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With the federal appeals court decision last week requiring the Wampanoag tribe to obtain local permits before starting construction of a bingo hall in Aquinnah, tribal leaders have two choices: play ball with the town or drop the plan altogether. They can certainly seek to get the two-judge decision reviewed by the entire appeals court[...]

March 5, 2021

Progress made on Chumash museum

RAFAEL MALDONADO/NEWS-PRESS Officials announced Wednesday that construction and exhibit development for the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is making impressive progress. SANTA YNEZ — Officials announced Wednesday that construction and exhibit development for the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center is making impressive progress. The museum will be a monument dedicated to[...]

March 5, 2021

Connecticut’s Online Gambling Effort Gains Momentum As Mohegan Tribe Reaches Agreement With Governor

Dreamstime/Lisa Mckown 2021 stands to be a good year for gambling expansion, as states race to make up for time that they lost to fighting COVID-19 last year. Already, five states have introduced bills which would legalize online casinos, online poker, or both. Not all of these are equally likely to succeed. At one extreme,[...]

March 5, 2021

HUD awards nearly $19 million to Minnesota’s Native American communities

Crookston Times The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced more than $652 million in Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) formula funding for eligible Native American Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) to carry out affordable housing activities in tribal communities. This includes nearly $19 million for 10 Tribes in Minnesota.[...]

March 4, 2021

Gary Casino Opening Moving Forward After Commission Ruling

(rendering provided) GARY – Efforts to complete construction of the $300 million Hard Rock Casino in Gary this spring are moving forward. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report concerns of a potential delay in opening the casino have been abated after the Indiana Gaming Commission issued two orders regarding one of the[...]

March 4, 2021

Huge new casino project begins at old Sacramento-area ‘ghost mall’

The “ghost mall” of Elk Grove will soon be transformed into a new casino, with the groundbreaking planned for March 9. The casino is a partnership between the Wilton Rancheria tribe and Boyd Gaming, which also runs a number of casinos in Vegas, including the Fremont, Jokers Wild and Gold Coast. The project is a[...]

March 4, 2021

State on verge of sports betting deal; tribes hint at hope for casino in East Windsor

An artist’s rendering of the planned East Windsor casino. Sports betting and online gambling are one step closer to fruition with the announcement Tuesday of a deal with one of the state’s two Native American tribes and indicators that the other is nearly ready to come on board. At the same time, the tribes’ joint[...]

March 4, 2021

‘Ghost Mall’ site in Elk Grove now has casino groundbreaking date

After years of unfilled promises, legal wrangling and red tape, a long-neglected spot along Highway 99 in Elk Grove now has an official groundbreaking date for a much-anticipated casino project. The Wilton Rancheria Tribe and Boyd Gaming Corporation have announced a groundbreaking event on March 9 for what would be the first casino in Sacramento[...]

March 4, 2021

Despite State Lawsuit, New Tribal Casino Opens In Park City

A new casino owned by a Native American tribe opened Tuesday in Park City. The Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma built the CrossWinds Casino after receiving approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior last May, a decision the state of Kansas is seeking to reverse . CrossWinds Casino was operating in a temporary gaming facility[...]

March 4, 2021

Lamont administration close to sports betting deal with tribes

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Chairman Rodney Butler, left, and three Foxwoods and Mohegan casino executives address lawmakers in March 2020. The administration of Gov. Ned Lamont told lawmakers Tuesday morning it has a tentative deal with the Mohegan Tribal Nation, one of the state’s two tribal casino owners, over how to structure, regulate and tax sports[...]

March 3, 2021

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