Law & PoliticsFlorida Gaming
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COLUMN: No destination casinos in Florida in 2012 (2/22/2012)
(Florida) -- The destination casino bill was put to rest in the Florida House of Representatives Subcommittee on Business and Consumer Affairs last month. Though a vote...
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STUTZ: Supporters of Florida casino expansion promise to fight on (2/19/2012)
(Florida) -- Supporters of legislation that could land three destination-style casinos in South Florida weren't overly disappointed Feb. 3 when state lawmakers...
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Lansing Casino
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Lansing casino controversy (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- Public relations executive Kelly Rossman-McKinney resigned from the Lansing Economic Development Corp. board today following a request by Mayor Virg...
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Lansing casino gets a boost (and leads to a resignation) (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- The proposed Lansing casino project has picked up a key endorsement. But there is some controversy of about the decision by a city economic development...
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Lansing casino OK'd by LEDC (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- The Lansing Economic Development Corp. board this morning unanimously approved a comprehensive development agreement for the proposed Lansing Kewadin...
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Lansing Casino One Step Closer to Reality (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- Backers of a proposed casino in Downtown Lansing have jumped yet another hurdle. In a two-hour meeting Wednesday morning, The Lansing Economic Development...
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Lansing casino plans approved by economic development board (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- The board of the Lansing Economic Development Corp. approved plans for a $245 million tribal casino at a special meeting Wednesday by a 6-0 vote with one...
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Lansing Casino ‘conflict’ (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero called on public relations executive Kelly Rossman-McKinney to resign today from the Lansing Economic Development Corp. Board...
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Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero accuses LEDC board member Kelly Rossman-McKinney of "flagrant abuse of public trust," demands resignation (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- Following a special meeting where the Lansing Economic Development Corp. board approved plans for a proposed casino, Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero issued a...
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Rossman-McKinney quits LEDC board after casino vote (2/22/2012)
(Michigan) -- A Lansing Economic Development Corp. board member who recused herself from a vote on a comprehensive development agreement for the proposed Lansing Kewadin...
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Casino hearings set; more questions from Council (2/21/2012)
(Michigan) -- Depending on public turnout, March 12 may be a long night for the Lansing City Council. At its meeting Monday, the body set four public hearings on various...
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Who gets the jobs, if they come? (2/21/2012)
(Michigan) -- James Nye, a spokesman representing two tribes that oppose Lansing’s casino plan, is suggesting most of the 2,200 jobs — with a Lansing-area...
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City Council Interacts With Tribe Spokesman (2/20/2012)
(Michigan) -- Lansing residents will have a chance to weigh in on the possibility of a casino coming to the capital city. The city attorney Brig Smith admits at the...
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Lansing Casino developer: City officials not involved in selecting Christman (2/20/2012)
(Michigan) -- The managing director of the development group contracted by the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians to finance and build the proposed Lansing...
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Lansing Casino hearings on city council agenda tonight (2/20/2012)
(Michigan) -- Lansing City Council is scheduled to vote tonight to set three public hearings related to the proposed Lansing Kewadin casino.
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Lansing casino proposal details still sought by Council (2/20/2012)
(Michigan) -- Lansing City Council members told city and tribal attorneys Monday that they haven’t received answers that satisfy their questions about a proposed...
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Lansing city council expressing frustration at flow of information on casino project (2/20/2012)
(Michigan) -- Lansing city council members are expressing growing frustration at not getting the information they want about a proposed Indian casino project. The Sault...
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More Details To Be Released About Lansing Casino (2/20/2012)
(Michigan) -- More details may be released Monday night regarding the proposed plan to bring a casino to downtown Lansing. The Lansing city council's committee of...
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Palmer Casino
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Palmer Town Council President Paul Burns urges Mohegan Sun to find investors to boost casino proposal (2/22/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Town Council President Paul E. Burns thinks Mohegan Sun should find a partner, or investor, if it wants to make its plan to build a resort casino here...
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South Carolina Gaming
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South Carolina Gets One Step Closer to Passing Stricter Gambling Law (2/22/2012)
(South Carolina) -- Lawmakers in South Carolina are making headway in their effort to outlaw casino-style gaming machines that they believe circumvent state laws banning...
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Lawmakers tell tourism group S.C. casinos unlikely (2/21/2012)
(South Carolina) -- State lawmakers have told tourism leaders the prospects are unlikely for casino gambling in South Carolina. The lawmakers appeared Monday on a panel...
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Editorial: Time to reopen debate on gambling in SC (2/19/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The recent emergence of gambling issues on several fronts says it's time again for a full-throated debate on this subject, especially given South...
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LETTER: Lessons to be learned from casinos elsewhere (2/19/2012)
(South Carolina) -- From comments reported in this publication, the idea of a casino seems to have taken root. Like others, I have witnessed casino development and seen...
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Broken Arrow Casino
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BA councilors consider denying utilities to casino (2/21/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Broken Arrow city councilors will meet Tuesday to discuss the controversial Red Clay Casino. Councilors will look at if they can legally deny utilities to...
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BA resident tells council casino might not be so bad (2/21/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Tuesday night's Broken Arrow's city council meeting had a much different tone than the last one. Two weeks ago residents against a controversial...
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Broken Arrow council meeting takes more congenial turn on casino issues (2/21/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The neighborhood group opposing construction of the Red Clay Casino has dropped its demand that the City Council deny water and sewer services to the site...
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Harmony in Fight Against BA Casino (2/21/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- At the last city council meeting it was fire and brimstone, this time it was strawberries and ice cream. "I'd like to being my comments this...
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Anti-casino group seeks amendment to BA water ordinance (2/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- The neighborhood group fighting construction of an Indian casino is proposing amendments to ...
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BA Casino Flow of Information (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- For opponents of the casino it's become a two front war. A tireless effort to try and stop progress at the site, and a battle with the leadership at...
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Casino contacts began early (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Before neighborhood outrage against a tribal casino prompted the city of Broken Arrow to take an official position against it, records show that the city...
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Okla. City, Tribe Communicated Early About Casino (2/19/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- While the mayor of Broken Arrow said he didn't know an American Indian tribe was behind a controversial casino project until the media reported it in...
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BA officials knew of Kialegee plans Sept. 9, e-mails show (2/18/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Before neighborhood outrage against a tribal casino prompted the city of Broken Arrow to take an official position against it, records show that the city...
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Catawba Nation
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Catawbas postpone gambling plans until after judge's ruling (2/21/2012)
(South Carolina) -- The Catawba Indian Nation has put on hold its plans to launch a gaming operation this week, an attorney for the tribe said Tuesday. The Catawbas have...
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Jemez-Anthony Casino
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Jemez Pueblo submits application again for casino (2/21/2012)
(New Mexico) -- The Jemez Pueblo and its partner are hoping their third attempt at applying for an off-reservation casino with the Interior Department is a go. The...
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Jemez Pueblo Still Seeking Approval For Casino on I-10 (2/20/2012)
(New Mexico) -- Rebuffed twice already, Jemez Pueblo and partner Gerald Peters have resubmitted their application to the Interior Department seeking approval to build an...
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Wampanoag Casino
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Casinos industry spent millions lobbying in Mass. (2/21/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- When Massachusetts lawmakers finally adopted a bill to legalize casino gambling, it wasn't just a victory for would-be high rollers or the state...
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Chumash Tribe
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Hearing set in May on tribe’s liquor license (2/20/2012)
(California) -- The state agency responsible for alcohol licensing and compliance will hold a three-day public hearing in May on the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians...
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Indian Country Online
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Tribal Gaming Could Suffer if Intrastate Online Poker Gets its Way (2/20/2012)
(USA) -- Whilst everyone is busying themselves wondering if and when online poker may be legalized on an intra-state basis, there are reports in the casino gambling news...
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Iowa Online
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Iowa Senate subcommitte approves online poker bill (2/20/2012)
(Iowa) -- A Senate subcommittee on Monday approved a bill designed to legalize online poker in Iowa. The bill would bring online poker under state regulation despite...
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Online Legislation
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ANALYSIS: Online gambling: the geolocated road ahead (2/20/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Introduction On December 23, 2011, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) publicly released a legal opinion which reversed its long-held...
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Former Head of FBI – Regulate Online Gambling Now! (2/19/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Former FBI Director Louis Freeh and Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge penned an op-ed piece in last Friday’s Washington Examiner...
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US Payroll Legislation Won’t Include Online Poker Changes (2/18/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Hopes that the US payroll tax legislation unveiled on Thursday might contain moves to legalize online poker in the country were dashed on Thursday...
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Seneca Nation
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Grisanti to Press Charges in Casino Fight (2/19/2012)
(New York) -- In just over one week since a confrontation at the Seneca Niagara Casino, New York State Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife Maria have decided to press...
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NYS Senator Mark Grisanti To Press Charges (2/19/2012)
(New York) -- A week after a late night incident at the Seneca Niagara Casino involving New York State Senator Mark Grisanti, his wife Maria, and alleged attackers who...
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Senator Grisanti files charges in attack (2/19/2012)
(New York) -- Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife Maria are pressing charges against the women who they say attacked Maria on February 10 at the Seneca Niagara Casino.
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The police report from Grisanti's fight (2/19/2012)
(New York) -- A reader named Steve Aldrin sent the unredacted police report [pages 1, 2 & 3] from the night State Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife were involved in...
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Disenrollment
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Hardship follows some expelled Pala members (2/18/2012)
(California) -- After her mother and her sister died of breast cancer, Berdine Riggs, 40, decided not to take a chance and had both her breasts removed, on the advice of...
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OP/ED: Disenrollments are nothing short of tribal terrorism (2/18/2012)
(California) -- The Sierra Star has done an excellent job in bringing the shameful acts of dissenrollments of members of the Chukchansi Indians to the public.
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Sheboygan Casino
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Other View: Casinos won’t provide jackpot (2/18/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- City leaders in Sheboygan are betting on a casino for new jobs and revenue. So are officials in economically hard-hit Beloit. So are a lot of governors...
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Vikings Stadium
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White Earth Proposes Metro-Area Casino to Fund Vikings Stadium (2/18/2012)
(Minnesota) -- On February 16, the White Earth Nation pitched developing a Twin Cities metro-area casino that it would operate in partnership with the State of Minnesota.
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Other News
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Internet gambling bill passes House, headed to Senate (2/21/2012)
(Utah) -- The effort to make certain Internet gambling is never allowed in Utah plowed forward on Tuesday as members of the state's House of Representatives approved...
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Georgia House subcommittee passes Indian-casino bill (2/21/2012)
(Georgia) -- A super majority of the General Assembly would have to approve any land transfer to an Indian tribe wanting to open a casino under legislation that passed...
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Commissioners to consider annexation on Tuesday (2/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- When Shawnee city commissioners meet Tuesday evening, they will consider an ordinance annexing property north of MacArthur between Acme Road and U.S. 177...
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BA Casino Flow of Information (2/20/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- For opponents of the casino it's become a two front war. A tireless effort to try and stop progress at the site, and a battle with the leadership at city...
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Tribal Long-Term Municipal Bonds Fall (2/19/2012)
(USA) -- The pervasive lack of bond financing in Indian country was underlined yet again by the release of yearly figures that showed tribes going backwards in the...
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Brown seeks to consolidate gambling oversight (2/19/2012)
(California) -- As California considers a major expansion of legalized gambling, Gov. Jerry Brown wants to revamp how the state regulates the industry and protects its...
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Editorial: The character of a community at stake (2/19/2012)
(California) -- The Battle of Jamul, probably the fiercest fight ever involving an Indian casino proposed for rural San Diego County, is on again. Encouragingly, it...
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AZ officials say they guard against welfare spending on gambling, liquor (2/19/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Rod Aranki sees it “a couple times a week” – people coming into his Phoenix store, the Liquor Wheel, and trying to buy alcohol...
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Battle over Wappo tribe's future (2/18/2012)
(California) -- The Mishewal Wappo Indians of Alexander Valley could be called Sonoma County’s lost tribe. They lost their land and their tribal status in 1959,...
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OP/ED: How the Wappo should have been treated (2/18/2012)
(California) -- I would offer that Napa County’s political position and diplomatic exploit toward the federal recognition of the Mishewal Wappo tribe is that of...
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Commentary: Jack Ambramoff advising on ways to clean up Washington (2/18/2012)
(North Carolina) -- If you want learn how to protect a bank, you ask a famous bank robber like Willie Sutton. If you want to know how to clean up Washington, you ask...
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Letter: Column on Pequots, Foxwoods makes one wonder how many other tribes are legitimate (2/18/2012)
(Florida) -- Charles de Garmo's Feb. 3 column, "Pequots, politics and pluck, how a tiny tribe built an empire," was very interesting. Coming from the...
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Alleged rights violations spark contention among Ute tribe, county governments (2/15/2012)
(Utah) -- A long-running dispute between tribal and non-tribal governments over criminal jurisdiction in the Uintah Basin is threatening to throw a wrench into a...
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Two tribes in Oklahoma ask for judgment in water rights suit (2/15/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Lawyers representing the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations have asked a federal judge to issue a partial summary judgment in their water rights case against...
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2NEWS Investigation: Tracking Indian casino money (2/13/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Eight years after the state of Oklahoma changed a law regarding Indian gaming, casinos are bringing in millions to the state. At the same time, controversy...
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SEC looking into Wynn’s dealings in Macau (2/13/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Casino resort operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. of Las Vegas on Monday disclosed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into its $135 million...
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Recession has tribal gaming companies restructuring debt (2/12/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Florida's Seminole Tribe has turned Indian gaming into a global enterprise and big returns, but not all reservation casinos are doing as well.
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Christensen: 'Casino Jack' now advises reform (2/12/2012)
(North Carolina) -- If you want learn how to protect a bank, you ask a famous bank robber like Willie Sutton. If you want to know how to clean up Washington, you ask...
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National Indian Gaming Association Chair Ernie Stevens Visits Tribal Council (2/12/2012)
(Kansas) -- Ernie Stevens (front row, right) stopped by the Government Center today and paid a visit to Tribal Council members who were in session. Stevens (Oneida) is...
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Feinstein Urges Protection of Napa Valley, Opposes New Casino Development (2/11/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) expressed firm opposition to any action by the Department of the Interior that would facilitate the development...
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