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Osage Nation breaks ground on pair of replacement Oklahoma casino projects

June 16, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Casino project updates, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Oklahoma

In northern Oklahoma and the Osage Nation has reportedly begun construction on a pair of new casinos some eleven months after having its associated land-into-trust applications approved by the United States Dep...

Osage Nation celebrating pair of Oklahoma land-into-trust decisions

Adam Morgan

July 21, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino proposals, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma and the federal government has reportedly approved a pair of land-into-trust applications from the Osage Nation that are to allow the tribe to bring new casinos to sites near the small cities of Bar...

Supreme Court ruling designates almost half of Oklahoma as tribal lands

Adam Morgan

July 10, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, U.S.A., Gaming Industry News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

In a landmark decision and the United States Supreme Court has reportedly ruled that almost half of Oklahoma should be considered aboriginal land due to a failure on the part of Congress to ‘disestablish’ treat...

Oklahoma tribes united against plan to hike exclusivity fees

Adam Morgan

July 25, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Taxation, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Oklahoma

The majority of the casino-operating tribes in Oklahoma are reportedly united in their antagonism towards a recent call from the state’s new Republican governor that they should be asked to pay a higher range o...

River Spirit Casino Resort to reopen on June 21, ten days earlier than expected

K Morrison

June 14, 2019

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

Closed since May 22 due to issues related to the swollen and surging Arkansas River, River Spirit Casino will reopen at 8am on June 21, 2019, a full 10 days earlier than expected. The property's popular tropica...

Record-breaking flooding causes Oklahoma casino to remain closed until June 5 (at least)

K Morrison

May 29, 2019

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

Rising water from the Arkansas River has caused a significant amount of flooding at the River Spirit Casino Resort and as a result, the property at 8330 Riverside Pkwy in Tulsa, Oklahoma will remain shuttered u...

Osage Casino completes work on Skyline Event Center in Tulsa

K Morrison

February 10, 2019

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

The Osage Nation has completed construction of the Skyline Event Center at its Tulsa, Oklahoma casino. The 45,000 sq ft facility was the last phase of a four-phase $160 million expansion that began on November ...

Topping off ceremony for Hard Rock Tulsa expansion

K Morrison

September 6, 2018

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

The first tribal casino in the Tulsa market to open ball and dice game tables to the public, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa celebrated its 65,000-square-foot expansion with a topping off ceremony on Wednesd...

Casino Cash Trac selected by Oklahoma tribal casinos

Adam Morgan

August 30, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Technology, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, local land-based casino solutions developer, Casino Cash Trac, has announced that its Casino Audit System innovation is now being utilized by every one of the seven properties operated by the feder...

Osage Casino Tulsa expansion opens in Oklahoma

Adam Morgan

August 29, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Casino expansion projects, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the federally-recognized Osage Nation reportedly opened the $150 million expansion of its Osage Casino Tulsa venue earlier today complete with an enlarged around-the-clock gaming floor that now enc...

Osage Casino sets Aug. 29 grand opening date

K Morrison

August 2, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Casino openings, Casino expansion projects, Casino project updates, Oklahoma

It’s been nearly two years since the federally recognized Osage Nation broke ground on its new $150 million flagship, Osage Casino Hotel Tulsa. According to a Monday report from ABC-affiliated television sta...

Osage Casino Tulsa expansion due to open from August 31

Adam Morgan

June 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino expansion projects, Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, the federally-recognized, Osage Nation, has reportedly released further details of the $150 million expansion of its Osage Casino Tulsa venue ahead of the project’s planned late-August opening. ...

Osage Nation hosts “topping off” ceremony for $150 million Tulsa casino and hotel expansion

K Morrison

September 19, 2017

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

In north Tulsa on Monday, a “topping off” ceremony was hosted by tribal leaders of the Osage Nation to commemorate achieving the maximum height of the tribe’s unfinished $150 million casino and hotel project. ...

River Spirit Casino in Tulsa evacuated after apparent bomb threat

K Morrison

June 9, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Oklahoma

The River Spirit Casino was evacuated late Thursday after a bomb threat was reportedly called in around 11pm. Muscogee Creek Nation tribal officials reportedly told local news, KJRH 2 Works for You, that the...

Tulsa casino reopens after bomb threat evacuation

K Morrison

April 14, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Oklahoma

Early Thursday morning, authorities evacuated the Osage Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a bomb threat was reportedly received by staff there. According to local news agencies, dispatchers said at around 1am ...