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A long-running fight over a proposed off-reservation casino in the Central Valley reached a decisive point this month after the California Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that blocks the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians’ project without a valid state approval.
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The Department of the Interior has proposed appointing William “Billy” Henry Kirkland III to the National Indian Gaming Commission for a three‑year term. Kirkland would join the commission’s sole remaining member, Associate Commissioner Sharon Avery, who also served as former acting chair.
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A push by federal regulators to classify sports betting as a financial product is drawing sharp opposition from tribes, who say it could undermine tribal gaming compacts and redirect billions in revenue.
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The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians won city approval for a temporary gaming facility in its long-running effort to bring gaming to Vallejo, Calif., even as its larger casino project remains under federal review.
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Four Maine tribes have intervened to defend the state’s new internet gaming law, aiming to preserve a new revenue stream.
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The National Indian Gaming Commission announced Monday that Vice Chair Jeannie Hovland has departed the agency, according to a press release from NIGC. Her resignation is effective immediately.
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A new bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate takes aim at prediction‑market platforms that lawmakers say are offering sports betting under another name.
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The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana plans to open an eight-story hotel tower at Coushatta Casino Resort in May, adding more than 300 rooms as the tribe expands what it describes as the state’s largest casino resort.
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A proposal by the Menominee Indian Tribe to bring a Hard Rock-branded casino to Kenosha, Wis. has moved closer to approval following a positive environmental assessment by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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Wisconsin lawmakers are advancing legislation that would allow tribes to offer statewide mobile sports betting through a “hub-and-spoke” model, despite online wagering otherwise being illegal under state law.