Nine tribes say 'no' to Internet poker
(CALIFORNIA) -- Nine tribes in California today asserted their opposition to proposed intrastate Internet poker. The tribes sent a letter to members of the Senate Governmental Organization committee a day before its informational hearing on the proposed poker initiative from card club interests and tribes that include the Morongo Band of Mission Indians near Cabazon.
Internet gambling again in play
(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents.
Kahnawake Hits Back at Québec’s Online Gambling Plans
(QUEBEC) -- The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has responded to last week’s decision by the government of Québec to authorise state lottery operator Loto-Québec to offer online gambling to the province’s residents, saying that the government has chosen to continue its “implicit demonisation of Kahnawake” instead of participating as partners with the Mohawk jurisdiction.
Task force has no jurisdiction at Wind Creek
(ALABAMA) -- The state’s illegal gambling task force does not have jurisdiction over Wind Creek Casino and Hotel or other Poarch Creek properties, PCI Gaming officials said Friday.
BLOG: Casinos lining Florida beaches
(FLORIDA) -- Picture a Vegas-style Bellagio on the beach. Rows of neon-lit slot machines, blackjack dealers and craps dice. In Florida? It might not be as unlikely as it seems. For the first time, the Florida Legislature’s conservative, anti-gambling façade is showing cracks.
First Nations University looks to move on
(SASKATCHEWAN) -- The troubled First Nations University of Canada does not have a board of governors and its senior administrators are on a forced leave, but students and political leaders are expressing optimism about the institution's future.
Tribe’s AG issues FOIA warnings
(OKLAHOMA) -- Cherokee Nation Attorney General Diane Hammons Friday warned the tribe’s executive and legislative branches that failure to give public notice of meetings could constitute a violation.
Prosecutors seek gag order in sweat lodge case
(ARIZONA) -- Attorneys for a motivational speaker charged in the deaths of three people during an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony wasted no time going on the offensive after his arrest last week.
TIM GIAGO: Challenger to Rep. Diane Watson supports Cherokee Nation
(USA) -- How many of you know that a U. S. Congresswoman from California has twice tried to terminate the federal status of the Cherokee Nation? It may be the first and only time such an event has occurred. Representative Diane Watson (D-CA) is trying to do just that.
Tribal president: Baseball a step to more Loop 101 development
(ARIZONA) -- Construction of the Arizona Diamondbacks' new spring-training facility just east of Scottsdale is a sign that the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is competing for new commercial enterprises and entertainment venues, the tribal president told an economic-development group recently.
Justice for missing native children: Protesters
(CANADA) -- A few dozen protestors rallied outside a pair of downtown churches Sunday morning to call attention to the thousands of children who went missing or died during Canada’s residential schools era.
Group Wants School To Change Mascot
(OHIO) -- Pressure is building on the Talawanda School District to change its mascot. The brave, an American Indian warrior, became the symbol of the Talawanda Schools in the 50's. A community group is collecting signatures on a petition that will ask the school board members to get rid of its mascot.
Tribe plans meetings for off-reservation members
(NORTH DAKOTA) -- The Three Affiliated Tribes Business Council plans informational meetings in three North Dakota cities and the Minneapolis area for tribal members who live off the Fort Berthold Reservation.
Census workers urge tribes to participate
(CALIFORNIA) -- Census officials are reaching out to hard-to-count groups such as Indian tribes and other minorities, and on Monday brought their road show to the offices of the Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo in Healdsburg.
Area tribe makes $100,000 donation
(CALIFORNIA) -- The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians near San Bernardino announced today that the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation will receive $50,000 each for emergency relief operations to help respond to winter storms that swept through the reservations recently.
OP/ED: This confederacy of thieves
(OREGON) -- In 1994, as mineral and gas corporations were discovering new reserves of oil and gas on tribal reservations across the West, a feisty middle-aged Blackfeet woman named Elouise Cobell decided the time had come to begin a long-overdue accounting of mineral royalties on tribal lands.
MGM may sell 50 percent interest in Borgata
(ATLANTIC CITY) -- MGM Mirage Inc. has put its half ownership of Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa into a trust while it continues settlement talks with New Jersey gaming regulators over its controversial partnership for a Macau casino.
Gaming report might show local skid's end this week
(NEVADA) -- Monthly drops in gross revenue at Washoe County's casinos stretch back to the summer of 2007, and whether the drought can be broken will be known when the state releases the December revenue report this week.
Game, sports book tour live up to hype
(LAS VEGAS) -- No event in sports is preceded by more hype than the Super Bowl. Some years, the buildup leads to a big letdown and a blowout. Early in the morning, I'm sensing this game will be a good one.
Singapore's first casino may open this weekend
(SINGAPORE) -- Singapore is set to open its first casino as early as this weekend, the city-state's latest roll of the dice in its efforts to turn from a staid manufacturing hub to an Asian playground for the rich.
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