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"Pechanga is in it to kill the project until the end. The only thing that really changed in the voting outcome was Supervisor Tavaglione's position. No one else changed their vote. We are profoundly disappointed in Supervisor Tavaglione's flip-flop and the certification of this inferior document." read story >>>

 

— Mark Macarro, chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians of Temecula, California

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Indian Gaming: Latest News
8:28pm 5-16-2012
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article California could cash in on legalized online poker
(California) -- State Senate President Darrell Steinberg is pushing a bill that would legalize online poker in California to help the cash-strapped state. If SB1463...
article NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games bill
(North Carolina) -- North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday began weighing whether to allow the state's only casino to allow card games featuring human dealers instead...
article Interior Department calls Duluth's casino contract invalid
(Minnesota) -- The city of Duluth’s efforts to hold on to a casino revenue-sharing agreement with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa have been dealt...
article Department of Interior Cancels Fond du Luth Lease
(Minnesota) -- Federal action has terminated a lease agreement between the City of Duluth and the Fond du Lac Band regarding the Fond du Luth Casino.
article Canterbury: Relaxed gaming rules should help business
(Minnesota) -- For the first time in many years, Canterbury Park will begin its racing season Friday evening amidst optimism regarding the future of racing in Minnesota.
article Taxes still in debate; Commissioner questions attorney motives
(Alabama) -- Escambia County Commissioner Brandon Smith questioned the “personal agenda” of attorney Bryan Taylor who was hired to consult with the...
article Smith speaks out on PCI
(Alabama) -- Brandon Smith, Escambia County Commissioner District 4, has taken a stand against his fellow commissioners, fighting for what he believes are jobs and...
article Hearing on Kialegee casino begins today
(Oklahoma) -- A hearing before U.S. Chief District Judge Gregory Frizzell began Wednesday in the state’s effort to stop construction of an Indian casino that is...
article Turning point on 'Red Clay'
(Oklahoma) -- Clearly defined action by the courts, with regard to whether the Red Clay Casino may be closer to beginning Class III operations in Broken in the coming...
article April was a cruel month for casinos
(Connecticut) -- Slot-machine revenues plummeted last month at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun, tumbling by 13.4 and 10.8 percent, respectively.
article Foxwoods slot revenue down 13.4% for April
(Connecticut) -- Foxwoods Resort Casino on Tuesday reported slot revenue of $49.5 million in April, a decrease of 13.4 percent from April 2011. Slot handle, the amount...
article Cherokee crafts plans for tree-top canopy walk and family adventure park
(North Carolina) -- The next five years could include the construction of an adventure park, a canopy walk and another casino for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,...
article Rincon tribe to build gas station, car wash, store complex
(California) -- The Rincon Band of Mission Indians announced plans to build a travel plaza including convenience store, gas station, car wash and sandwich restaurant...
article CSM: States should fold on Internet gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- California and New Jersey, each seek more revenue, are leading the states toward Internet gambling, starting with online poker. But this all-too-...
article Tribe donates funds in Waldport
(Oregon) -- The Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund distributed $126,729 to 48 organizations on May 4 as it continued its quarterly donations to nonprofit...
article Gilley's brings 'Urban Cowboy' charm to Choctaw Casino Resort
(Oklahoma) -- Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant is going country. Big Time. Construction soon will be complete for its themed entertainment venue, Gilley’s.
 
 
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Native News: Latest News
9:02pm 5-16-2012
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article Project denied, but opponents say door open
(California) -- What was expected to be the final chapter in the seven-year battle over a proposed Temecula-area rock mine could be the jumping-off point for a court...
article 'Shocking' twist in quarry hearing
(California) -- The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 Tuesday to affirm its denial of Granite Construction's Liberty Quarry project, a rock mine that...
article No surrender: Fighting Sioux nickname supporters vow to fight on to June vote
(North Dakota) -- People working to persuade North Dakota voters to allow retirement of UND’s Fighting Sioux nickname next month say they’re encouraged by...
article Obama Administration Threatens to Veto House Version of VAWA
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama Administration released a Statement of Administration Policy (PDF) yesterday in which the administration threatened to veto the House...
article House Vote Sets Up Battle on Domestic Violence Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- After a fierce fight, full of gender politics, the House passed a Republican bill on Wednesday to combat violence against women, over objections...
article VAWA Passes House Sans Tribal Court Provisions
(Washington D.C.) -- A reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives on May 16 sans tribal court...
article Split Lake protest decries First Nation living conditions
(Manitoba) -- Protesters on the Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Split Lake, Man., are demanding the resignation of their chief and council over what they say are poor living...
article Colo. man charged with taking Navajo Nation funds
(New Mexico) -- Federal authorities say a man who allegedly spent millions of Navajo Nation funds for personal use has been indicted on federal tax evasion charges.
article Native Sun News: Oglala Sioux Tribe plans veterans cemetery
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe soon will have its own place to memorialize war heroes and bring military family members home to rest with a new $6 million...
article Oglala Sioux tribe looks to extend bus program
(South Dakota) -- For the people living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, traveling to Rapid City may soon be as simple as hopping on a bus.
article Tribe Seeks Injunction To Stop Desert Wind Energy Project
(California) -- The Quechan Indian Tribe filed a complaint in federal court on Monday asking a judge to halt the Ocotillo Express Wind Project slated for western...
article Aglukkaq says activists hurt Inuit ability to feed families
(Canada) -- A federal cabinet minister slammed activist groups who she says interfere in Inuit traditions, blaming them for food security problems in the North.
article Sioux Nation Superstore Claims Spoiled-Meat Problems Fixed
(South Dakota) -- Richard Whitmarsh, director of Sioux Nation Superstore, in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, has responded publicly to charges of spoiled-meat sales that...
article Major Player in Fight Against Coal Company Bows Out
(Texas) -- In what the leader of an environmental group said was a surprising and stunning blow to an effort to stop a Mexican company from mining coal on the border, an...
article Environmental groups file suit against Navajo Mine
(New Mexico) -- A coalition of environmental groups has filed suit against BHP Billiton's plans to expand mining activities at Navajo Mine, saying an environmental...
article Groups appeal air quality permit for Shell Arctic drilling
(Alaska) -- Environmental and Alaska Native groups on Wednesday appealed an air permit granted by the Environmental Protection Agency to a Shell Oil drilling ship that...
article Native Sun News: State seeks tribe's help with energy impacts
(North Dakota) -- Government leaders in North Dakota want the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation to help them tackle the impacts of the Bakken oil...
article DC Circuit dismisses challenge to Western Shoshone trust bill
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit that challenges the distribution of a $185 million trust fund.
article The ancient American bones at centre of two lawsuits
(California) -- They may have been dead for more than 9000 years, but the future looks uncertain for two early Americans unearthed in 1976 below the University of...
article Doug George-Kanentiio: 'Crooked Arrows' scores on the screen
(New York) -- Crooked Arrows marks a new venture in filmmaking, one in which Native people break free from being mere subjects of a movie into a new reality where they...
article Navajo Police Sgt. Darrell Curley remembered at National Police Week memorial events
(Washington D.C.) -- Navajo Police Sgt. Darrell Curley, who was shot and killed after responding to a domestic dispute between two brothers in Kaibito, Ariz., June 26,...
 
 
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Gaming: Latest News
8:30pm 5-16-2012
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article Senate leader wants to legalize online poker
(Illinois) -- Senate President John Cullerton floated the idea Tuesday of making Illinois an Internet gambling hub, suggesting the state could organize a major online...
article IL Senate president proposes iGaming plan for the state
(Illinois) -- Senate President John Cullerton, asserting “time is of the essence,” wants lawmakers to approve his plan to regulate Internet gambling in...
article How gambling on the World Series of Poker could influence play
(Las Vegas) -- Addicts rejoice! You can now gamble on gambling. Yes, this year, the Gaming Control Board of Nevada will allow gamblers to bet on the outcomes of various...
article East Coast Gaming Congress panel under way in Atlantic City
(Atlantic City) -- A panel moderated by Atlantic City Alliance President Liza Cartmell is now under way at the East Coast Gaming Congress.
article Pa. table games receipts fall in April from record
(Pennsylvania) -- April gambling receipts from table games at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos fell a month after hitting a record high as competition grows in bordering...
article Lawmakers: Gambling expansion will pass this week
(Illinois) -- Gambling proponents say a measure to allow five new casinos, allow more slot machines at existing casinos and put slots at racetracks in Illinois is going...
article Up to $1.9 million in lobbyist spending tied to gambling debate
(Florida) -- As debate on a proposal to build three South Florida “destination resorts” heated up, both sides accused the other of spending big bucks on...
article Hanover mayor hopes to save slots revenue
(Ontario) -- Hanover Mayor Kathi Maskell thinks there might be a way for provincial gaming and horse racing in Hanover to survive Ontario’s decision to increase...
article Stats: Cleveland Horseshoe Casino's first full day
(Ohio) -- The anticipation was thick. The excitement was heavy. The line was long. It all paid off as thousands packed inside Ohio's first casino with hopes of...
article O’Malley will call special session on gambling
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O’Malley said Wednesday afternoon that the Maryland General Assembly will convene in a second special session this year to address the...
article Lottery calls discrepancies at casino 'display error"
(New York) -- A Lake George woman uses an iPhone to capture an unexplained drop in her total while playing a video lottery terminal at the Saratoga Casino and Raceway....
article Back-and-forth continues as NYRA fires its salvo
(New York) -- The New York Racing Association, under fire for its handling of a takeout overcharging situation and subsequent naming of a new president and secretary,...
article BLOG: A casino proposal's obvious flaw
(Arkansas) -- I wrote yesterday that Delaware North, owner of the Southland Park casino at West Memphis where gamblers pour more than a billion a year into the slots,...
article Car dealer sues Orleans Parish DA over gambling debt 'bounty'
(Louisiana) -- A prominent Mississippi car dealer has sued Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro in federal court, claiming Cannizzaro is violating his civil...
article DoubleDown goes all in: adds Texas Hold ‘Em to Facebook
(California) -- Full-on social online gambling might not becoming a part of our everyday lives especially soon, but that hasn’t stopped casino games from becoming...
article Social gaming to gambling: states inch forward
(USA) -- When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a...
article GROCHOWSKI; Calculating odds not always simple
(Illinois) -- There’s a coincidence of arithmetic about double-zero roulette that once led a reader to a minor confusion about the house edge.
article Boyd to Buy Peninsula Gaming for $200 Million
(Las Vegas) -- Boyd Gaming Corp. has agreed to acquire fellow casino operator Peninsula Gaming LLC for $200 million in cash, expanding the U.S. gambling company's...
article Boyd Gaming acquisition includes two La. properties
(Louisiana) -- Boyd Gaming Corp. will pick up the Evangeline Downs Racetrack and Casino in Opelousas and the Amelia Belle Casino in Amelia as part of a $1.45 billion,...
article Kansas Star Casino is Peninsula’s ‘jewel,’ Boyd Gaming says
(Kansas) -- The new Kansas Star Casino is clearly viewed as the top prize in the Peninsula Gaming LLC portfolio by Boyd Gaming Corp., which announced Wednesday that it...
 
 
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Press Releases
10:00pm 5-9-2012
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San Diego County Acted Illegally in Attempting to Seize Non-Gaming Funds, Tribe Says
(California) -- The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel said today that San Diego County officials acted illegally in attempting seizure of the tribe’s governmental funds...
Lummi Nation honors community organizations with more than $900,000 in charitable giving
(Washington) -- Yesterday, the Lummi Nation hosted a reception to honor the Lummi Tribe’s Community Contributions at the Silver Reef Casino, Hotel and Spa. ...
NIGC Announces Regulatory Review Tribal Consultations
(Washington D.C.) -- The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC/Commission) announced today that it has scheduled five consultations in 2012 as part of its continued...
 
   

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