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

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...

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...

So far so good for Nebraska Tribe’s Carter Lake IA casino

K Morrison

January 14, 2019

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

The Ponca Tribe of Nebraska celebrated the opening of its new Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake on November 1, 2018, and in spite of a federal lawsuit filed late last year by the City of Council Bluffs, the ...

Live poker coming to Four Winds casino in Indiana

K Morrison

July 11, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Casino project updates, Poker, Indiana

In Indiana, a Tuesday announcement from the Four Winds South Bend Casino communicated plans to add a 10-table poker room to its current gaming offering, with the dedicated space due to be completed by Labor Day...

Comanche Nation sues fed gvt over new Chickasaw casino near Texas border

K Morrison

August 21, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the federal government is being sued by the Comanche Nation over a rival casino currently being built in the small town of Terral in Jefferson County on land situated less than two miles from the b...

City council to ok resolution to oppose the introduction of gambling in Broken Arrow

K Morrison

August 2, 2017

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

The city of Broken Arrow, located in the northeastern part of Oklahoma, is expected to sign off on a resolution at its meeting today confirming its opposition to the introduction of slot machines into the town....

Leadership and citizenship feud results in closure of Nooksack Tribe casino

K Morrison

June 18, 2017

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

For the second time in less than two years, employees of a casino owned and operated by the Nooksack Indian Tribe are jobless without having been given any prior notice of an impending closing. After having ...

Debut of Jamul Indian Village casino met with large crowds and traffic

K Morrison

October 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino openings, Casino project updates, California, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Hollywood Casino Jamul-San Diego opened to large crowds on Monday after having been planned by the Jamul Indian Village (JIV) since the 1990’s. Located just off State Route 94 about 20 miles east of downtown...

Texas tribe launches charm offensive in the face of threatened closure

Adam Morgan

September 20, 2016

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

In the face of an ongoing challenge to the legality of its Naskila Gaming venue in Texas, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe Of Texas has launched a charm offensive designed to generate more local support for its Clas...

Appeals court sides with NIGC in case involving Hollywood Casino Jamul

Lars Jones

June 12, 2016

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

Hollywood Casino Jamul on the Jamul Indian Village in California is one step closer to opening this summer after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against opponents, and for the National Indian Gaming Comm...

Complicated Tigua Ysleta ruling could portend trouble for new casino in Livingston Texas

K Morrison

June 12, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Texas

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After being forced to close over a decade ago, a recent ruling by a federal judge in Texas upholding the Tigua Tribes (Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo) gaming ban could jeopardize the Alabama-Coushatta's recently opened ...

Duluth and Fond du Lac Band reach agreement in long-running casino feud

K Morrison

June 9, 2016

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

It appears as though almost seven years of legal battles between the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and the city of Duluth, Minnesota may finally be coming to an end. According to local news repo...

Jamul Indian Village does not need management contract to open casino: NIGC

Lars Jones

March 16, 2016

Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, California, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

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In a Notice of Availability of a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Jamul Indian Village (JIV) Proposed Gaming Management Agreement, released on the Federal Register Monday by the Nation...

Quapaw Tribe blames Oaklawn for land opposition in Arkansas

K Morrison

March 6, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Kansas

A non-Indian gaming facility is being blamed by the Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma for impeding its land-into-trust efforts in Arkansas. It’s been two years since the Quapaw Tribe filed a land-into-trust applicati...

Alabama-Coushatta Tribe prepares to open casino

K Morrison

March 1, 2016

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

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In just a few short weeks, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has plans to open a Class II gaming facility. The former Livingston Entertainment Center on its reservation is being converted by the tribe into N...