INTERNET GAMING: Baca, local tribes oppose legalization
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A plan to legalize online gambling moved forward this week in the U.S. House of Representatives, raising concerns from an Inland lawmaker and area tribes, who say the legislation would cut into California's casino business and imperil thousands of jobs around the state.
Deval Patrick: I can’t support gaming bill
(MASSACHUSETTS) -- Gov. Deval Patrick immediately trumped Beacon Hill lawmakers’ bid for three casinos and two racinos, saying he can’t support the measure minutes after they announced the deal.
Casino meeting slated
(MICHIGAN) -- The Hartford Township Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday to learn more about the casino plans of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and to ask lawyers about the approval process, township Supervisor Ron Sefcik said.
Mohegan Sun Has Cut Workforce By 1,000 Since Early '09
(CONNECTICUT) -- The owners of Mohegan Sun casino have eliminated about 1,000 jobs since early 2009, mostly at the flagship operation in Connecticut, executives disclosed Thursday during a conference call about dismal third-quarter earnings.
New casino at Danbury replaces 'Hole in the Wall'
(WISCONSIN) -- Give credit to the St. Croix Chippewa Indians for pinning an honest name on their Hole in the Wall Casino. The one-story wooden structure opened nearly 20 years ago, certainly lived up to its title.
NIGA and CNIGA Hosts the 2010 Summer Legislative Summit on Capitol Hill
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), in conjunction with the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA), held their 2010 Summer Legislative Summit this week. The Summit took place on July 20-21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. More than 170 NIGA Member Tribe representatives, and Associate members traveled from around the country for the 2-day event.
NIGC Regional Consultations set for Minneapolis St. Paul
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC/Commission) will continue a series of government-to-government consultations with tribes throughout the nation. It is vital for the Commission to regularly receive input from tribes and the Commission is eager to maintain dialogue on the many issues facing the Indian gaming industry.
Mailing ban on cigarettes is upheld by judge
(NEW YORK) -- A judge upheld the federal government's right to ban the mailing of cigarettes by Seneca Nation businesses Friday, but rejected for the time being the collection of taxes on those cigarettes.
Obama signs ‘historic’ Tribal Law and Order Act
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- In 1994, Lisa Marie Iyotte, an enrolled member of the White Clay People, was raped and violently beaten in her home on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe reservation. Her two young daughters witnessed the assault and hid in the bedroom.
Tribal court complaint raises jurisdiction issue
(SOUTH DAKOTA) -- The government is trying to keep a tribal court in southeast South Dakota from proceeding with a free speech complaint filed against two Bureau of Indian Affairs police officers.
PETA billboards target Cherokee zoos
(NORTH CAROLINA) -- An animal rights group plans to put up four billboard signs in Western North Carolina telling tourists to avoid bear parks here.
Panel backs selling water to Snowbowl
(ARIZONA) -- The city's water commission narrowly decided Thursday night to recommend that the Flagstaff City Council allow the sale of either city drinking water or reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl for snowmaking.
Tribe organizes annual family Olympics
(MICHIGAN) -- Seventy-two-year-old Arlene Naganashe of Petoskey has been coming to Mt. Pleasant every summer for 14 years to compete in track and field events at the Michigan Indian Family Olympics.
The Smart Money: Internet gambling bill takes a step
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Efforts to regulate online gambling, which may mean exclusively Internet poker for now, reached a high-water mark Wednesday when a key bill was passed in the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mass. legislative leaders OK deal on casino bill
(MASSACHUSETTS) -- Massachusetts House and Senate leaders Friday agreed on a bill to legalize casino gambling in the state — drawing immediate criticism from Gov. Deval Patrick who threatened to veto the measure.
Governor vows to deck casinos
(MASSACHUSETTS) -- State lawmakers pushed all in yesterday with a full house of proposed gambling parlors - three resort casinos and a pair of racinos - daring Gov. Deval Patrick to defy his key union base in an election year even as he threatened to veto the deal last night.
Mass. gambling gain may mean loss for R.I.
(RHODE ISLAND) -- Whether it wants to play or not, Rhode Island has millions of dollars at stake when it comes to Massachusetts’s pending decision on slot parlors and casinos.
Boyd won't bid on Station properties
(LAS VEGAS) -- Boyd Gaming Corp. said today it was no longer interested in acquiring several resorts owned by rival Station Casinos and will not participate in next week's planned bankruptcy court auction of those properties.
Nevada Smith: The sultan of slot machines
(NEVADA) -- Nevada's development as a state has come at such break-neck speed that characters important to that growth have had a tendency to get lost on the road to the future.
Poker: It's a whole new game for greyhound track
(FLORIDA) -- Put your poker face on. It may psyche out the other guy across the felt-covered table, stacking and unstacking his plastic chips as he peels a corner of his cards up, contemplating his next move.
OP/ED: The big casino in the sky
(BRITISH COLUMBIA) -- The B.C. government continues to innovate. First on the continent with an emission-based carbon tax, first in Western Canada to embrace the European-style value added tax, and now, first to plunge into high-stakes Internet casino gambling.
Wynn Resorts reports booming profits
(WALL STREET) -- Wynn Resorts more than doubled its profits during the second quarter of 2010 as business continued to boom in the Macau region of China.
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