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Public Hearing About Maine Online Casino Bill Interrupted by Bomb Threat
Maine legislators heard testimony about a proposed online casino bill on Jan. 3. However, lawmakers stopped short of making a decision about LD1777 during the public hearing in the Joint Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs. That’s because the Maine State House in Augusta was evacuated due to a bomb threat later ruled a hoax […]
Seneca Compact Negotiations to Extend Into 2024: Will Online Casino Effort Be Affected?
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Seneca Nation of Indians President Rickey Armstrong Sr. announced they’ve agreed on a short-term gaming compact extension. The extension runs until March 31, 2024, unless the parties sign a new gaming compact before then. If they don’t, it will renew automatically until either party decides otherwise. The current […]
Anaxi Tech Brings Mobile Gaming to Chickasaw Nation’s WinStar Casino
Anaxi, the real money gaming division of Aristocrat Leisure Limited, announced the launch of its Mobile on-Premise gaming solution in partnership with the Chickasaw Nation’s WinStar World Casino and Resort in Oklahoma. Thanks to the deal, casino guests can now access three of Aristocrat’s “iconic” Class II gaming titles directly through their mobile devices. Tribes […]
Oklahoma Lawmakers Reject Governor’s Off-Reservation Tribal Gaming Compacts
Oklahoma lawmakers unanimously rejected two gaming compacts that would’ve allowed two Native American tribes to offer gaming outside their territories. The Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations saw “significant fatal flaws” in the compacts Gov. Kevin Stitt had signed with the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and the Kialegee Tribal Town. Stitt crafted individual compacts […]
California Sports Betting Ballot Initiatives for Tribes Lack Support From Tribal Gaming’s CNIGA, Boyd
Proposed California sports betting ballot initiatives filed on Oct. 27 with the California Attorney General’s Office (CAG) resulted in two gaming entities denying involvement. On Oct. 27, the California Nations Indian Gaming Association (CNIGA) said it knew nothing about the proposed Sports Wagering Regulation and Tribal Gaming Protection Act and the Tribal Gaming Protection Act. […]
Annabelle — ‘Haunted’ Doll Returns to Mohegan Sun This Hallowe’en
The infamous “haunted” doll Annabelle will return to Mohegan Sun Casino and Resort as part of the third-annual Seekers of the Supernatural Phantasma-Con on Oct. 28. The doll and the stories surrounding it served as the real-world inspiration for the character of the same name in the horror movie The Conjuring and its sequels. Fans of the […]
Groundbreaking Kicks Off Massive Expansion at Bay Mills Casino Resort
Roughly 11 months after first announcing the project, Bay Mills Casino and Resort has broken ground on a massive expansion that will double the resort’s visitor occupancy. Last week, the casino and Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC), which owns and operates the resort, held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the project’s start. Bay Mills Tribal […]
Florida Sports Betting to Resume as DC Circuit Denies West Flagler Rehearing
Online sports betting in Florida could be underway again as early as next week as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request by West Flagler Associates for a rehearing en banc. In its ruling, the Circuit Court had anticipated the request and included the provision that the Seminole Tribe’s Hard Rock Sportsbook could not resume operations until seven days after the […]
Gov Hochul No Longer Recused from Seneca Talks After Husband Retires
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul can partake in negotiations with the Seneca Nation on a new gambling compact after recusals put in place in 2021 became unwarranted when her husband retired from Delaware North. In a statement post on Aug. 30, Hochul said her recusal memo was updated to reflect that financial conflict of interest […]
DOJ Opposes West Flagler’s Rehearing Request in Florida Sports Betting Case
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a response on behalf of the Department of the Interior (DOI) to West Flagler’s request for an en banc rehearing of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the Florida sports betting case. That decision overturned the District Court and restored a 2021 Florida gaming compact allowing […]
