaign Systems after a petition drive they attempted in efforts to see a referendum placed on the ballot in Nebraska for casino gaming failed. The Ho-Chunk tribe wer...

Casino gambling amendment in Nebraska won’t make the ballot

Sadonna Price

August 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Nebraska

Efforts to legalize casino gambling in the state of Nebraska have stalled after a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow casino games to be added to the thoroughbred horse racing tracks of the state...

Indian gaming industry reports decade-best rise in gross annual revenues

Adam Morgan

July 21, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Economy/Finance

Last year saw the 238 tribes running gaming operations in the United States report an almost 5% increase year-on-year in gross gaming revenues to $29.9 billion with a majority of these at 57% generating less th...

Casino gambling proponent’s confident proposals will be added to ballot

Sadonna Price

June 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Nebraska

Keep the Money in Nebraska is a group of individuals who are in favor of allowing casino gambling to take place within the state of Nebraska. The group has been working to gain signatures in a petition drive to...

Tatanka Golf Club opens at Ohiya Casino

Sadonna Price

May 16, 2016

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

Golf is now in full swing at the Ohiya Casino after the Santee Sioux Tribe opened the Tatanka Golf Club on the casino property. Paul Albanese, the famous designer, was behind the unique look of the course, with...

Anti-gaming group continues to fight gaming expansion in Nebraska

Sadonna Price

November 3, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Horse Racing, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Nebraska

For two decades now, the group Gambling with the Good Life has been fighting efforts to expand gambling in Nebraska. The group is tied to religious leaders in the state and has followed the industry closely, tr...