The St. Regis Mohawk tribe of New York State spent more than a decade planning a casino for the Catskill Mountains. But in 2008, just as George W. Bush prepared to leave office, the project was deep-sixed by then-Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne. Kempthorne, like George W., opposed off-reservation gambling.
Now that Dirk and W. have left […]
Though the Seneca Indian Nation has tabled construction of a permanent casino in downtown Buffalo and halted improvements at its other properties, the tribe still has ambitious plans for growth in New York State.
According to papers filed over the holidays with the SEC, the Senecas want to construct a casino and resort on 63 acres in Sullivan County in the […]
Despite opposition from the Florida Supreme Court and House Speaker Marco Rubio, Las Vegas-style gaming continues to be added to the state’s tribal casinos–and it may be too late to stop them from proliferating.
A few weeks back, the Immokalee Seminole Casino added 12 blackjack tables for what casino spokesman Gary Bitner termed a “soft opening.” […]
Indian Gaming ‘08, the trade show of the National Indian Gaming Association, was held in San Diego last week. The show has become the second most important trade show in the U.S. following G2E and draws about 7,000 people (more when it’s in San Diego, less when it’s in Albuquerque; go figure!).
The theme of the […]
There is a new type of conflict between the U.S. government and Native American tribes. It involves the question of casinos created off a tribe’s reservation. In January, the federal Department of the Interior refused to take land into trust for 11 planned Indian casinos—including some very high-profile projects—because it said they were too far […]