City registers domain  for Tohono O'odham off-reservation casino

City registers domain for Tohono O'odham off-reservation casino (December 9, 2010)

It looks like the city of Glendale, Arizona, is trying to hijack web traffic for the proposed Tohono O'odham Nation casino. The tribe announced plans for the $550 million West Valley Resort in January 2009. On January 9, 2009, the...

Conflicting reports over Internet gambling measure on Capitol Hill

Conflicting reports over Internet gambling measure on Capitol Hill (December 9, 2010)

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nevada), the Senate majority leader, is still pushing a bill to regulate Internet gambling, contrary to some news reports. The National Indian Gaming Association opposes the bill. The group says it will keep tribes out of Internet...

Seneca Nation continues discussions in   Class III compact dispute

Seneca Nation continues discussions in Class III compact dispute (December 9, 2010)

The Seneca Nation continues to discuss its Class III gaming compact dispute with officials in New York. Under the compact, the tribe agreed to share 25 percent of slot machine revenues with the state. But the tribe is withholding $214...

Twenty-Nine Palms Band  appeals ruling on gaming income taxes

Twenty-Nine Palms Band appeals ruling on gaming income taxes (December 9, 2010)

The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians continues to fight the state of California over taxes on gaming-related income The tribe distributes revenues from the Spotlight 29 Casino to its members under a federally-approved revenue allocation plan. Some members also...

Tribes across   nation reach deals to restructure their gaming debt

Tribes across nation reach deals to restructure their gaming debt (December 9, 2010)

Tribes across the nation are successfully negotiating deals on their gaming debt, The Wall Street Journal reports. Pojoaque Pueblo in New Mexico, the Mescalero Apache Nation of New Mexico and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians in Michigan...

Analysis: NIGC goes in   new direction with tribal consultation plan

Analysis: NIGC goes in new direction with tribal consultation plan (December 9, 2010)

"n the past year, three new commissioners were appointed to the NIGC and it is apparent that they are intent on reversing the somewhat adversarial relationships the agency has had with tribes in a number of controversial areas. First, the...