#U.S. Department of Interior

TALLAHASSEE - Lawyers for the federal government asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a ruling that invalidated Florida's attempt to give the Seminole Tribe a monopoly on sports betting in the state. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments from lawyers for the U.S.…

The Four Winds Casino in South Bend has dedicated the addition of 40000-square-feet of gaming space. The casino expansion is part of a broader project that includes the construction of a 23-story hotel and event center. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians first opened the casino in January 2018 and announced the expansion the following year. In…

BELOIT - The Bureau of Indian Affairs has approved placing 33 acres of land in Beloit into trust for the Ho-Chunk Nation, which is the final step in the process to start construction of a tribal casino and resort in Beloit. No timetable has been announced yet when the casino project will begin construction or when it will be complete at its site…

BUFFALO, N.Y. - After New York State froze bank accounts of the Seneca Nation, including its gaming operations, the Seneca Council released more than $564 million in disputed casino revenue sharing it was holding. Seneca President Matt Pagels noted shortly after New York received the money Tuesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced she plans to use $418…

BELOIT-The Ho-Chunk Nation's Beloit casino and resort project may not have broken ground in 2021, but the project took key administrative steps forward as officials from the tribe and City of Beloit look forward to initial construction this year. Last year was far from quiet for the project even without shovels in the ground. Wisconsin Democratic…

Three months after the prospects of an Osage Indian casino in Lake Ozark emerged, the Osage Tribe is seeking proposals to demolish the vacant motel and accessory buildings on the location at Bagnell Dam Blvd. A public notice in the Eldon Advertiser Jan. 3, the newspaper of record in Miller County, said that Requests for Proposals were being sought…

The Koi Nation is partnering with another, larger tribe to build a Casino near Windsor. They announced they've reached a predevelopment deal with the Chickasaw Nation, which owns 23 casinos in Oklahoma. The deal would allow Global Gaming Solutions, which is owned by the Chickasaw, manage and operate the planned Shiloh Casino & Resort on East Shiloh…

two lawsuits fighting for control of sports betting in Florida's new gambling compact, there's now a third lawsuit seeking to invalidate the compact altogether. A group of South Florida businessmen and their companies, along with the anti-gambling group No Casinos, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., late Monday, arguing that the…

BELOIT-Beloit residents and visitors may see activity on the future site of the Ho-Chunk Nation's casino-resort entertainment complex with preliminary work related to the project's final design set to start soon. However, a start for actual construction of the complex remains "a moving target," according to a tribe official. A contractor for the…

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…

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…

While Gov. Ron DeSantis and Seminole Tribe Chairman Marcellus Osceola signed an expansive gambling agreement last spring with great fanfare, the final word on the multibillion-dollar deal could be delivered in silence. Thursday marks the end of the 45-day review period during which the U.S. Department of Interior, and specifically its Bureau of…

Revelers and casino dwellers have plenty of options to choose from in Florida. The state has dozens of casinos, although gambling within its borders can be a little hazy. The state reported a record on Friday, August 13th; the state reported a record with over 150000 new COVID cases and a seven-day average of more than 20000 cases per day. (That…

Four Winds Casino in South Bend is now operating with a Class III license, which allows the gaming facility to offer Las Vegas-style games such as blackjack, roulette and slot machines. On Aug. 5, Gov. Eric Holcomb joined officials from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, owners and operaters the casino, and the Indiana Gaming Commission to mark the…

SOUTH BEND - The Four Winds Casino in South Bend is now operating with a Class III license, which allows the gaming facility to offer Las Vegas-style games such as blackjack, roulette, and slot machines. This morning, Governor Eric Holcomb joined officials from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, which owns and operates the casino, and the Indiana…

PointsBet has secured access to the Arizona sports betting market after striking a deal with Cliff Castle Casino Hotel. Gambling operator PointsBet revealed on Tuesday that it has agreed to a deal with Cliff Castle Casino Hotel in Arizona. The casino is classed as a Subordinate Economic Organization of the Yavapai-Apache Nation. PointsBet…

TALLAHASSEE - A political committee backed by Las Vegas Sands, a powerful new entrant into the gambling market in Florida, this week unveiled two new ballot initiatives that ask voters to approve as many as three new casinos in Florida and allow existing North Florida cardrooms to offer casino games. The two proposals, submitted to the Florida…

Florida's gaming compact with the Seminole tribe has been challenged by a federal lawsuit from the owners of Magic City Casino. The lawsuit alleges that the sports betting component in the compact is based on legal fiction and that it violates the federal law. It was filed last Friday at the U.S. District Court or the Northern District of Florida…

TALLAHASSEE - One of Florida's oldest parimutuel companies, owner of Miami's Magic City Casino and the Bonita Springs Poker Room, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida gaming compact between the state and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, alleging that the sports betting component is a based on "legal fiction" that violates federal…

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…

MUSKEGON, MI - The proposed Muskegon County casino project is facing pushback from elected officials in the greater Detroit region. Detroit City Council and the Wayne County Board of Commissioners passed resolutions last week opposing "any off-reservation gaming effort" in Michigan, mentioning the Fruitport Township casino and a proposed casino in…

There's a deal between the Lamont administration and the Mohegan Tribe that would dramatically expand gambling in Connecticut, from sports wagering to gambling on your cell phone, from poker to the lottery. The agreement, which will require General Assembly approval of changes to the state's gambling compact with the tribes, still lacks a critical…