October 16, 2021

Gaming

FILE- In this June 26, 1997, file photo, Fred Dakota pauses outside Federal Court in Grand Rapids, Mich. Dakota, a former leader of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community whose garage casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in 1983 was a milestone for Native American gambling, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, at his home in Baraga, Mich., according to Reid Funeral Service. He was 84. (AP Photo/George Gryzenia, File)
Obituaries

Gambling pioneer Fred Dakota dies at 84

Sep 22, 2021
Talking Stick Casino in Arizona. (Photo by Indian Country Today)
News

Judge refuses to block new sports betting law

Sep 7, 2021
Mohegan Tribe Community Center and Government Building in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Bob Nichols, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
News

Connecticut panel OKs sports betting, online gambling rules

Sep 1, 2021
Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis and Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation President Bernadine Burnette at a tribal gaming compact signing in Phoenix on April 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Gila River Indian Community Facebook)
News

Fantasy sports contests go live in Arizona

Aug 31, 2021
Actor and TV host Mario Lopez plays table games at the opening of the Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas on March 25, 2021. (Photo courtesy of the Mohegan Sun Casino Las Vegas)
Newscasts

'Speed bumps' in tribal gaming recovery but optimistic

Jun 14, 2021
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, signs a gaming compact with Marcellus Osceola Jr., chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, that will allow the tribe to build three more casinos and to hold exclusive rights to sports betting, roulette and craps in the state. The deal was ratified May 19, 2021 by the state Legislature. (Photo by Colin Hackley for the Seminole Tribe of Florida)
News

Seminole tribe inks 30-year gaming compact

May 27, 2021
Mohegan Tribe Community Center and Government Building in Uncasville, Connecticut. (Photo by Bob Nichols, U.S. Department of Agriculture)
News

Connecticut House approves sports betting deal with tribes

May 25, 2021
Gila River Indian Community Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis and Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation President Bernadine Burnette at a tribal gaming compact signing in Phoenix on April 15, 2021. (Photo courtesy of Gila River Indian Community Facebook)
News

Feds OK tribal casino, sports betting deal

May 24, 2021
In this Nov. 20, 2018 photo, a customer watches video screens at a sportsbook in Atlantic City, N.J. On Thursday, March 11, 2021, BetMGM and Buffalo Wild Wings launched a program where special sports betting products are offered to customers at one of the chain's restaurants in New Jersey, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee and West Virginia. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
News

Sports betting: The new, shiny toy

Apr 28, 2021