Indian GamingBroken Arrow Casino
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Broken Arrow casino site could be sports bar/restaurant
(Oklahoma) -- Less than two weeks after construction was halted at the Red Clay Casino site, the Kialegee Tribal Town has a new plan for the site.
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Kialegees Say No Casino; Residents Suspicious
(Oklahoma) -- On the surface the new plans look innocent enough, a sports bar with an entertainment center, but casino opponents think there's something not so...
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Kialegees want to build sports bar/restaurant in place of casino
(Oklahoma) -- The Kialegee Tribal Town has filed a motion in federal court to build a sports bar/restaurant with an entertainment venue at the site in Broken Arrow once...
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Stalled casino project could become sports bar and restaurant
(Oklahoma) -- The Kialegee Tribal Town and developers for a stalled gaming facility in Broken Arrow are asking Chief U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell to lift an...
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Switch to sports bar sought for Kialegee casino site
(Oklahoma) -- The Kialegee Tribal Town and developers for a stalled gaming facility in Broken Arrow are asking Chief U.S. District Judge Gregory Frizzell to lift an...
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Broken Arrow Residents Call For Lester's Resignation From Council
(Oklahoma) -- Broken Arrow's mayor just resigned Tuesday, and Wednesday, he was asked by some residents to resign his city council post.
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Mayor resigns in wake of NIGC casino ruling
(Oklahoma) -- As of 8 a.m. May 29, Mike Lester resigned his seat as the Mayor. Lester was elected to City Council in April 2007 and has served as mayor since 2009.
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California Sports Betting
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California lawmakers vote for legalizing sports betting
(California) -- A bill that could pave the way for betting on sports in California was approved Tuesday by the state Senate. Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) said he...
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Chumash Tribe
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Gaming fund grants $740,000 to county, city
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday for Buellton and Santa Barbara County as part of...
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Indian Gaming Benefit Committee Approves Grants
(California) -- Yesterday, the Santa Barbara County Indian Gaming Community Benefit Committee approved more than $736,700 in grants from the Special Distribution Fund (...
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Eastern Band of Cherokee
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With tweaks, Cherokee gambling compact moves to House floor
(North Carolina) -- A gambling compact between the state and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is headed for a full House vote after lawmakers added a provision...
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Foxwoods
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Tanger picked to operate outlet mall at Foxwoods
(Connecticut) -- A Greensboro, N.C.-based company that owns and operates dozens of shopping centers across the country, including one in Westbrook, will partner on the...
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Indian Country Online
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ANALYSIS: Internet Gaming and Indian Country: The Trends and the Strategies [reg req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- For most of the twentieth century, gambling in the United States was confined to the State of Nevada. Much has changed in the last twenty-five years...
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Mashpee Wampanoag
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Study outlines casino benefits, drawbacks
(Massachusetts) -- A Mashpee Wampanoag casino would be valued at $594 million and could generate as much as $16.4 million in property taxes annually if it were a...
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Taunton council to vote on casino plans
(Massachusetts) -- The Taunton City Council will consider whether to ratify an agreement between Mayor Thomas Hoye Jr. and the Mashpee Wampanoag at a meeting Thursday...
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Santa Ysabel Casino
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County Enforcement Efforts Against Tribe Could Violate Federal Law
(California) -- The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), the federal agency charged with oversight of gaming on Indian lands, has warned the County of San Diego...
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Wampanoag Aquinnah
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Freetown Voters Come Out Against Wampanoag Casino
(Massachusetts) -- In a special town vote in the town of Freetown Tuesday night, voters rejected the plans for a proposed Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) casino....
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Freetown voters nix Wampanoag casino
(Massachusetts) -- Voters in Freetown overwhelmingly voted against a nonbinding referendum regarding the $167 million casino off Route 140 proposed by the Wampanoag...
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Kostrzewa: Freetown voters oppose tribe's casino plans
(Massachusetts) -- People in Freetown, Mass. have not caught the gambling fever that is sweeping New England. Residents voted 954 to 308 on Tuesday to oppose plans by...
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OUR VIEW: Are the casino odds stacked against Freetown voters
(Massachusetts) -- What’s the point of asking voters to weigh in on a referendum if officials won’t even be guided by their will? A whopping majority of...
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Other News
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Whole new game for reincarnated Point Casino
(Washington) -- Modernity guides the new 52,000-square-foot Point Casino. Gone are the red and pink walls, outdated light fixtures and aged carpet of the old Point...
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Tribe designates more than $540,000 for roads
(Michigan) -- Road repair and school technology are among the highlights of projects to be funded by communities’ share of Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal gaming...
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Man left child for 7 hours while at Mohegan Sun, police say
(Connecticut) -- State police have arrested a Waterbury man accused of leaving his infant son alone in a car for seven hours as he was inside the Mohegan Sun Casino.
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Man visits casino, leaves baby alone in car
(Connecticut) -- A Waterbury man was arrested after leaving his infant son alone in a car for several hours while he visited a casino Wednesday. Wednesday morning police...
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Police: Dad Left 8-Month-Old In Car At Casino
(Connecticut) -- A Waterbury man is facing charges after an 8-month-old child was left inside of car at Mohegan Sun for about seven hours, police said.
5/29/2012
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California Senate passes framework for sports betting
(California) -- The California state Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would legalize sports betting in California if federal law is also...
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Freetown voters reject Aquinnah casino proposal by a wide margin
(Massachusetts) -- Voters resoundingly rejected a nonbinding referendum, which could have potentially made the town a host community to a $167 million resort casino off...
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Taunton City Council sets new date for budget, casino meetings
(Massachusetts) -- The mayor’s budget presentation and the City Council’s discussion of the casino agreement between Taunton and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe...
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U.S. Department of the Interior approves Ione Band of Miwok Indians’ fee-to-trust application
(California) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior approved the casino and land fee-to-trust application of the Ione Band of Miwok Indians on Friday, May 25, clearing...
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Court set to hear Twin River lawsuit
(Rhode Island) -- Court proceedings are set to begin tomorrow on the Narragansett Indian tribe's challenge of a statewide ballot question involving expanded gambling...
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Casino bill making its way through the House
(North Carolina) -- The House Appropriations subcommittee on Natural and Economic Resources Committee just passed S 582, which would allow the Eastern Band of Cherokees...
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Proposed Muskegon County tribal casino operator plans to file complaint
(Michigan) -- The Little River Band of Ottawa Indians is making preparations to file a complaint concerning the tribe’s growing concern about petitions being circulated...
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Casino supporters push ahead
(Wisconsin) -- The developers behind casino proposals in Beloit and Rockford, Ill., both say they’ll move ahead with plans no matter who gets the green light first...
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Broken Arrow mayor steps down amid Kialegee casino controversy
(Oklahoma) -- Broken Arrow Mayor Mike Lester, who has taken heat over allegations that he was not forthcoming about his knowledge of a proposed Indian casino, announced...
5/28/2012
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Voters will have their say on local casinos
(Massachusetts) -- Three towns have upcoming casino votes. A vote in Freetown on Tuesday is about a proposal by the Aquinnah Wampanoags to build a casino in Rocky Woods.
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Gaming fund grants $740,000 to county, city
(California) -- A committee of city, county and Chumash tribal representatives approved nearly $740,000 in grants Friday for Buellton and Santa Barbara County as part of...
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WHITTLESEY: United States: Graton’s Never-Ending Battle To Develop Gaming
(California) -- The Graton Rancheria was federally recognized as an Indian tribe on December 27, 2000, by an Act of Congress. The Tribe has been continuously pursuing...
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LETTER: County responds to tribal recognition letter
(California) -- I, on behalf of Napa County and the Board of Supervisors, am responding to your letter regarding the efforts of the Mishewal Wappo of Alexander Valley to...
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OP/ED: Casino threats surround Petaluma
(California) -- Now that the state legislature has moved with remarkable alacrity to approve a gaming compact enabling construction of an unwanted mega-casino in...
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Rise Of Urban Indian Casinos Comes With Risks And Rewards [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- Risks associated with the rising tide of potentially lucrative city-tribal casino partnerships were brought home in a decision this month by the U.S...
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