Category: Tribal gaming

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts and Choctaw Casinos & Resorts are teaming up Deal brings four tribal casino hotels under the Wyndham Rewards umbrella Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is upping its bet on casino resorts through a new partnership with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.                   An aerial view of the Choctaw Casino & Resort Durant…

A trespassing charge against Jordan Addison in Florida has been dismissed The incident occurred at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa Florida State Attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit Susan Lopez is declining to move forward with charges against NFL wide receiver Jordan Addison, who was arrested last week at the Seminole Hard…

Santa Anita Park is suing the California DOJ for seizing its historical horse racing machines The California DOJ plans to demolish the betting machines, unless a court orders otherwise Santa Anita Park has filed a lawsuit against the California Department of Justice (DOJ) after the state law enforcer raided the storied horse racetrack on Saturday…

A North Dakota man says he doesn’t remember stabbing a woman to death The homicide allegedly occurred inside a Sky Dancer Casino & Resort hotel room A North Dakota man who police believe stabbed a woman to death inside a tribal casino hotel room claims to have no memory of the incident. North Dakota’s Rolette…

Santa Anita Park now has slot-like gaming machines at the California racetrack Historical horse racing machines are based on previously run horse races California tribes say Santa Anita is encroaching on their slot machine exclusivity California tribes are voicing their opposition to historical horse racing (HHR) gaming machines after the state’s most famous racetrack recently…

A construction elevator fell during dismantling at Turning Stone on Tuesday afternoon Five workers injured; one hospitalized in stable condition on Wednesday OSHA investigating as Oneida Nation’s $370M resort expansion continues One worker remained hospitalized in stable condition on Wednesday after a construction elevator collapsed at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Oneida, NY, on Tuesday…

Judge denies reconsideration, leaving earlier emergency relief denial intact Residents and CERA challenge federal recognition and land-into-trust approvals Ruling keeps Acorn Ridge Casino project moving toward spring opening A federal judge in Washington, DC, has dealt a heavy blow to a last-resort legal bid to stop the Ione Band of Miwok Indians from building a…

Gaming trade groups say sports event contracts are “indistinguishable” from legal sports betting They say the prediction markets industry is exploiting inaction by the CFTC The American Gaming Association (AGA) and the Indian Gaming Association (IGA) are urging Congress to take action on sports event contracts, which the trade groups say are “indistinguishable” from traditional…

Saracen Casino Resort CFO Jim Burns, 58, died after a golf cart overturned on him The accident occurred at country club near the Pine Bluff, Arkansas casino on January 8 Burns died the following morning He led the finances of the Quapaw Nation-owned casino since 2020 James M. Burns, the chief financial officer of Saracen…

Suspect pleads not guilty in Kickapoo Lucky Eagle shooting. Judge orders competency exam; sanity evaluation hearing set Feb. 2. Two killed, five injured; motive still unclear, officials say. The suspect in the fatal shooting of two people at the Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in southwest Texas pleaded not guilty Wednesday to multiple charges, including capital…