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How did gambling develop into a major industry in Minnesota?

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Minnesotans hoping to gamble today have many options. They can visit a Native American casino, buy scratch-off games at a gas station, yank open pull-tabs at a bar or even play bingo at a church fish fry. But this is a fairly recent phenomenon. Minnesota's founders took a hard line…

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For better or worse, 20 years ago Mainers legalized casino gambling

Twenty years ago this week, 53 percent of Maine voters in the 2003 election legalized slot machines in Maine, through the creation of a "racino" connected to Bangor's Bass Park harness racing track. Today, nearly all forms of gambling are legal in Maine, including sports betting, which went live last week. You can play slot machines and table games…

Law ・ 08 November 2023

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How Online Gambling is Affecting Native American Tribes

The digital revolution of the gambling industry has catalyzed profound transformations, and among the most deeply affected are Native American tribes. This article unravels the multi-faceted relationship between the surge of online gambling and its traditions, rights, and economics. In the vast realm of entertainment, few sectors have witnessed as…

Sports ・ 03 October 2023

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Lac Vieux Desert Launches Bingo Treasures

OMAHA, NE - The Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Public Enterprise and Finance Commission has entered into a Managed Services Agreement to participate in the launch of Bingo Treasures from Video King and Parlay Games. Lac Vieux Desert operates a destination resort near Watersmeet, MI, which includes the Northern Waters…

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Native Casinos May Have Just Hit the Jackpot

A corner of cyberspace could soon be federally recognized tribal land. New federal rules could make it easier for Native American tribes to acquire land and broker deals with states for online sports betting, The Wall Street Journal reported. The federal framework that governs gambling on Native reservations was established in 1988 when Congress…

Winnings ・ 06 March 2023

Tampa Bay Times

Feds urge court to reverse invalidation of Florida’s gambling compact with Seminole Tribe

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.…

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Online gambling Prop 27 sparks debate over tribal sovereignty

GUY MARZORATI, BYLINE: Most of the California tribes who have weighed in on Proposition 27 are against it. But if you've seen YES on Prop 27 ads, you've probably noticed the guy in a bright red shirt. MOKE SIMON (MS): Prop 27 supports financially disadvantaged tribes that don't own big casinos MARZORATI: That's Moke Simon, chair of the Middletown…

Strategy Guide ・ 04 November 2022

Sacramento Local News

Who can own and operate a casino in California?

According to the CGCC, Native Americans were allowed to establish gaming operations on tribal land after the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988. SACRAMENTO, Calif - Following the early opening of Sky River Casino in Elk Grove, many community members have made their voices heard about their excitement and opposition to the casino.…

Gaming Authorities ・ 30 August 2022

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With Propositions 26 and 27 on the ballot, we look at Indian casino history in California

With Propositions 26 and 27 both related to tribal gaming, we look at the history of Native Americans and their casinos. The Rincon Band of Mission Indians, located in San Diego County, made the first attempt to open a tribal casino in California in 1970. The San Diego County sheriff shut it down and the courts agreed with the decision. Casino…

Travel ・ 20 August 2022

The Nevada Independent

Indy Gaming: SCOTUS ruling favoring Texas tribal casinos has ‘wider implications’

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 emailed this newsletter to you, please to sign up and receive your own copy of Indy Gaming in your inbox. - Howard Stutz A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week was…

Gaming Authorities ・ 22 June 2022

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Tribal gaming in Texas wins major victory

HOUSTON - The US Supreme Court just handed a major victory to the Alabama-Coushatta and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribes of Texas. In a split, 5-4 decision, the Justices ruled Texas cannot prevent the tribes from offering electronic bingo gaming on these reservations. The Texas Attorney General's Office has been trying to shut down casinos on these…

Law ・ 15 June 2022

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Supreme Court Sides with Ysleta Tribe in Bingo Case

In an unusual lineup, the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 against the State of Texas on Wednesday, thereby blocking the Lone Star State from enforcing its gaming laws against a tribal casino. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the 20-page majority opinion which was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena…

Bingo ・ 15 June 2022

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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…

Finance ・ 06 June 2022

El Paso Matters

U.S. Supreme Court hears Tigua gambling case

El Paso's Tigua Indians finally got their day before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, capping a three-decade legal battle with the state of Texas over whether the tribe can offer some type of gambling on its land. Lawyers for the Tiguas, the state and the U.S. Department of Justice spent just over 90 minutes in oral arguments before the high…

Law ・ 22 February 2022

Online Poker Report

Supreme Court To Hear Texas Tribes' Gambling Case

In October of last year, Online Poker Report reported on the Supreme Court case involving the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the State of Texas. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, the National Indian Gaming Association, and the Solicitor General's office, plus a response from the State of Texas, the case is slated to have oral arguments on Feb 22,…

Law ・ 18 January 2022

World Casino News

Alaska tribal casino plan thwarted

In the American state of Alaska and a federal judge has reportedly ruled against an effort by the Native Village of Eklutna to bring a small casino to tribal lands located around 20 miles north of downtown Anchorage. According to a Thursday report from the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska has only one formal tribal reservation, the Metlakatla Indian…

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Koi Indian tribe unveils plans for $600 million casino resort in Sonoma County

The Koi Nation, one of California's federally recognized Native American tribes, on Wednesday unveiled plans to build a $600 million casino resort on 68 acres on East Shiloh Road near the Shiloh Ranch Regional Park northeast of Santa Rosa in unincorporated Sonoma County. The tribe intends to convert what was a winegrape vineyard at 222 E. Shiloh…

Travel ・ 15 September 2021

El Paso Herald Post

Biden administration sides with Tigua, Alabama-Coushatta tribes in long-standing gambling fight with Texas

The Texas state government and the tribes have repeatedly gone to court since 1993 over gambling issues, with the state regularly prevailing since a 1994 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision known as Ysleta I held that federal law prohibited gambling on Tigua (also known as Ysleta del Sur Pueblo) and Alabama-Coushatta land. Now, the Biden…

Politics ・ 06 September 2021

The Washington Post

Seminole Indians hit the jackpot with controversial Florida gambling deal

TAMPA - The cavernous Seminole Hard Rock Casino rocks around the clock with 5000 noisy slot machines; a couple hundred poker, blackjack and baccarat tables; and superstar artifacts such as Elvis Presley's gold piano. But gamblers who enter through the Lucky Street entrance pass first through a quiet, dimly lit hallway of black-and-white photos…

Winnings ・ 11 July 2021

California News Times

The best Native American casinos in California

Across the state of California, gambling as a whole is widely accepted. Everything from sports bets, horse races wagers and classic table games are in fact quite popular. Casinos can be found in the big metropolitan areas like Los Angeles as well as in small townships. Gambling laws in California place some unusual restrictions; for example,…

Gaming Authorities ・ 22 June 2021

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Proposed Tribal Gambling Rules Would Alter U.S. Gambling

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is updating its rules. Several of the proposed changes could bring the most transformative change to tribal gambling since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988. The public comment period for the proposed rules ends on March 1, at which point BIA will publish the updated guidelines - barring an…

Law ・ 23 February 2023