Illegal  coin pushers  showing up at locations throughout California

Illegal coin pushers showing up at locations throughout California (July 21, 2011)

Illegal "coin pushers" are showing up throughout California, The Valley Voice Newspaper reports. Law enforcement authorities are finding the machines in convenience stores, smoke shops and other locations all over the state. They are marketed as games of skill but...

Vincent Armenta: Chumash  Tribe is responsible with casino liquor

Vincent Armenta: Chumash Tribe is responsible with casino liquor (July 21, 2011)

"When the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors met on July 5, one of the items on their agenda was to discuss withdrawing their protest of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians’ application for expansion of an existing license...

Opinion: Minnesota tribes desperate to preserve   casino monopoly

Opinion: Minnesota tribes desperate to preserve casino monopoly (July 21, 2011)

"It has been 22 years since state-tribal compacts established casino-style “gaming” at Indian casinos and nowhere else in this land of 12,000 or so lakes. Surveys shows 70 percent to 80 percent of Minnesotans approve of racinos, or slot gaming,...

Coeur d'Alene Tribe looking for new CEO of casino after expansion

Coeur d'Alene Tribe looking for new CEO of casino after expansion (July 21, 2011)

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe of Idaho is looking for a chief executive for its casino. The tribe declined to renew the contract of CEO David LaSarte-Meeks. No reason was given but Chairman Chief J. Allan said "it was time to...

Radio Iowa: Winnebago Tribe expects to reopen casino next week

Radio Iowa: Winnebago Tribe expects to reopen casino next week (July 21, 2011)

"WinnaVegas Casino in Sloan is still surrounded by floodwaters of the Missouri River, but it will reopen with the help of some special vehicles. The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors approved a permit Tuesday to allow the Winnebago Tribe that...

Editorial: Something just not right  at Mississippi Choctaw casino

Editorial: Something just not right at Mississippi Choctaw casino (July 21, 2011)

"Something is rotten in the state of Choctaw. Or certainly so it seems following the FBI raid recently on the Indian tribe’s casino complex near Philadelphia. Federal officials aren’t saying what the raid is about, and the Choctaws are being...