Pokagon Band on track with Four Winds Casino

Pokagon Band on track with Four Winds Casino (October 25, 2006)

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians is scheduled to open its $400 million Four Winds Casino Resort in August 2007. The tribe broke ground on the 130,000 square-foot facility after years of legal challenges. An anti-gaming group held up...

Agua Caliente Band to sell  bonds for casino hotel

Agua Caliente Band to sell bonds for casino hotel (October 25, 2006)

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is launching a $230 million bond deal to finance a new casino hotel and to pay off an old casino debt. The tribe will use $182 million in bonds, plus $25.9 million...

Gaming compacts an issue in California campaign

Gaming compacts an issue in California campaign (October 25, 2006)

As they race toward election day, Democrat Steve Clute says Republican Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia "obsesses" over tribal gaming. Clute, a former state lawmaker, says he supports tribal gaming. But apparently not as much as Garcia, who went to bat for...

Employees implicated in $1M theft at Sandia casino

Employees implicated in $1M theft at Sandia casino (October 25, 2006)

Two employees are being accused of stealing $1 million from the Sandia Pueblo casino in New Mexico. The employees submitted fraudulent paperwork for slot machine winnings, KOBTV reported. They split the earnings, according to court documents. Neither employee has...

New York candidate accused of flip-flop on tribes

New York candidate accused of flip-flop on tribes (October 25, 2006)

Republican John Faso is accusing Democrat Eliot Spitzer of flip-flopping on gaming by out-of-state tribes. Faso says Spitzer has accepted contributions and private plane rides from a lobbyist for the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. The tribe wants to open a...