Tigua Tribe attracts customers with 'sweepstakes' machines

Tigua Tribe attracts customers with 'sweepstakes' machines (April 22, 2013)

The Tigua Tribe is operating two facilities that offer "sweepstakes" machines that the state of Texas contends are illegal. The tribe offers the machines at the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center and the Socorro Entertainment Center. Attorney Dolph Barnhouse says the...

Mashantucket Tribe enters partnership for Internet gambling

Mashantucket Tribe enters partnership for Internet gambling (April 22, 2013)

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation of Connecticut announced an agreement to start an Internet gaming site. The tribe is working with GameAccount Network. They will create a free play site as part of Foxwoods.com. "The Mashantucket Pequot Tribe has long...

Ute Tribe refused meeting for Colorado off-reservation casino

Ute Tribe refused meeting for Colorado off-reservation casino (April 22, 2013)

The tribe is interested in a casino near Dinosaur, in the northwestern part of Colorado.

Opinion:   Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe may never see a casino

Opinion: Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe may never see a casino (April 22, 2013)

Artist's rendering of proposed First Light Resort and Casino. Image from Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. Casino opponent says outlook not so good for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe: While the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Cedric Cromwell continued his desperate, feeble...

Editorial: California tribes go reservation shopping for casinos

Editorial: California tribes go reservation shopping for casinos (April 22, 2013)

Rendering of the proposed Enterprise Rancheria casino. Photo Enterprise Rancheria. Newspaper calls on California lawmakers to reject compacts for the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians and the Enterprise Rancheria: Indian gambling in California has exploded well beyond the "modest...

Law Article: NIGC makes big changes for tribal self-regulation

Law Article: NIGC makes big changes for tribal self-regulation (April 22, 2013)

Attorneys say National Indian Gaming Commission has streamlined the process for self-regulation of Class II gaming: Last week the National Indian Gaming Commission ("NIGC") finalized revisions to 25 CFR part 518 relating to the self-regulation of Class II Gaming. The...