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August 22, 2008Court sets hearing on Pascua Yaqui poker lawsuitA judge in Arizona will hold a hearing on September 29 over a poker room that the Pascua Yaqui Tribe says is illegal. The tribe says Club Royale is violating state laws and interfering with the tribe's casino operation. Since...August 21, 2008Artvoice: The case of the Seneca Nation's casino"Two motions are presently before US District Court Judge William M. Skretny in the Buffalo casino case. He was scheduled to hear oral arguments on both of them on August 21, but late last week he announced he had read...August 20, 2008Pascua Yaqui Tribe sues to shut down poker roomThe Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona went to court on Tuesday to shut down a private poker room. The tribe says Club Royale violates state laws against gambling and interferes with its two casinos. The tribe's assistant attorney general...August 19, 2008Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sues former partnerThe Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas has sued Harrah's Entertainment, its former gaming partner. Harrah's used to run the Prairie Band Casino & Resort under a federally-approved gaming management contract. The deal ended last year when the tribe took...County delays decision on Ponca Tribe's casinoOfficials in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, will wait another week before taking a stance on the casino being sought by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. The county plans to meet with the tribe before deciding what course to take. Options...August 18, 2008Judge to rule on Seneca off-reservation casinoJudge William Skretny plans to rule on the status of the Seneca Nation's off-reservation casino in New York by August 26. Casino opponents want Skretny to close the Buffalo Creek Casino. But the Department of Justice says new regulations...August 8, 2008Judge won't force BIA to act on Fort Sill Apache siteThe Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma will complete an environmental assessment for its proposed casino site in New Mexico after losing a round in court. The tribe asked a federal judge to force the Bureau of Indian Affairs to...July 30, 2008D.C. Circuit won't rehear Gun Lake casino caseThe D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to rehear a case that seeks to stop the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians from building a casino in Michigan. On April 29, the court rejected a challenge to the tribe's land-into-trust...July 28, 2008Sale of gaming stock funded anti-Seneca lawsuitA foundation that is backing a lawsuit against the Seneca Nation made $2.1 million by selling stock in Harrah’s Entertainment, one of the world's largest gaming companies. The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation bought 60,000 shares in Harrah's in 2003...July 25, 2008DOJ seeks dismissal of lawsuit over Ponca casinoThe Department of Justice is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit over the Ponca Tribe's proposed casino. Government lawyers say the state of Nebraska lacks standing to challenge the casino because the tribe's gaming site is in...July 24, 2008DOJ defends gaming on Seneca Nation fee landsThe Department of Justice says a new interpretation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act allows tribes to engage in gaming on restricted fee lands. Government attorneys point to the new Section 20 regulations that were issued by the Bureau...July 21, 2008Ponca Tribe has big plans for casino in IowaThe Ponca Tribe of Nebraska plans to announce partnerships to build a major casino in Iowa. Chairman Larry Wright said the tribe's facility will rival commercial casinos in Iowa. "It's not going to be a rented mule in the...Seminole Tribe continues to offer card gamesIt's business as usual at the casinos owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida despite a court ruling that said card games were illegal in the state. The tribe plans to continue offering the games unless told otherwise. So far,...July 18, 2008Seminole Tribe asks court to reconsider compactThe Seminole Tribe has asked the Florida Supreme Court to rehear a lawsuit over the tribal-state Class III gaming compact. In a July 3 decision, the court invalidated the compact. The justices said Gov. Charlie Crist (R) overstepped his authority...July 16, 2008Ho-Chunk Nation ordered to arbitrate over compactA federal judge has ordered the Ho-Chunk Nation and the state of Wisconsin into arbitration over a Class III gaming compact. The tribe and the state signed the compact in 2003. It allowed the tribe to operate more Class III...July 11, 2008Gaming foes seek closure of Seneca Nation casinoOpponents of the off-reservation casino owned by the Seneca Nation of New York said they have heard nothing from the Bush administration about the status of the facility. Attorney Cornelius D. Murray said his clients will go back to court...July 10, 2008Judge won't halt blackjack at Seminole casinosA federal judge said he can't rule on a lawsuit that seeks to stop the Seminole Tribe of Florida from offering blackjack at its casinos. Judge Stephan P. Mickle said a lawsuit filed by a non-Indian slot machine facility can't...Seneca Nation hires top legal expert for gaming caseThe Seneca Nation of New York has hired Laurence H. Tribe, one of the most prominent legal experts in the United States, to help the tribe defend the legality of its off-reservation casino. Tribe is a leading constitutional law...July 9, 2008Seneca Nation won't close casino despite rulingThe Seneca Nation of New York has no plans to close an off-reservation casino even after a federal judge ruled it was illegal. The tribe opened the temporary Buffalo Creek Casino on nine acres in downtown Buffalo. The site...July 8, 2008Seminole Tribe weighs next move in compact caseThe Seminole Tribe and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) are weighing their next move after the state's highest court invalidated the Class III gaming compact they signed. The tribe and the state are considering filing a motion for rehearing...July 3, 2008Florida Supreme Court rules in Seminole compact caseFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) lacked authority to enter into a Class III gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe, the state's highest court ruled today. The decision said Crist overstepped his bounds by allowing the tribe to offer games that...Connecticut town sues for taxes on slot machinesA Connecticut town has sued a gaming manufacturer that supplies slot machines to the casino owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. The town of Ledyard claims that WMS Gaming owes property taxes on machines leased to the Foxwoods Resort...Coeur d'Alene Tribe sued over deaths at casinoThe Coeur d'Alene Tribe is being sued over two deaths at its casino in Idaho. Donald S. Hanson, 55, and Richard E. Stokes, 49, died in a June 2006 fire at the Coeur d'Alene Casino. The fire was determined to...July 2, 2008Judge issues stay in Rincon Band compact caseA federal judge issued a stay in a Class III gaming compact dispute between the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians and the state of California. Judge William McCurine said he won't force the two parties to negotiate until the 9th...July 1, 2008Judge promises ruling in Seneca Nation caseA federal judge plans to issue a ruling by July 8 in a lawsuit that questions the legality of the Seneca Nation's off-reservation casino in Buffalo, New York. In January 2007, Judge William M. Skretny ruled that the National...June 27, 2008Judge plans to issue ruling in Rincon compact caseA federal magistrate said he will issue a ruling as early as next week in a Class III gaming compact dispute between the Rincon Band of Mission Indians and the state of California. On April 29, Judge William McCurine Jr....June 13, 2008Oregon court allows challenge to gaming compactThe Oregon Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit that challenges a Class III gaming compact for the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. A group called People Against a Casino Town questions whether the governor has the...June 12, 2008Lawsuit over Graton Rancheria land-into-trustThe Bureau of Indian Affairs is being sued over its decision to allow the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria to open a casino in the Bay Area. The plaintiffs are raising constitutional challenges to the land-into-trust process. Similar claims have...June 11, 2008BIA questions revenue-sharing in gaming compactsRevenue-sharing provisions in Class III gaming compacts raise a "red flag," a Bureau of Indian Affairs official told lawmakers in California. Paula Hart, director of the BIA's Office of Indian Gaming Management, said states cannot "impose" taxes, fees or other...June 9, 2008Iowa to sue NIGC over Ponca Tribe's casinoThe state of Iowa will be filing a lawsuit against the National Indian Gaming Commission in hopes of stopping the Ponca Tribe from building a casino. Attorney general Tom Miller said the tribe promised not to use the 5-acre site... |
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