30th
December
Niagara Falls Source: The
Buffalo News
Third
and final 'play day' has folks betting on Seneca casino's success
30th
December
Connecticut Source: The
Press of Atlantic City
The
New Beast of the East - Connecticut's Mohegan Sun casino hotel offers lessons
for A.C.
Despite
competition, Foxwoods still strong
Employees
benefit at Connecticut casinos
- must read!
Joe
Weinert with a trio of detailed reports from the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods
Casino in Connecticut. The two casinos between them have over 21,000 employees.
30th
December
New York & Niagara Falls
Source: Yahoo/New York Post
Pataki's
Bad Bet
The New York Post with a
tough editorial denouncing the deal between the Governor and the Seneca
Indian Tribe.
28th
December
Niagara Falls Source: The Buffalo
News & Democrat & Chronicle
Casino
opening promises busy streets
Casino
has it doubters
On
eve of casino opening, Senecas betting on future
The Seneca Niagara Casino's
scheduled opening is at 12 o'clock on New Years Day with 2,625 Slots
& 93 tables.
27th
December
Niagara Falls Source: Newsday/AP
Casino
rekindles hope in struggling Niagara Falls
27th
December
Florida Source: South Florida
Sun-Sentinel
IRS
targets Seminoles for tax-free spending sprees
26th
December
New York Source:
Las Vegas Sun/New York Times
Niagara
Falls hopes Seneca casino will bring prosperity
The Seneca Indians who are
planning on opening their casino in just 5 days, paid just $1 for 13 acres
including the former Niagara Falls Convention Center.
23rd
December
Mississippi Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Choctaw
Resort Development Enterprise Announces 2002 Annual Results
The Choctaw's casino had
a gross win of $227 million for the year. Website: www.choctaw.org
23rd
December
New York Source:
Buffalo Business Journal
Seneca
casino ready to roll
Interesting look at the
work of set-up specialist Michael "Mickey" Brown. The Seneca casino recently
trained over 300 dealers and is due to open on New Years Day in the former
Niagara Falls Convention Center.
22nd
December
Indian Gaming - Michigan
Source: The Grand Rapids Press
Casino
trio could hit jackpot
22nd
December
Sacramento, California
Source: Sacramento Bee
No
sure bets as tribes, state revisit casino pacts
In California at the moment
there are some 50 tribes with gaming operations that have a total of 48,000
slots.
22nd
December
Indian Gaming Source:
Arizona Republic - Editorial
It's
a tribal gamble, win or lose 'Time' probe of casino gaming ignores
positives
21st
December
Connecticut Source:
The Norwich Bulletin
Dealers
learn the game at new center - Foxwood's new gaming training center also
will house its entertainment department.
The $9 million training
facility is large enough to house 400 and students. Trainees learn either
Blackjack or Craps over a 10 week period. Foxwoods has some 11,000 employees.
20th
December
Niagara Falls Source:
Buffalo News
Casino
restricts gambling to 21 and over
The compact between the
Seneca Nation and the State of New York allows 18 year olds to gamble.
The casino however plans on offering free alcoholic drinks to gamblers.
20th
December
Washington Source:
Pechanga.net/AGA Press release
AGA
Position Statement re: TIME Magazine Articles
20th
December
Sacramento & Las Vegas
Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
National
Indian Gaming Commission Approves Seven Year Management Agreement
NIGA has approved Station
Casino's to manage the Thunder Valley Casino and receive a 24% share of
revenues.
19th
December
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Source: Newsday.com/AP
Bridgeport,
tribe agree to casino plan
19th
December
Syracuse, New York
Source: Newsday.com/AP
Documents
give financial picture of Oneida businesses
The Turning Stone Casino
in Verona operated by the Oneida Nation made a profit of nearly $70 million
in 2001 on turnover of $232 million.
19th
December
Arizona Source: Arizoa
Republic
Casino
test-drives slots - Gamemakers seek advice of gamblers
The Mazatzal Casino invited
200 of its best slot players to test drive 30 machines from 7 different
manufacturers.
18th
December
Arizona Source: AZCentral.com
Vegas-style
blackjack to bring hundreds of new jobs to state
After the passing of Proposition
202 last month Arizona's Indian casinos are on the lookout for some 1,200
dealers.
18th
December
Washington Source:
Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
regulator vows to be firm
Philip Hogen is the new
chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
17th
December
Connecticut Source:
The Hartford Courant
Mohegan
Sun Wins Monthly Slots Race
No
More Gambling Palaces -
Editorial
Total
slot handle at Connecticut's two Indian casinos was $1.54 billion in November
up 5% from 2001.
17th
December
Florida Source: Miami Herald
Billie:
I OK'd Internet gambling - Tribal chairman takes stand in embezzling case
16th
December
Indian Gaming Source: TIME
Magazine
Playing
the Political Slots - How Indian casino interests have learned the art
of buying influence in Washington
TIME continues its statistic
filled investigation of Indian Gaming in the 23rd December issue.
Look
who's cashing in at Indian Casinos - 16th December
issue
15th
December
Niagara Falls Source: Buffalo
News
Casino
training school graduates 315
The Seneca Niagara Casino
will open on New Years Day with some 550 gaming staff - 315 coming from
the in-house training school.
14th
December
Connecticut Source: Norwich Bulletin
Place
tolls on roads leading to casinos
- Opinion
Mohegan
Sun and Foxwoods receive around 40,000 cars a day a $1 toll would raise
$14.6 million per annum.
13th
December
Washington Source: Las
Vegas Review-Journal
Rule
enforcement pushed for tribes - Interior secretary says casinos need effective
regulation to be beneficial
The National Indian Gaming
Commission has 63 staff and a budget of $8 million. The 300 or so tribal
gaming operations are believed to have annual revenues of $13 billion.
13th
December
California Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
California
Nations Indian Gaming Association: TIME Misses the Point of Tribal Government
Gaming
CNIGA is the latest Association
to respond to the TIME article that is critical of the development of Indian
gaming.
13th
December
Indian Gaming Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Indian
Country Today Speaks Out Against TIME Magazine's Cover Story on American
Indian Casinos
13th
December
Maine Source: Boston.com/AP
Indian
gaming official promotes casino idea in Maine
13th
December
Saskatchewan Source:
Canoe.ca/CP
Saskatchewan
auditor finds problems at aboriginal casinos again
The Saskatchewan Indian
Gaming Authority oversees 4 casinos under a 25-year agreement with the
Provincial Government.
12th
December
Sacramento Source:
Sacramento Bee
Yuba
County officials weigh deal for casino
12th
December
California Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune
Barona
bets big on new hotel-casino with all the trimmings
Detailed look at the Barona
Tribes new casino with 2,000 slots and 52 tables built at a cost of $250
million.
11th
December
Indian Gaming Source:
Pechanga.net/National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA)
From
The National Indian Gaming Association to Time Magazine
NIGA Chairman Ernie Stevens,
Jr. has written to Time magazine in response to the article that will appear
in the 16th December edition. The letter can be found at Victor Rocha's
Pechanga.net. (story links below)
CNN
Moneyline vote on Indian Gaming - Should it be tax exempt?
10th
December
Florida Source:
The Sun-Sentinel - December 5th
Seminole
officials went on multimillion-dollar spending spree with gambling profits
The Seminole Indian casino
in Hollywood, Florida reportedly has revenues of $300 million a year.
The free spending tribal Councilman has apparently managed to get through
$57 million in 3 and a half years - an average of $45,000 a day.
10th
December
Connecticut
Source: The Hartford Courant & New Haven Register
Casino
Foes Raise $350,000 For Cause
Action
urged to bar new casinos
Indian Gaming in the US has
made the front cover of the 16th December edition of Time with an indepth
and comprehensive report on the now $12 billion industry.
9th
December
Connecticut
Source: Norwich Bulletin
Mohegan
Sun recruiting casino dealers in Poland
100 English-speaking dealers
from
Poland are expected to be recruited early in 2003 on 9 month working visas.
9th
December
Indian Gaming
Source: Hoovers.com/Newsedge & The Hartford Courant
Gaming
Is Big Business for American Indian Tribes
These
Are Not Indians - Opinion
The National Indian Gaming
Commission (NIGA) details that 200 of the 562 federally recognized tribes
presently operate 296 gaming operations in 28 states. NIGA has an annual
budget of just $8 million.
9th
December
Sacramento
Source: Sacramento Business Journal
Placer
casino buys nearby land
- Station Casinos
7th
December
California Source: Northern
Light/PRNewswire
Construction
Begins on New Spa Resort Casino in Downtown Palm Springs - New $90 Million
Project Expected to Be Complete in November 2003
The Agua Caliente's casino
can be found on the web at: www.sparesortcasino.com
6th
December
California Source: San Diego
Union-Tribune
Viejas
tribe pulls out of state gaming alliance
5th
December
Connecticut Source: Las Vegas
Sun/AP
Potential
Indian casino blocked by fed decision - Connecticut tribe denied federal
recognition
5th
December
Rhode Island Source: Las
Vegas Sun
Harrah's
touts economic benefits of casino in R.I.
4th
December
Connecticut Source: TheDay.com
Mohegan
Sun hits monetary milestone - Casino resort has net revenues of $1.042
billion for fiscal year
Average daily attendance
during the 2002 fiscal year was 31,000 a day, for a total of 2.9 million
4th
December
Connecticut Source: Yahoo/PRNewswire
Mohegan
Tribal Gaming Authority Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year
End Operating Results
Fact filled look at the
world's second largest casino that can now boast a win of almost $1 billion
a year.
4th
December
California Source: San Diego
Union-Tribune
Dissension
may split gaming tribes - Some appear to be on brink of leaving alliance
3rd
December
Miami Source: The Miami Herald
Trio
on trial for cheating Seminoles
3rd
December
Massachusetts Source: Boston
Globe
R.I.
tribe to try again with casino proposal
1st
December
Connecticut Source: The Hartford Courant
Indian
Backers Take High Risks
A revealing and detailed
look at who is bankrolling Indian casino expansion in the U.S. and their
motivation for doing so.
1st
December
New York Source: Buffalo News
Washington
approves land transfer for casino
The Seneca Indian Nation
intend to open the Seneca Niagara Falls Casino on New Years day in the
old Niagara Falls Convention Center.
29th
November
Connecticut Source: The Hartford
Courant
Tribe
sues Massachusetts man over Web site name
29th
November
Arizona Source: Yahoo/Arizona Daily
Star
House
blackjack headed here
If Governor Jane Hull signs
Arizona's new Indian Gaming compacts, tribal casinos will be allowed up
to have 100 tables games and 1,000 slots.
23rd
November
Phoenix, Arizona Source: Northern
Light/AP
Request
to Bar Gambling Deal Denied
22nd
November
New York & Arizona Source: Thoroughbred
Times
Accused
trio allegedly cashed fraudulent bets for 12 months
Arizona
tracks file legal challenge to expanded Indian gaming
18th
November
Richmond, California Source:
San Francisco Chronicle
Tribe
eyeing Richmond for casino - Proposal brings up familiar questions
17th
November
Connecticut Source: The Hartford
Courant
Slots
Revenue Rises 5.4%
Slot win at the Mohegan
Sun and Foxwoods for October was $124.8 million from a total of 12,584
machines. Combined slot handle per day for the both is around $50 million.
16th
November
Washington Source: Rapid City
Journal, South Dakota.
Phil
Hogen named to Indian gambling board
The National Indian Gaming
Commission is charged with overseeing gaming on tribal lands in the U.S.
15th
November
Kuala Lumpur & Niagara Falls Source:
Malaysian Star
Genting
Managing Director lending US$80 million to tribe to build Niagara Falls
casino
15th
November
Kuala Lumpur & Niagara Falls Source:
Northern Light/AFX-ASIA
Genting
not involved in Lim Kok Thay's $80 million loan for US casino - official
The Buffalo News has reported
that an $80 million loan to the Seneca Tribe to build the "Seneca Niagara
Casino" is from Lim Kok Thay. The interest rate quoted at 29% per annum.
15th
November
Sacramento, California Source:
Scripps-McClatchy Western Service & Sacramento Bee
Tribe
seeks to put casino in Sacramento
Davis
says state opposes planned West Sac casino
12th
November
New York Source: Buffalo
News
Seneca
casino name, logo incorporate image of falls
10th
November
Bridgeport, Connecticut Source:
New York Times
Small
Tribe's Cry: Give Us a Casino, or Give Us Your Backyard
9th
November
Richmond, California Source: Las Vegas
Review-Journal
LV
company completes proposal for tribal casino
9th
November
Niagara Falls Source: Buffalo
Business Journal
Call
it Seneca Niagara Casino
After running a competition
among tribal members of the Seneca Nation of Indians the name chosen for
the operation is the somewhat unimaginative - The Seneca Niagara Casino.
9th
November
Sacramento, California
Source: SFGate.com
West
Sacramento finalizing casino deal
Bill Eadington, director
of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the
University of Nevada believes that a casino at the location should win
around $300 million a year.
9th
November
Sacramento, California
Source: The Sacramento Bee
Casino
deal gets city OK
In a closed session the
Sacramento City Council has approved a casino for the 140 member Upper
Lake Tribe of Pomo Indians.
8th
November
Kansas & California Source: Yahoo/Kansas
City Channel & BayArea.com
KCK
Says It's Ready To Make Deal With Tribe For Casino
Tribe
proposes casino at Richmond port
8th
November
Phoenix, Arizona Source:
Yahoo/AP
Indian
Gambling Initiative Approved
7th
November
Niagara Falls Source: Rochester
Democrat & Chronicle
Senecas
close in on casino deal - The feds are likely to finalize it, but court
challenges lie ahead
6th
November
Albuquerque, New Mexico Source:
New Mexico Business Journal
Navajos
gamble on separate gaming compact with state
5th
November
San Francisco & Reno Source: Northern
Light/Business Wire
Indigenous
Global to Take Over Ownership of Sundowner Casino in Reno
4th
November
Connecticut Source: Boston.com
Thomas
elected chairman of Mashantucket Pequots
The tribe owns the Foxwoods
casino and has around 350 members eligable to vote. The casino, the world's
largest has some 13,500 employees with almost 7,000 slots.
3rd
November
New York Source: Buffalo News
New
games are in the cards at reservation
2nd
November
California Source: Hoovers.com/Sacramento
Bee
Labor
Complaints against Native American Casinos in California Increase
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