LegislationBroken Arrow Casino
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Turning point on 'Red Clay' (5/16/2012)
(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...
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Eastern Band of Cherokee
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Live-dealer gaming moves forward (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- The state Senate has approved a measure allowing live dealers at table games in Indian casinos in North Carolina. The gaming compact was one of the...
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NC Senate Takes Up Cherokee Casino Card Games (5/16/2012)
(North Carolina) -- North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state’s only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games.
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NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games bill (5/16/2012)
(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...
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Logjam broken on live dealers for Cherokee, but not a done deal yet (5/9/2012)
(North Carolina) -- A political impasse over live dealers and table games at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino has been resolved, but the tribe still has some heavy lifting...
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Illinois Online
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IL Senate president proposes iGaming plan for the state (5/16/2012)
(Illinois) -- Senate President John Cullerton, asserting “time is of the essence,” wants lawmakers to approve his plan to regulate Internet gambling in...
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John Cullerton wants to make Illinois an 'internet gambling hub' (5/16/2012)
(Illinois) -- Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has a plan that he believes will give the state "first in the nation status." Senate President John...
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Illinois bill aims to capture Internet gambling money (5/15/2012)
(Illinois) -- Cash-strapped Illinois would gain hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenue under legislation introduced on Tuesday to create an Internet gambling...
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Illinois Senate president champions online gambling (5/15/2012)
(Illinois) -- Illinois should move quickly to establish itself as an international leader in online poker and other types of Internet gambling, state Senate President...
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Senate leader wants to legalize online poker (5/15/2012)
(Illinois) -- Senate President John Cullerton floated the idea Tuesday of making Illinois an Internet gambling hub, suggesting the state could organize a major online...
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Maryland Gaming
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O’Malley will call special session on gambling (5/16/2012)
(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...
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P.G. casino bid headed for special legislative session (5/9/2012)
(Maryland) -- Gov. Martin O'Malley said he'll move this week to set up a commission to study the expansion of gambling in Maryland, and that a special session on...
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Internet Cafes
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Ohio legislators ignore the obvious about Internet cafes (5/15/2012)
(Ohio) -- Recognizing that Ohio was en- tering a new era with the opening of the first of four legal gambling casinos in the state, the General Assembly rushed to pass...
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Bill seeks regulation of gaming at cafes (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- Sweepstakes parlors and Internet cafes would be required to obtain licenses and post game-winning odds, under legislation being considered in the Ohio Senate.
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California Online
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California offered piece of the action from Internet poker (5/14/2012)
(California) -- As state leaders sweat over another possible round of cuts from schools and social services, casino operators are offering officials a cut of the action...
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Vikings Stadium
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Minnesota Governor Signs Agreement for New $975 Million Vikings Stadium (5/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Today, Gov. Mark Dayton authorized an agreement to build a new $975 million stadium for the Minnesota Vikings at the same site of the team’s current...
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Money questions remain about Vikings stadium (5/12/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Now that the Minnesota Vikings will get their new stadium, the worrying can begin over a gambling expansion designed to pay the state's share of the $...
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Senate Passes Bill for New Vikings Stadium, Likely Killing White Earth Nation’s Proposal (5/11/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Senate approved the final version of a bill for a new Vikings Stadium on May 9, likely knocking the White Earth Nation’s MinnesotaWins...
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Touchdown! ‘Skol, Vikings’ heard ‘round Capitol (5/11/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Vikings and their fans have something to cheer about. And they did cheer and sang “Skol, Vikings,” the team’s fight song,...
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Senate shoots down White Earth metro casino proposal (5/9/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota Vikings fans would pay user fees under a revised Senate bill to construct a stadium debated Tuesday.
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Huddle up (5/9/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Charges of wealthy guys in $3,000 suits strong-arming the legislative process and unspoken forces attempting to run out the clock on the Minnesota Vikings...
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Stadium bill pressed for time as it moves forward (5/9/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The task of finding a way to build a Vikings stadium falls to six legislative negotiators after the House and Senate passed different plans.
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After House says yes to Vikings stadium, now its Senate's turn (5/8/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The largest single construction project Minnesota officials ever have considered goes in front of the state Senate today. A $975 million plan to build a...
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New Jersey Online
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New Jersey Online Gambling Bill Moves Closer to Reality (5/12/2012)
(New Jersey) -- A new bill which will allow casinos in Atlantic City to offer online gambling has been approved by New Jersey’s State Assembly. Thursday’s...
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New Jersey Online Gambling Bill Passes House Committee (5/12/2012)
(New Jersey) -- The New Jersey House Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee passed Senator Ray Lesniak's online gambling legalization bill with three votes in...
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Internet Gambling Bill Advances In The NJ Assembly [AUDIO] (5/11/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Legislation to authorize Internet wagering at Atlantic City casinos to enable New Jerseyans to wager on casino games via the Internet was released...
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New Jersey Internet Bill ‘90 Percent’ Ready, Sponsor Says (5/11/2012)
(New Jersey) -- A heavily-amended Internet gambling bill in the New Jersey Assembly cleared a key committee vote Thursday, prompting its sponsor to declare that the...
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Online Gambling Bill Gets Approved by NJ State Assembly (5/11/2012)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey is looking to become the first state to legalize online gambling after a State Assembly panel yesterday approved a bill allowing Internet...
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Atlantic City Internet Wagering Bill Clears Committee (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- The Assembly Gaming Committee released by a 3-1 vote, with one abstention, a bill that would enable residents to place wagers on Atlantic City casino...
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Internet gambling bill moves forward in (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- An Internet gambling bill being considered by New Jersey lawmakers could allow Atlantic City's casinos to take bets from people in other states or...
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Internet gambling in N.J. rolls one step closer to reality (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Internet gambling is a step closer to reality in New Jersey after an Assembly panel this morning advanced legislation proponents say is critical to the...
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Internet Gaming Bill Moves Forward (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats John Burzichelli, Vincent Prieto and Ruben J. Ramos Jr. to authorize Internet wagering at Atlantic City...
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Lesniak Concerned NJ Gov. Christie is Wavering Support for Internet Gambling Legislation (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey State Sen. Raymond Lesniak is concerned that Gov. Chris Christie's political ambitions are getting in the way of his previous support for...
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New Jersey Assembly panel approves online gambling bill (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- The legalization of Internet wagers cleared the state Assembly’s gambling committee Thursday morning, as lawmakers race to make New Jersey the...
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New Jersey Internet Poker Legislation In Limbo (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- According to a report in a prominent Pennsylvania newspaper, the legislation that would open up the state of New Jersey for internet gaming and poker is...
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Online poker bill passes one hurdle – but it’s not near a finish line yet (5/10/2012)
(New Jersey) -- An Assembly committee on Thursday approved a bill that could make New Jersey the first state to allow residents to bet on internet versions of casino...
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Ohio Gaming
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Wide-ranging gambling bill clears Ohio Senate (5/12/2012)
(Ohio) -- Just days ahead of the opening of Ohio's first casino, state senators on Wednesday passed a wide-ranging gambling bill that aims to sort out the...
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Ohio bill makes horsemen eligible for split of casino revenue (5/11/2012)
(Ohio) -- Ohio’s horsemen could be eligible to receive as much as 11 percent of the revenue from racetrack casinos in the state under language added to a Senate...
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Ohio Bill Sets VLT Purse Share at 9% Minimum (5/11/2012)
(Ohio) -- Casino cleanup legislation passed by the Ohio Senate May 10 has some new horse racing-related language, including a section that ensures the industry will get...
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Wide-ranging gambling bill clears Ohio Senate (5/10/2012)
(Ohio) -- Just days ahead of the opening of Ohio's first casino, state senators on Wednesday passed a wide-ranging gambling bill that aims to sort out the...
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Bill to update Ohio gambling laws passes Ohio Senate (5/9/2012)
(Ohio) -- A bill that would update Ohio gambling laws passed the Ohio Senate Wednesday, leaving out previous language that would have allowed one charity card room in...
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Gambling bill goes to Ohio state panel for debate (5/9/2012)
(Ohio) -- With less than a week before the first of Ohio’s new casinos opens its doors, state lawmakers continue to haggle over legislation regulating legalized...
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Ohio Senate to Vote on Gambling Bill as Early as Wednesday (5/9/2012)
(Ohio) -- The Ohio Senate could be voting on a gambling bill as early as today that would help bring order to the multiple types of gambling in the state, including...
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Gambling bill nixes card rooms (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- A rewrite of the state’s gambling law authorizing slot machines at Ohio’s seven horse racing tracks will not include a provision allowing county...
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In reversal, charity card rooms are out of gambling bill (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- Senate Republicans reversed course, at least for now, and decided this afternoon to yank a provision out of a gambling-law rewrite that would have allowed one...
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Ohio Senate to vote on bill regulating state's gambling (5/8/2012)
(Ohio) -- A bill that tries to bring order to Ohio's multiple moving parts when it comes to casinos, racetrack slots parlors, and other gambling is headed for a full...
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Graton Rancheria
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RP Casino Gets Another Legislative Green Light (5/11/2012)
(California) -- The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are just one approval away from clearing the decks for construction on a massive gambling casino and hotel...
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State Senate Okays Petaluma Casino Project (5/8/2012)
(California) -- Plans for a massive gambling casino and resort hotel in Rohnert Park have taken a major step forward as the State Senate in Sacramento ratifies an...
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Foxborough Casino
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Vote Spurs Massachusetts Casino Partners to Fold (5/8/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Residents of a Massachusetts town near Boston notched a victory against a gambling magnate and the owner of a professional football team, forcing them...
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Illinois Gaming
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Quinn says gambling not the focus this spring (5/8/2012)
(Illinois) -- Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday took aim at the latest effort for a major gambling expansion, saying it's not a priority compared to efforts to reform the...
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Other News
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House voting on violence bill, draws veto threat (5/16/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The House is voting on a Republican-written bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act, but the White House has threatened to veto it.
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Obama Administration Threatens to Veto House Version of VAWA (5/16/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The Obama Administration released a Statement of Administration Policy (PDF) yesterday in which the administration threatened to veto the House...
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VAWA Passes House Sans Tribal Court Provisions (5/16/2012)
(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...
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Del. Eyes Slots Winnings for Child Support (5/16/2012)
(Delaware) -- A bill allowing state officials to seize gambling winnings from people who owe child support is on its way to the governor.
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Native American women have little recourse against attackers (5/15/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- As a result of the unprecedented rates of violent crimes against Native American women, there has been an increase in legislation dealing with...
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Violence Against Women Act Focus of Heavy Lobbying (5/15/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- This week the House is debating the reauthorization of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, and there seems to be little danger of a relapse of the...
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White House threatens veto of GOP anti-abuse bill (5/15/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The White House is threatening to veto a Republican-written bill to reauthorize the 1994 Violence Against Women Act.
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VAWA in Retreat: House’s version withdraws necessary protections (5/14/2012)
(New York) -- “A victim is a victim is a victim,” said Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, R-Onondaga Hill, defending a flawed bill she co-sponsored that would renew...
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Searching for a VAWA Floor Amendment to Save Native Protections (5/9/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- The Republican-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee did as it was expected to May 8 and voted to strip out Native American and other protections from...
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Pokie bill passes first reading (5/9/2012)
(New Zealand) -- A bill giving local authorities the power to cut back on pokie machines in pubs and clubs, or get rid of them altogether, has passed its first reading...
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Gambling amendment could affect SkyCity plans (5/8/2012)
(New Zealand) -- A proposed amendment to the Gambling Act could affect a controversial SkyCity plan to add more pokie machines to the casino in Auckland.
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Maori Party gambling bill gets hearing (5/8/2012)
(New Zealand) -- As public opposition grows to the Government’s plan to allow Sky City Casino to up its number of pokies in exchange for building a convention...
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Arkansas poker palace finds AG approval, now it's up to voters (5/4/2012)
(Arkansas) -- In a statement issued this week, The Nancy Todd Poker Palace was pleased to announce the Attorney General had in fact approved their third submission for...
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Push for Arkansas casinos underway with ballot initiative (5/4/2012)
(Arkansas) -- A group looking to start casinos in Arkansas began collecting signatures Friday to get on the November ballot. But those behind the idea for a "poker...
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Bill would boost Indian reservation health care (5/4/2012)
(California) -- Health care providers will be able to practice on Indian reservations without a California medical license if a bill passed by the Assembly becomes law.
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Bill would boost Indian reservation health care (5/3/2012)
(California) -- Health care providers will be able to practice on Indian reservations without a California medical license if a bill passed by the Assembly becomes law.
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Noem opposes listing Native women in anti-violence bill (4/28/2012)
(Washington) -- Naming American Indian women and other groups as victims covered by the federal Violence Against Women Act would be a mistake, Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D.,...
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Indian cultural center: a worthwhile investment in Oklahoma's future (4/28/2012)
(Oklahoma) -- Oklahoma is in a position unlike any other time in its history. With the renaissance of downtown Oklahoma City and the Oklahoma River transformation into a...
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Violence Against Women Act Passage a Victory for Native Women (4/27/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- After a long struggle to include a provision into legislation that will serve to better protect Native women against violence, the United States...
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BLOG: Violence Against Women Act Passes Senate. But… (4/27/2012)
(Washington) -- The US Senate passed the Violence Against Women Act intact, with badly needed protections for thousands of domestic violence victims who currently have...
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