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New gambling getaway for North Texans opening next month

NORTH TEXAS - North Texans will soon have a new gambling getaway, as final touches are placed on a new casino and resort nearby. The $238 million Choctaw Landing Casino and Resort is expected to open next month in the scenic southeast corner of Oklahoma in Hochatown, which is about a three-hour drive from Dallas. The resort ran an ad in the Super…
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Choctaw will open Hochatown casino next month, giving North Texans a new gambling getaway

The Choctaw Nation is putting the finishing touches on its Hochatown casino and resort in an area of Oklahoma that's a popular getaway destination for North Texans. The $238 million Choctaw Landing is expected to do a soft opening in April with its grand opening ceremony in May as the Durant, Okla.-based tribe's fourth casino and resort and eighth…
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Choctaw will open Hochatown casino next month, giving North Texans a new gambling getaway
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Eilers & Krejcik Gaming unveils full list of 6th Annual Slot Award winners

Gaming market research and consulting firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG) has announced the winners of its 6th Annual EKG Slot Awards. Designed to recognize excellence in slot machine game development within the land-based casino gaming industry, iGaming and social casino sector, all category winners were announced on February 29th at The…
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EKG Slot Awards unveils official list of nominees for 25 categories

Gaming research and consulting firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming (EKG) on Tuesday announced the official award category nominees for the 5th Annual EKG Slot Awards, an event that aims to recognize excellence in slot machine game development within the casino gaming industry. The event will take place on Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 7:00 p.m. to…
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Choctaw casinos adopt QCI platform

SAN DIEGO - The Choctaw Nation has contracted with San-Diego, California-based Quick Custom Intelligence to provide its QCI Enterprise Platform in all 22 Choctaw Nation casinos. According to a release, the platform was designed to seamlessly integrate marketing, gaming operations and player development strategies. The highly configurable software…
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Choctaw Casino & Resort � Durant hiring at Job Fair

Durant, Oklahoma -- Are you looking for a career change? Head over to the Choctaw Nation Event Center on August 8 for our job fair! We�re hiring for a range of positions from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. We will also be hiring for The District Food Hall, which is currently scheduled to open toward the end of September. The food hall will include Velvet…
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AQUA at Choctaw Casino & Resort � Durant hosts Job Fair March 14 and March 28

Open Interviews on March 14 and Mach 28 Durant, Okla., (March 13, 2023) � AQUA at Choctaw Casino & Resort � Durant is hosting its first job fair for the 2023 pool season! If you want to catch the perfect tan while you win the summer job jackpot, join us Tuesday, March 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Choctaw Event Center. If you can�t make…
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Slot machine features work of Choctaw master artist

DURANT - The Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant debuted a new slot machine recently featuring artwork of Choctaw Nation Master Artist D.G. Smalling. The "Ultra Rush Gold" machine is believed to be the first video gaming device to incorporate Native-produced artwork. As such, it is significant to the casino as well as to Smalling and to the Choctaw…
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Choctaw Casinos celebrates 35 years of gambling, history in southeastern Oklahoma

Some folks may not remember the bingo hall that once stood in southeastern Oklahoma 35 years ago. But Janie Dillard does. "We built high-stakes bingo," Dillard said, basically because that's all the tribe could afford. Eventually, it started to dabble in casino gaming. A lot has changed since then for that bingo hall. After 35 years of gaming,…
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Commission rejects casino amendment ballot title; proposal would have removed Pope County as site

The state Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday declined to certify the popular name and ballot title for a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at removing Pope County as a state-licensed casino site. In a voice vote with no audible dissenters, the board approved a motion by commissioner Bilenda Harris-Ritter not to certify the ballot…
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Commission rejects casino amendment ballot title; proposal would have removed Pope County as site
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Casino opponents in Pope County raise more than $1M in June

Proponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove Pope County as a site for a casino raised more than $1 million in June. The Fair Play for Arkansas 2022 committee reported raising $1.2 million in contributions and spending $946923.12 in June. According to the report, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma contributed $1.2 million to the…
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Casino opponents in Pope County raise more than $1M in June
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Push to remove Pope County as casino site on ballot gets 103,000 signatures, backers say

Proponents of a proposed constitutional amendment that would remove Pope County as a site for a casino said they turned in about 103000 signatures of registered voters Friday in their attempt to qualify their proposed measure for the Nov. 8 general election ballot. James Knight, president of the Fair Play for Arkansas 2022 committee, certified in…
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Push to remove Pope County as casino site on ballot gets 103,000 signatures, backers say
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New casino coming to Choctaw Nation

The 200000 square-foot casino will include 600 slot machines, eight table games and many other amenities. HOCHATOWN, Okla. - A second casino broke ground Tuesday morning in Choctaw Nation, expected to open late next year. The new casino and resort, Choctaw Landing, is a $165-million project creating more than 2000 new jobs in Hochatown, OK. It will…
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Choctaw Nation to break ground for new casino resort

HOCHATOWN, Okla. -- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma will hold a groundbreaking Tuesday for its entertainment and resort development in Hochatown, Okla., that will be named Choctaw Landing. It's being built near popular vacation destinations Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend State Park. "We are excited to get started on bringing to life what promises to…
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Choctaw Nation to break ground for new casino resort
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New Choctaw casino coming to Southeast Oklahoma

An artist's depiction of Choctaw Landing, the casino and entertainment complex being built in Hochatown, Oklahoma, by the Choctaw Nation. The four-story, 200000 square-foot Choctaw Landing will cost $165 million to construct and will include 100 hotel rooms, 600 slot machines, eight table games, several restaurants and bars, a pool, an outdoor…
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New casino in Hochatown to be named Choctaw Landing

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma today announced that its entertainment and resort development in Hochatown, Okla. will be named Choctaw Landing. Choctaw's newest gaming property will be built in southeastern Oklahoma near popular vacation destinations Broken Bow Lake and Beavers Bend State Park. Choctaw Nation will host a groundbreaking for Choctaw…
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New casino in Hochatown to be named Choctaw Landing
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Hofmeister backed by tribes, casinos

Individuals and entities associated with two groups substantially intertwined in Oklahoma-tribal governments and casinos-represented a significant share of donations to the Democratic gubernatorial campaign of Joy Hofmeister in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to a report filed with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission. Hofmeister received around 30…
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Column: Heavy lifting now begins with Waukegan casino licensee named

Illinois gaming officials last week agreed with Elvis Presley in issuing the long-awaited casino license for Waukegan: "Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas." Much to the relief of city officials. The unanimous vote by the state Gaming Board handed Las Vegas-based Full House Resorts the license for its American Place casino on 28 acres of city-owned…
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The Arkansas Democrat

Lawsuit filed over casino license for Pope County, contending Cherokee firm lacks experience

A roulette wheel spins in 2018 at Cherokee Casino & Hotel in West Siloam Springs, Okla. (File Photo/NWA Democrat-Gazette/Ben Goff) LITTLE ROCK -- A lawsuit filed Tuesday asked the Pulaski County Circuit Court to issue a temporary restraining order halting any movement on a casino in Pope County until the question of whether Legends Resort and…
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Lawsuit filed over casino license for Pope County, contending Cherokee firm lacks experience
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South suburban casino hopefuls don’t see proliferation of video gambling hurting their odds of success

While video gambling has proliferated in the south and southwest suburbs, applicants for the sole casino license in the region say they don't see the thousands of machines scattered among bars and restaurants as a threat to their proposed business. They also said their plans already factored in a land-based casino in Chicago, which is now putting…
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South suburban casino hopefuls don’t see proliferation of video gambling hurting their odds of success
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Illinois Gaming Board selects two finalists for Chicago Southland casino

llinois officials have narrowed the number of proposals for a new casino in Chicago's south suburbs to just two. One of the bids would see the creation of a venue near the border of Homewood and East Hazel Crest, proposed by Alabama-based Wind Creek Hospitality; while the second one would locate it in Matteson, pitched by Hinsdale businessman Rob…
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Ho-Chunk Nation 1 of 4 contenders for new casino in south Chicago suburbs

The Ho-Chunk Nation, which has six casinos in Wisconsin, is one of four contenders for a new casino that has been approved for the south Chicago suburbs. The Illinois Gaming Board put off a decision Wednesday on narrowing the field of four applicants to three after spending hours hearing presentations from the contenders. Following a closed-door…
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Ho-Chunk Nation 1 of 4 contenders for new casino in south Chicago suburbs
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Indiana The Talk Of Southland Cook County Casino License Applicants

About the only thing missing from presentations Wednesday by the four applicants for a casino license in Southland Cook County was the declaration of the childhood phrase, "One, two, three, four, I declare a border war!" The promise to keep gaming tax revenue dollars in Illinois and out of Indiana while building communities was a prevailing theme…
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Illinois Gaming Board delays decision eliminating one south suburban casino contender

Illinois gaming regulators put off a decision Wednesday on narrowing the field of four applicants for a south suburban casino to three, after spending hours hearing presentations from the contenders. Following a closed-door session, Marcus Fruchter, the gaming board's administrator, said that decision could come up for a vote at the board's Oct. 20…
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New Choctaw Casino Expansion Is a Win for Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma, and North Texas

If you've been waiting for the "new" Choctaw Casino in Durant, OK to open, the wait is over. Located on Hwy 69 about an hour and a half drive from Dallas, the newly expanded hotel and casino welcomes North Texans to an elevated experience. "We wanted to create a resort and gaming experience unlike any other, and I am proud to say the expansion…
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Oklahoma's Choctaws open Durant casino's $600M expansion

he Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma opened the expansion of the casino and resort in Durant on Thursday. The new 21-storey Sky Tower and expansion project was first announced in November 2018 with groundbreaking occuring in May 2020. Amenities include 1000 new hotel rooms, eleven bars, six restaurants, two Starbucks, 3300 slot machines, and a parking…
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New casino and resort in Durant opens to public

DURANT - The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is raising the stakes this week with the grand opening of the expansion of the casino and resort in Durant. Tribal officials said the $600-million project is expected to bring 1000 new and permanent jobs to southern Oklahoma. Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton told a small crowd of employees and other guests…
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Oklahoma: Choctaw casino's $600M expansion set to open on August 6

he Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has added a new 21-story tower to its Oklahoma resort and casino. The 300000-square-foot Sky Tower represents a $600 million expansion that progressed despite the pandemic's debilitating economic fallout. Set to open to the public on August 6, the tower features 1000 new hotel rooms, six restaurants, 11 bars, and a…
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Expansion of Choctaw Casino & Resort set to 0pen August 6 in Durant

Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Okla., is proud to announce the grand opening of its resort expansion featuring the 21-story luxury Sky Tower Hotel, an expanded gaming experience plus elevated amenities, restaurants, lounges and entertainment options, and a world class collection of Choctaw art. Located in southeastern Oklahoma just a little…
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Luxury Expansion of Choctaw Casino & Resort Is Set to Open August 6 in Durant, Oklahoma

New Features Include 1000-Room Hotel Tower, Expanded Gaming and Entertainment Options, a Variety of New Amenities, Restaurants and Lounges, and a World Class Collection of Choctaw Art (DURANT, OKLA.) July 14, 2021 - Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Okla., is proud to announce the grand opening of its resort expansion featuring the 21-story luxury…
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Luxury Expansion of Choctaw Casino & Resort Is Set to Open August 6 in Durant, Oklahoma
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Choctaw Casino to Host Aug. 5 Ribbon Cutting on $600mn Expansion

Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant, Oklahoma has entered the final stages of a $600 million expansion project and is just a few short weeks away from unveiling the product of two-years' worth of construction work at the property. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, owner of the already glitzy resort, broke ground on its grand extension in the spring of…
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Choctaw Casino to Host Aug. 5 Ribbon Cutting on $600mn Expansion
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