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Could online gambling provide millions to fight sea-level rise in Florida?

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law Thursday that could pump hundreds of millions of dollars into Florida's struggling environment from an unlikely source: online gambling. There's just one catch. Opponents to Florida's compact with the Seminole Tribe are hoping to get the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the deal. Under the bill, passed by lawmakers…
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Could online gambling provide millions to fight sea-level rise in Florida?
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Could online gambling provide millions to save land and fight sea rise in Florida?

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law Thursday that could pump hundreds of millions of dollars into Florida's struggling environment from an unlikely source: online gambling. There's just one catch. Opponents to Florida's compact with the Seminole Tribe are hoping to get the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the deal. Under the bill, passed by lawmakers…
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Could online gambling provide millions to save land and fight sea rise in Florida?
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Could online gambling provide millions for the environment in Florida?

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new law Thursday that could pump hundreds of millions of dollars into Florida's struggling environment from an unlikely source: online gambling. There's just one catch. Opponents to Florida's compact with the Seminole Tribe are hoping to get the U.S. Supreme Court to throw out the deal. Under the bill, passed by lawmakers…
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Could online gambling provide millions for the environment in Florida?
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New Arizona gaming compacts with tribes to bring more casinos, slots

Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday signed historic agreements with Native American tribes in Arizona that mark the most significant update to gambling in the state in decades. Ducey and a host of tribal leaders held a ceremonial document signing at the Heard Museum in Phoenix for the compacts, as well as a bill to allow sports betting that was tied to the…
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New Arizona gaming compacts with tribes to bring more casinos, slots
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Indy Gaming: Red Rock’s long-stalled tribal casino deal near Fresno moving forward

Approval from Indian gaming regulators allows the central California project to start construction nearly two decades after the initial agreement was signed. Good morning, and welcome to the Indy Gaming newsletter, a weekly look at gaming matters nationally and internationally and how the events tie back to Nevada. If a colleague or associate…
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Indy Gaming: Red Rock’s long-stalled tribal casino deal near Fresno moving forward
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Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin renews efforts to bring a casino to Kenosha

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin has relaunched efforts to bring a casino to Kenosha - roughly seven years after its last attempt was blocked by former Gov. Scott Walker. In July, the tribe announced that it had once again partnered with Hard Rock International, which is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, to construct a scaled-down…
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Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin renews efforts to bring a casino to Kenosha
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Trump Interior Chief Ryan Zinke Lied to Investigators in Casino Case, Watchdog Finds

The office of the inspector general (OIG) released Wednesday a report that found former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied repeatedly to federal officials. He first raised red flags in early 2017, when the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes had submitted a request for federal approval to build a gambling facility in East Windsor, Connecticut.…
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Trump Interior Chief Ryan Zinke Lied to Investigators in Casino Case, Watchdog Finds
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5 things to know: Investigation delays new Catawba casino

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. - Construction on a new casino outside Charlotte could be delayed as federal investigators look into who is benefiting from the Catawba Two Kings Casino. The people benefiting include the brother of South Carolina Congressman James Clyburn and the husband of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the Wall Street Journal…
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Editor’s Notebook: Off-reservation casino proposals highlight inadequate tribal funding, inequitable federal model

Whether the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians will secure the necessary approval from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to open a casino in Fruitport Township remains an open question, but the answer will likely emerge within a matter of days. So far, the tribe has secured approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior to take the land into trust, a…
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Casino compact battle ramps up

The Seneca Nation of Indians says all its bank accounts at KeyBank, for both the Nation and Seneca Gaming Corporation, are frozen because of what it calls, the "aggressive overreach" by New York State. It is an ongoing battle as the state waits for the Nation to make casino revenue payments for the three Western New York casinos in Buffalo, Niagara…
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New federal law affirms Catawba casino in North Carolina

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. (AP) - A new federal law affirms the operation of a casino in North Carolina by the South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation, ending a yearslong dispute between the tribes. President Joe Biden signed the The Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act, which was included in a larger piece of legislation authorizing military spending, on…
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Federal court ruling again backs state in casino revenue dispute with Senecas

The compact, which runs through 2023, included an automatic renewal at the end of 2016 that took effect for the remainder of the compact term when neither side objected to it. When the Senecas stopped paying in 2017, they maintained that the renewal of the original agreement didn't specifically call for further payments to the state. The dispute…
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Federal court ruling again backs state in casino revenue dispute with Senecas
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Tejon Tribe Names Construction Partners for Bakersfield Casino

The Tejon Indian Tribe has announced the design and construction firms that it has tapped to work on its proposed $600 million casino near Highway 99, just south of the California City of Bakersfield. In a news release published this Monday, the tribe announced that Los Angeles-based company The PENTA Building Group will serve as general contractor…
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Fate of Florida gambling deal unclear as Seminole Tribe makes case

TALLAHASSEE --- The legality of sports betting in Florida remained uncertain Wednesday, as the Seminole Tribe escalated efforts to keep intact a deal giving it control over online sports wagering following a judge's ruling that the agreement violates federal law. The tribe's latest legal salvos gave no indication of plans to comply with U.S.…
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DeSantis may need Biden to rescue $2.5B gambling deal

Right now the department isn't commenting. DeSantis himself did not know about the decision until asked about it by a reporter at an early morning press conference in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday. But it puts the governor - who routinely rails against Biden and is caught in legal clashes with the administration over vaccine mandates, cruise ships and…
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DeSantis may need Biden to rescue $2.5B gambling deal
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The Osage Nation announced it would be investing $60 million to build a casino with hotel, restaurants and entertainment space on 28 acres.

The proposed Osage Nation casino is not a "slam dunk" and citizens have the power to stop the project from moving forward. That's the message Joe Roeger and Mike Eagen said they will be sharing with the community whenever and wherever possible because neither believes a casino - especially this casino - will be beneficial to the area. In late…
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The Osage Nation announced it would be investing $60 million to build a casino with hotel, restaurants and entertainment space on 28 acres.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging gambling deal

Dealing a win to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gambling agreement that allows the tribe to have control over sports betting in Florida. Owners of the pari-mutuels Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida filed the lawsuit in…
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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Seminole Gambling Deal

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Dealing a win to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, a federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a gambling agreement that allows the tribe to have control over sports betting in Florida. Owners of the pari-mutuels Magic City Casino in Miami-Dade County and Bonita Springs Poker Room in Southwest Florida filed…
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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Seminole Gambling Deal
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No Casinos, others sue to stop Seminole Compact

No Casinos asks a federal court to declare the Compact in violation of state, federal laws. Charging that the new Seminole Compact is a clear violation of the Florida Constitution and several federal laws, No Casinos and others filed suit Monday in federal court to block it. The suit asks a judge to set aside Florida's approval of the new 30-year…
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No Casinos, others sue to stop Seminole Compact
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Federal review calls into question legality of Seneca casino payments to NY

ALBANY - The Biden administration has opened an inquiry into whether a casino revenue sharing deal between the Seneca Nation of Indians and New York State is legal, a potentially significant step for the tribe that has been ordered by an arbitration panel and federal judges to pay $500 million in missed casino payments to Albany. The Senecas filed…
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Federal review calls into question legality of Seneca casino payments to NY
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Feds Should Dismiss Florida and Seminole Tribe’s Gambling Deal

Florida approved sports betting through a compact signed with the Seminole Tribe on April 23, 2021. The compact made both the state of Florida and the Seminole Tribe are happy as the compact is expected to boost state revenue by $2.5 billion in the next few years. While the gaming compact has kept both sides happy, it still requires federal…
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Feds Should Dismiss Florida and Seminole Tribe’s Gambling Deal
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You can now gamble at the new Catawba Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. - Feeling lucky? You can now gamble at a new casino in Kings Mountain. The South Carolina-based Catawba Indian Nation has opened a preliminary, temporary version of its proposed casino just across the border in North Carolina. The Catawba Two Kings Casino opened their pre-launch facility Thursday, which features 500 slot…
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You can now gamble at the new Catawba Two Kings Casino in Kings Mountain
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Catawba Nation in North Carolina Opens Two Kings Casino

Tomorrow, July 1, 2021, the Catawba Nation will be in a celebratory mood. The brand is slated to open a temporary gambling platform, going by the name Two Kings Casino. At noon, state, federal, and local officials will join the brand's officials to launch the opening. This marks the Catawba Nation's first operations of a casino in North…
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'This is just the beginning.' Get an early look inside NC's upcoming Catawba casino.

KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. - As workers in hard hats hauled in and fired up colorful, neon-bordered slot machines, officials with the Catawba Indian Nation's North Carolina casino project gave a first look inside their soon-to-open gaming facility this week. "This is the beginning, just the beginning," Chuck Kilroy of casino project consultant Delaware…
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'This is just the beginning.' Get an early look inside NC's upcoming Catawba casino.
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Feds need to reject Florida’s fatally flawed gambling deal with Seminole Tribe

No matter what the state of Florida might claim, it is not asking the U.S. Department of the Interior to approve a deal that legalizes sports betting on Seminole tribal land. It's asking the federal government to approve a precedent-setting deal with the Seminole Tribe that authorizes sports betting on every square inch of Florida - tribal land or…
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Feds need to reject Florida’s fatally flawed gambling deal with Seminole Tribe
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Oklahoma: Osage breaks ground on two new casinos

sage Casinos broke ground on two new casino-hotels Tuesday in Pawhuska and Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The projects were first announced in June 2020, completion of the facilities has been delayed throughout the planning process, but both are expected to open in fall of 2022. The $90 million investment, which will go toward replacing existing casinos…
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Red Rock Resorts' Long-Delayed California Casino Receives Another Legal Setback

A California appellate court tossed a roadblock in front of Red Rock Resorts' planned development of a tribal-owned casino near Fresno that has been tied up in legal maneuverings for some 18 years. A three-judge panel said the defeat of a 2014 statewide ballot referendum precluded California's governor from signing a gaming compact with the North…
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Red Rock Resorts' Long-Delayed California Casino Receives Another Legal Setback
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MGM drops suit over tribes' now-shelved East Windsor casino project

MGM Resorts has dropped a lawsuit over the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes' plan to develop an East Windsor casino, a project shelved as part of the gaming-expansion agreement negotiated earlier this year between Gov. Ned Lamont and the tribes. The agreement formed the basis of legislation passed by the legislature and signed into law by the…
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MGM drops suit over tribes' now-shelved East Windsor casino project
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