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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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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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Minnesota Senate approves proposed $975 million Vikings stadium (5/8/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Senate approved a Vikings stadium construction bill 38-28 late Tuesday night. Bill author Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, said the bill was a...
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House approves Vikings stadium bill (5/7/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota House approved a new Vikings stadium late Monday. The 73-58 vote sends it to the Senate, where it could be debated today or Wednesday.
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Vikings stadium vote set for Monday after Republicans abandon last-minute plan (5/3/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Vikings stadium plan is finally getting a floor vote in the state Legislature on Monday.
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Vikings stadium plan gains a roof, and some traction (5/2/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The roof was off. Now it's back on. The pricetag for taxpayers is still unknown. What's clear is that an 11th-hour GOP proposal for a less...
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Lawmakers look to change stadium proposal (5/1/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Legislators are looking at ways to change the Vikings stadium proposal, including discussions about an open-air stadium and the possibility of repaying...
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Vikings stadium bill survives tough fight; to get full Senate vote (4/29/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A Vikings stadium construction plan will receive a full Senate vote after what its Senate author described as a brutal Friday committee hearing lasting...
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Vikings stadium caught in Capitol stare down (4/29/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A chief author of the Minnesota Vikings stadium plan said Sunday it was "very questionable" that the project would win approval unless Gov. Mark...
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BLOG: Vikings stadium momentum slows (4/27/2012)
(Minnesota) -- That racino(s) + electronic pulltabs combo is still alive for a stadium funding package. But don’t count on it for much longer. Tim Nelson’s...
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GOP group opposes gambling expansion for stadium (4/27/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Highlighting a strong divide in the Republican Party, group of GOP legislators spoke out strongly against a proposed expansion of charitable gambling to...
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Key committee sends $1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium bill to full state Senate for vote (4/27/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The $1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium bill narrowly survived a skewering late Friday in the Senate Taxes Committee, which moved the bill to the Senate...
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Minn. GOP lawmakers want game-tied stadium taxes (4/27/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Most Republican lawmakers who control Minnesota's Legislature never met a tax increase they liked, but a handful said Thursday that the state's...
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Vikings stadium bill clears last major hurdle for full Senate vote (4/27/2012)
(Minnesota) -- After years of negotiating, lobbying and debate, it appears a $1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium will finally get a vote in the Minnesota House and...
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Vikings stadium financing plan: It's complicated (4/27/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A selling point for the Minnesota Vikings stadium plan, advocates say, is that it doesn't depend on general tax dollars. That would mean it doesn'...
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Sansevere: Vikings stadium makes sense with White Earth casino plan (4/18/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Some state legislators have put the brakes on funding for a new Vikings stadium. There is reluctance for a variety of reasons, ranging from giving money...
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'Very disappointed' Dayton still holds out hope for a Vikings stadium bill (4/17/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Gov. Mark Dayton said Tuesday, April 17, that he's "very disappointed'' a House committee rejected a proposal to use public money to help...
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Minnesota governor says that, without stadium deal in 2013, Vikings will leave (4/17/2012)
(Minnesota) -- With the effort to build a new Vikings stadium once again dead in the water of 10,000 lakes, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has explained in no uncertain...
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OP/ED: Metro casino plan a good bet (4/9/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Minnesota politicians should get their heads out of the sand and take a closer look at a sweetened proposal by the White Earth Nation to build a metro-...
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Sen. Miller’s bill funds state’s portion of new Vikings stadium (4/9/2012)
(Minnesota) -- District 31 Sen. Jeremy Miller announced Thursday he is sponsoring a bill that will fund the entire state’s portion of the proposed new Vikings...
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Metro casino getting little support (4/8/2012)
(Minnesota) -- One of the options offered to legislators is having a metro casino operated by the White Earth tribe, which would then cover the state’s portion of...
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Vikings stadium plan, with charitable gambling in place, passes first committee test (4/3/2012)
(Minnesota) -- With startling efficiency, a House committee last night approved the proposal for a new Vikings stadium in Minneapolis, along with a controversial funding...
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Vikings stadium bill stalls at first hearing, will get retooling (3/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Negotiators for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium scrambled to rework the plan Wednesday after it stalled in a crucial first committee hearing amid...
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Vikings stadium hearing abruptly ends with no vote; leader says stadium bill can come back (3/14/2012)
(Minnesota) -- A Vikings stadium construction debate in a Senate committee ended abruptly this afternoon when questions began piling up about the bill, but the Senate...
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Sports Betting
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LoBiondo bill would bring sports betting to NJ (5/1/2012)
(New Jersey) -- U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo has introduced a bill that would amend the New Jersey state constitution and allow sports betting.
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Sports betting gets a push in New Jersey (5/1/2012)
(New Jersey) -- If you thought bipartisanship between Republicans and Democrats in Congress was gone forever, you'd be wrong. Reps. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., and Frank...
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Wynn oddsmaker Johnny Avello talks about setting odds on — everything (4/10/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- As the director of Race and Sports Operations at Wynn Las Vegas, Johnny Avello sets odds on everything, from sporting events to the Oscars to reality...
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For Bettors, Masters Is a Major Event, Too (4/4/2012)
(Georgia) -- Golf and gambling have been linked forever. Countless weekend foursomes begin their rounds with the familiar first-tee question: “So, what are we...
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NFL to Vote on Allowing Casinos Without Sports Books to Advertise in Stadiums (3/31/2012)
(USA) -- National Football League (NFL) owners may vote as early as this week on whether to allow casinos without sports books to advertise in stadiums, team...
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Top officials frown at possible legalization of sports wagering (3/19/2012)
(Las Vegas) -- Top officials at the NCAA and major professional sports leagues usually grit their teeth and frown when conversations turn to the possible future...
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Counselors warn of problem gambling (3/18/2012)
(Wisconsin) -- As Wisconsin and Marquette fans sit glued to their sets Saturday, some had more than just pride and bragging rights riding on the outcomes of the games.
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Chief Wahoo
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Standing Up And Staying Put: Two Decades of Protesting the Cleveland Indians’ Chief Wahoo (4/17/2012)
(Ohio) -- Major League baseball is a game of hallowed traditions. For the Cleveland Indians, the traditional throwing out of the first pitch every season is accompanied...
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New baseball season brings fresh protests against Cleveland Indians mascot (4/7/2012)
(Ohio) -- It's the Cleveland Indians home opener and the grounds outside Progressive Field are a sea of red and blue jerseys.
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Rite of Spring: The Annual Protest Against the Cleveland Indians’ Shameful Mascot, Chief Wahoo (4/7/2012)
(Ohio) -- Outside Progressive Field in Cleveland, a small group gathered Thursday to protest the Indians’ nickname and mascot, Chief Wahoo, a protest that’s...
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Payday Loans
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ALMS: FTC Investigating Tucker, Level 5 (4/5/2012)
(California) -- In a developing story that SPEED.com has been monitoring this week, the future of Level 5 Motorsports could be in jeopardy following a recent motion set...
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Minnesota Gaming
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Charitable gambling organizations resist Vikings’ stadium bill (3/31/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Bob Norregaard has his doubts about using electronic gambling games to fund a new Vikings stadium. “I can’t really see where it’s going...
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Minnesota Vikings Stadium Advocates Using Bogus Poll (3/31/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The Minnesota Vikings want taxpayers to cover roughly half the cost of a new $975 million stadium near the Metrodome. The Metrodome has been home to the...
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Foxborough Casino
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The Beginning Of The End For Patriots In Foxboro? Kraft and Town Squabble Turns Ugly (3/27/2012)
(Massachusetts) -- Since the announcement that Patriots owner Robert Kraft had desires to bring one of the newly approved Massachusetts Casinos to Foxboro, the...
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Fighting Sioux
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'Fighting Sioux' out of sight but never out of mind at North Dakota (3/25/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The divisive battle over the University of North Dakota's controversial nickname persists among relentless supporters, an unshakable NCAA and a...
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‘Sioux’ debate working its way through the courts (3/25/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The University of North Dakota’s hockey team will skate this weekend in uniforms without the Fighting Sioux nickname, but the name, its use and...
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'Fighting Sioux' out of sight but never out of mind at North Dakota (3/23/2012)
(Minnesota) -- The divisive battle over the University of North Dakota's controversial nickname persists among relentless supporters, an unshakable NCAA and a...
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COLUMN: New look is all the rage (3/23/2012)
(North Dakota) -- he first public glimpses of the new UND hockey jerseys were leaked in the wee hours Friday morning when Herald reporter Brad Schlossman tweeted out a...
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No-name North Dakota? At least for NCAA hockey tournament (3/22/2012)
(North Dakota) -- This is the time of the year when a Gopher will take on a Terrier, a Greyhound can get beat by an inanimate object like a Buckeye and there are more...
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UND's new jerseys unveiled (3/22/2012)
(North Dakota) -- The new jerseys that the UND men’s hockey team will wear for the NCAA tournament are now out for the public to see. With a throwback, old-school...
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UND says new jerseys won’t be a distraction (3/21/2012)
(North Dakota) -- UND will wear new hockey jerseys Saturday against Western Michigan in a first-round NCAA West Regional game at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. But...
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It’s their name, but they dare not say it (3/20/2012)
(North Dakota) -- As the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux hockey team heads back to St. Paul for the NCAA tournament this weekend, two extra “...
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Redskins
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Redskins? How About Whiteskins? (3/25/2012)
(New York) -- In the image above, you are seeing the helmet and attendant logo of the Whiteskins, a fictional team based on the Washington Redskins.
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Other News
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Horseshoe Casino and Indians share downtown center stage; opening night of a long run (5/16/2012)
(Ohio) -- Wednesday night marked the first date in what’s destined to be a long term relationship between the Horseshoe Casino and the Cleveland Indians.
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Ocean Dunes Golf Course redesigning, planning to move (5/16/2012)
(Oregon) -- A local golf course is teaming up with Three Rivers Casino to become one entity in the future. A sand based course with what people call creative and...
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University of Wyoming guard to speak at 2 Wind River schools (5/16/2012)
(Wyoming) -- Wyoming men's basketball student-athlete Luke Martinez will speak at two schools on the Wind River Reservation about how American Indians can succeed in...
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Casino cancels fight after boxer beaten (5/15/2012)
(New York) -- As a local boxer recovers from a brutal beating the search for his attacker continues. The Seneca Niagara Casino has canceled Nick Casal's Friday night...
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New Salish Cliffs Golf Club in Shelton, Washington to host Squaxin Island Museum Tournament (5/14/2012)
(Washington) -- Salish Cliffs Golf Club -- the newest amenity of Little Creek Casino Resort, located a short drive from Seattle and Olympia -- will host the 11th Annual...
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Opinion: Denver's Native Lacrosse spotlights sport's history — and its future (5/13/2012)
(Colorado) -- If lacrosse is ever to escape its reputation as a sport for the white and well-off, it will very likely come as the result of efforts aimed at attracting...
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Best in the World: Native Athletes in the Olympics (5/12/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- If you are traveling to Washington DC in late May or during the summer, you will not want to miss the "Best in the World: Native Athletes...
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Sportsmanlike Conduct: Johnny Powless Earns Respect, Award in National Lacrosse League (5/12/2012)
(New York) -- Johnny Powless has already captured some hardware from his rookie pro season with the Rochester Knighthawks. The 19-year-old Mohawk Turtle, who lives in...
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Hawaiian Surfer Garrett McNamara’s 78-foot Monster Wave Ride Makes Guinness Book of World Records (5/12/2012)
(Hawaii) -- Last November we told you about Garrett McNamara, the Hawaiian surfer who caught a gigantic wave off the coast of Praia do Norte, Portugal (at the time, it...
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Native American Olympians Celebrated at New Smithsonian Exhibition (5/9/2012)
(Washington D.C.) -- On the 100th anniversary of the Olympic Games in which athletes Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox), Duke Kahanamoku (Native Hawaiian), Andrew Sockalexis (...
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Turning Stone Resort offering unique and effective putting techiniques (5/8/2012)
(New York) -- The Turning Stone Resort and Casino already offers some of the best golfing facilities in Central New York, but now it's the place to go if you want to...
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Red Lake skateboarders ready to roll (5/8/2012)
(Minnesota) -- Young people on the Red Lake Indian Reservation will soon have new places to exercise and hangout with friends. The Red Lake Nation this week received a $...
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Crooked Arrows: The Onondaga Nation goes Hollywood (5/7/2012)
(New York) -- Former professional lacrosse player and three-time All American Neal Powless knows what it means to take risks – it can be the difference between...
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Native Sun News: Rosebud Sioux family honors rodeo greats (5/4/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Kevin Costner was amazed when he couldn’t find any Indian horseback riders for some of the scenes in his movie, “Dances with Wolves....
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Leeds United Emerges As Casino Licence Bidder (5/3/2012)
(UK) -- In an unexpected move, Leeds United Football Club has confirmed that it is in the running to host a new casino facility in the city.
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Salish Cliffs: No houses, great variety and a feeling of adventure (4/30/2012)
(Washington) -- Go ahead, open my envelope. In the beauty pageant between Rope Rider and Salish Cliffs for best new course in Washington, I'm going with Salish...
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A leap into Native Youth Olympic record book (4/30/2012)
(Alaska) -- Marian Wamsley of Valdez set a world record of 92 inches in the girls one-foot high kick on the final day of the Native Youth Olympics on Sunday at the Dena...
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New world record set at Native Youth Olympics (4/30/2012)
(Alaska) -- If it’s late April, it must be Native Youth Olympics Longtime Alaska tradition is back for 42nd year. Each year some 600 kids from all over Alaska...
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"Crooked Arrows" premieres next week (4/30/2012)
(New York) -- The Six Nations are inviting everyone to join in the excitement and tradition surrounding a new lacrosse movie opening next week.
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Lacrosse movie by Onondaga Nation filmmaker to premier May 9 (4/30/2012)
(New York) -- The Oncenter in Downtown Syracuse will host the world premier of a film dedicated to Native Americans and the sport of lacrosse on May 9. The premier of...
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