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Indian Gaming: Latest News
10:46am 9-24-2019
 
 
article Sports betting isn't a big win for states after all: expert
(USA) -- It was supposed to be a windfall for states, but sports betting hasn’t gone the way many had hoped. One tax policy expert says sports betting is not...
article Minnesota legislators head to Iowa see if sports betting is right for the state
(Iowa) -- The Vikings game was a snoozer, but the Minnesotans watching the big screens at Diamond Jo Casino were still cheering loudly Sunday long after the outcome of...
article Mohegan Sun Pocono sports betting to debut today
(Pennsylvania) -- Mohegan Sun Pocono will debut its new sports betting facility to the public this week, with a soft opening set for today and Wednesday under...
article Norfolk councilwoman says casino land vote is being rushed
(Virginia) -- Some Norfolk residents, including a councilwoman, are raising concerns about unanswered questions and what they call a rushed vote on a deal that could...
article No surrender in Rockford casino competition: Bids sweetened with guitar licks, aquariums, waterparks
(Illinois) -- The city of Rockford has been seeking a casino for just about as long as Chicago has. But while state lawmakers have been forced back to the legislative...
article Rockford's three casino complex plans unveiled
(Illinois) -- The public got its first in-depth look Monday night at the three proposals for a Rockford casino as firms gave presentations seeking to win general support...
article Casino case to Pulaski County
(Arkansas) -- A Pope County Circuit Court judge ruled Monday that a case challenging the rejection of a casino license application by the state Racing Commission belongs...
article New York Sends Salamanca $2.35M to Fund City During Ongoing Seneca Nation Casino Revenue Sharing Dispute
(New York) -- A check for $2,350,000 was received last Friday by city officials to assist the town through the rest of its 2019-20 budget year. The payment is a result...
article Brown Disagrees With City’s Credit Rating Downgrade
(New York) -- The mayor of Buffalo is not taking much stock in a recent critical analysis of the city’s finances. Fitch Ratings downgraded Buffalo’s credit...
article California’s Morongo Casino is about to get much larger
(California) -- Already one of the largest tribal gaming operations in Southern California, the Morongo Casino and Spa is about to get even bigger. The property is run...
article Cache Creek and 49ers enter into multi-year sponsorship agreement
(California) -- Cache Creek Casino Resort and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation have been appointed as a partner of the San Francisco 49ers as part of a multi-year deal that...
article Oneida Casino appointed official casino partner of Green Bay Packers
(Wisconsin) -- The Green Bay Packers has appointed Oneida Casino as its official team casino as part of an enhancement of its long-standing partnership with the Oneida...
article First look at Topgolf at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino: Slideshow
(Wisconsin) -- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, which prides itself on a variety of diverse entertainment options, expanded its selection with the Monday opening of its...
article Sale of Cincinnati's JACK Casino Complete
(Ohio) -- Cincinnati's JACK Casino on Reading Road will change hands for $745 million and become Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati next spring. Detroit-based JACK...
article LET THE IDIOT SPEAK: Bail, Caesars? Asia Loses If Vegas Giant Exits Region
(South Korea) -- Caesars Entertainment ended its pursuit of a Japan casino license last month amid a $17.8 billion takeover by Eldorado Resorts, a much smaller company...
article BLOG: Top 10 largest US casinos by gaming space
(California) -- In past Top 10 articles, we’ve done several editions of casino openings and expansions. Those tend to cover openings of bars, restaurants and...
 
 
Native News: Latest News
10:45am 9-24-2019
 
 
article KEELER: Native Women's Equal Pay Day Statistics Reveal The Price Of Injustice
(USA) -- Often, when white Americans meet a Native American, the first thing they ask about is the "free money" they believe all Natives get. But free money...
article Sharice Davids: To close the pay gap for Native American women, pass the Paycheck Fairness Act
(USA) -- This year, April 2 marked Equal Pay Day, the symbolic date to which the average American woman has to work each year to earn the same pay her male peers earned...
article Rep. Deb Haaland: Native American women are paid far less than white men—here’s a way to fix it
(Washington D.C.) -- If I told you that Native women have to work 22 months to make what their white male counterparts make in 12 months, would you be surprised? This...
article The Violence Against Women Act Was Stalled In Congress. Rep. Deb Haaland Isn't Letting That Stop Her
(Washington D.C.) -- Representative Debra Haaland doesn’t think the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) protects those who need it most — but she still has...
article 'Enough is enough:' Missoulians demand answers in Hardin death
(Montana) -- Q.J. Means still remembers the last time he saw his niece, Kaysera Stops Pretty Places. Means had been close to Stops Pretty Places after she was born in...
article Native American communities, hard hit by the opioid crisis, seek innovative solutions
(Arizona) -- Native American advocates are seeking more funding and new ways to tackle the opioid crisis in Indian Country as overdose death rates continue to rise....
article 6 Native leaders on what it would look like if the US kept its promises
(Indian Country) -- “‘We the people’ has never meant ‘all the people.’” These were words of independent presidential candidate and...
article Activist Suzan Shown Harjo is still winning her fight against Native American mascots
(Washington D.C.) -- The story the Smithsonian researcher told was of a little girl, a second grader, in small-town Oklahoma in the early 1950s. The little girl was...
article Construction begins for Native American Veterans Memorial on the National Mall. At last.
(Washington D.C.) -- After years of delay, construction began Saturday on the Native American Veterans Memorial, which was first authorized by Congress in 1994. The...
article Q&A: What is the history behind Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
(North Carolina) -- Indigenous Peoples’ Day came about as an alternative to Columbus Day in the late 1980s. It is a holiday that aims to celebrate Native Americans...
article In split vote, city of Winnemucca OKs legal marijuana businesses
(Nevada) -- After over five months of deliberations, the Winnemucca City Council last week formally passed two ordinances that will allow state-licensed marijuana...
article B.C. wins temporary injunction blocking Alberta's turn-off-the-taps legislation
(British Columbia) -- The Federal Court has suspended Alberta's turn-off-the-taps legislation related to the Trans Mountain pipeline extension, granting British Columbia...
article Valentine: BLM land compared to BIA land
(Nevada) -- Nevada is more than 80% owned by the federal government consisting mostly of U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land. Additionally there...
article First Nations talk healthy food at Food Sovereignty Summit
(Wisconsin) -- Farmers, ranchers, businesses, and tribal leaders talk food at the Food Sovereignty Summit. First Nations Development Institute a non-profit led by Native...
article Something strange is happening to Greenland's ice sheet
(Greenland) -- When the remnants of Europe’s second summertime heat wave migrated over Greenland in late July, more than half of the ice sheet’s surface...
article Western New Mexico Tribe Getting 1st Organic Food Store
(New Mexico) -- A tribe in western New Mexico is getting its first organic food store and deli. The Gallup Independent reports construction on Zuni Pueblo is beginning...
article Tribal Complaints Prompt National Park to Stop Selling Pipes
(Minnesota) -- The Pipestone National Monument in southwestern Minnesota says it will stop selling pipes following decades of tribal complaints that the sales desecrate...
article Indigenous women traveled 3,000 miles to save an Alaskan forest from Trump
(Washington D.C.) -- “If we had dressed in office clothing to meet the standards of D.C.,” says Wanda Culp, who wore vibrant red, blue, and black robes,...
article Former FBI and security expert to head San Manuel Public Safety departments
(California) -- The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians has announced that former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Special Agent in Charge of Counterterrorism for...
article Blackfoot Nation renews agreement with Alberta Government
(Alberta) -- The Government of Alberta has committed to continuing to work alongside the Blackfoot Nation. The deal, signed Monday in Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park...
article Building project addresses Prairie Island tribal housing shortage
(Minnesota) -- The Prairie Island Indian Community has begun work on a housing project near the corner of Highway 61 and Highway 316 that should provide 41 home sites...
article CN graduates 72 from adult education program
(Oklahoma) -- The Cherokee Nation celebrated 72 graduates from the tribe's adult education program during a special ceremony held Sept. 19 at the Cherokee Casino...
article For the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, this has always been home
(Michigan) -- When you think about the tip of the mitten, what comes to mind? Fudge? Beautiful beaches? Vacation cottages? Daniel Hinmon, a citizen of the Little...
article Ponca chief’s statue joins greats in Statuary Hall
(Washington D.C.) -- A new statue of a legendary chief of the Ponca Tribe has joined the silent sentinels in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol. The statue, submitted by...
article Potawatomi partners with Milwaukee Film on Native American film series
(Wisconsin) -- Potawatomi Hotel & Casino partnered with Milwaukee Film for a November film series in honor of National Native American Heritage Month. This is the...
article Pollution from Canadian mines found in Kootenai River fish
(Montana) -- Pollution from British Columbia coal mining operations is making its way into Montana and Idaho’s Kootenai River. A U.S. Environmental Protection...
article Weaving Culture Into Fire Management Helps Tribes Reclaim Suppressed Heritage
(Oregon) -- That’s part of the reason why Rick O’Rourke loves starting forest fires; prescribed ones, that is. O’Rourke is a firefighter and a member...
 
 
Gaming: Latest News
10:47am 9-24-2019
 
 
article Former NJ Senator Ray Lesniak discusses legalizing gambling in US
(USA) -- On May 14, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the federal ban on sports betting. This allowed states to choose for themselves if they wanted to legalize...
article Coloradans don’t want another Vegas, but sports betting has a chance
(Colorado) -- When Colorado’s casinos opened their doors in October 1991, one establishment had a dirt floor and served beer from an ice-filled trough that horses...
article NH Lottery reviewing 13 applicants for sports betting program
(New Hampshire) -- The New Hampshire Lottery is reviewing proposals from 13 applicants hoping to run sports betting facilities in the Granite State. Charlie McIntyre,...
article DC Resident Files Suit Over Sole-Sourced Sports Betting Contract Awarded to Intralot
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia’s sole-source contract with Intralot to run the DC Lottery’s sports betting operation for the next five years...
article MGM in talks to sell Circus Circus to Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin
(Las Vegas) -- MGM Resorts International is in talks to sell its Circus Circus property there to real estate mogul Phil Ruffin, according to a Bloomberg publication...
article Golden Nugget Owner Talks NBA Betting And Atlantic City’s Casino Market
(Atlantic City) -- Time for a celebratory high five. Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta, the owner of the Houston Rockets and Atlantic City’s Golden Nugget, savors...
article NJ Regulators Accused of Passing the Buck in $10 Million Phil Ivey Edge-Sorting Appeal
(Atlantic City) -- Ivey’s lawyers are charged with the task of convincing a panel of three Third Circuit appellate judges that their client won $9.6 million during...
article Public hears three casino proposals
(Illinois) -- There will only be one casino in Rockford and three development companies are vying for who it will be. Up until now, the city of Rockford hadn’t...
article Selle: Waukegan weighs the betting odds on casino suitors
(Illinois) -- The sweeping gambling law aimed at pulling Illinois out of its financial hole might be stumbling, but not in Waukegan if last week’s public hearing...
article Mount Airy launches online sports betting
(Pennsylvania) -- Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County quietly opened its sportsbook and launched its online sports betting site earlier this month. The casino...
article Wareham Developer Proposes Slots for Ex-Horse Track
(Massachusetts) -- The plans for a mixed-use development with a horse track and gambling hall in Wareham now envision a slots parlor at the site rather than a small-...
article Hot Springs casino ups minimum wage for hourly workers
(Arkansas) -- Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort announced Monday the minimum wage for employees who don't receive tips will rise to $13 an hour from $9.75 an hour,...
article Horseshoe Casino Hammond opens sports betting books
(Indiana) -- Horseshoe Casino Hammond Assistant General Manager Noah Hirsch joins John Williams to talk about business at the casino since the the introduction of the...
article Bettman The Bet Man: NHL Commissioner To Headline G2E Sports Betting Panel
(Las Vegas) -- NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman helped to pass the 1992 law that stifled legal sports betting in the United States. He later fought to keep the statute in...
article Saipan said to be considering gambling junket expansion
(Saipan) -- Imperial Pacific International (IPI) doesn’t believe that junket operators want to come to Saipan in the US-controlled Commonwealth of Northern Mariana...
article The Cautionary Tale For US Sports Betting In Esports Match-Fixing Struggles
(Australia) -- Esports have been fighting to gain a foothold in the American entertainment market for a number of years. Recently, their efforts have been rewarded with...
article Macau’s October Golden Week set to disappoint: analysts
(Macau) -- Gaming analysts have revealed modest expectations for Macau’s gaming operators in the upcoming October Golden Week, with a lower quality customer tipped...
article MGM most likely partner for Osaka integrated resort
(Japan) -- Fitch Ratings expects MGM Resorts International to be a top contender for an integrated resort (IR) in Osaka, Japan. According to GGRAsia, the U.S.-based...
article VIDEO: Hard Rock marking 25 years
(Las Vegas) -- The Hard Rock hotel-casino is celebrating 25 years with a new exhibition.
article Scientific Games Chairman boosts company stake to 39% with US$6.9 million share purchase
(Wall Street) -- Scientific Games Chairman Ron Perelman has purchased 330,000 shares in the company worth around US$6.9 million over the past week, increasing his stake...
 
 
Press Releases
4:07am 9-19-2019
 
 
NIGA Honors Rodney Butler, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe with the John Kieffer Sovereign Award
(Connecticut) -- The National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) honored Rodney Butler, Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe with the prestigious John Kieffer...
2018 Indian Gaming Revenues of $33.7 Billion Show a 4.1% Increase
(Washington D.C.) -- Today, Vice Chair Kathryn Isom-Clause, and Associate Commissioner E. Sequoyah Simermeyer of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) released...
American Gaming Association President and CEO Bill Miller to Join National Indian Gaming Association Chairman Ernie Stevens, Jr. at the Mid-Year Conference
(Washington D.C.) -- One of the highlights of next week’s National Indian Gaming Association Mid-Year Conference & Expo will be a panel featuring National Indian...
 

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