28th October
San Diego, California
The San Diego Channel
Casinos
Close Due To Power Outages - Hotels Offer Free, Discounted Rooms To Evacuees
21st October
Maine Maine Today/AP
Casino
backers accuse opponents of racism
Promoters of a proposed Indian casino
in Maine also object to the website Maine Cowboys - www.mainecowboys.com
21st October
Needles, California
San Francisco Chronicle
Threat
to veto Needles casino - Schwarzenegger wants tribes to pay more to state
21st October
Needles, California
Oakland Tribune/AP & San Diego Union-Tribune
Davis
approves casino off reservation
Davis
signs another Indian gambling agreement
21st October
Sacramento, California
Yahoo/Reuters
Calif.
tribe eyes casino, Schwarzenegger to review
20th October
California The Sacramento
Bee
Indian
casinos dealing jobs
19th October
Palm Springs, California
The Desert Sun
California
closing gap with Nevada-style resorts
Palm
Springs pitches self as gambling capital of California
Morongo
tribe's fortunes are skyrocketing
Three articles detailing the explosive
growth of Indian Gaming in California.
18th October
Spokane, Washington State
News Tribune/AP & USA Today
Counterfeit
tickets costs tribal casino $100,000
Computer
bar-code scheme leaves tribal casinos vulnerable
The article details what may have
been a major software glitch in certain TITO slots. A duplicated ticket
entered at the same time as the original in two separate machines.
18th October
Buffalo, New York State
The Buffalo News
Senecas
negotiating for reservation casino site
18th October
New York State New
York Times - Editorial
New
York's native american casino contributes, but not to tax rolls
16th October
Connecticut
The Stamford Advocate/AP
Casinos
take in $128 million from slots in September
15th October
Sacramento, California
Sacramento Business Journal
Area
casinos plan 1,160 new jobs
"The jobs range from beginning positions
that pay minimum wage to dealer jobs paying $60,000 a year, including tips."
14th October
Sacramento, California
WSJ/Dow Jones Business News
Schwarzenegger
Wants To Tap Casino Money
The new Governor could well be planning
a similar scheme to that in operation in Connecticut where the state government
receives 25% of all slot profits.
14th October
Indian Gaming
Reno Gazette Journal/Arizona Republic
Tribal
casinos struggle with serving alcohol
13th October
Sacramento, California
San Diego Herald-Tribune
Davis
signs 3 new gaming pacts, allots millions for local entities
13th October
Portland, Maine
The Telegraph/AP
Maine
tribes eye ways to invest casino profits
13th October
Sacramento, California
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Official
says Davis plans Indian gaming control changes
Davis
wields pen to help Indian tribes
The outgoing Governor has signed
a bill extending the casino monopoly of Indian tribes in California until
January 1st 2010.
12th October
California
The Desert Sun - Opinion
Casino
isn’t looking out for workers’ health
9th October
California
Las Vegas Review-Journal
California
gambling may grow - Schwarzenegger may look to wagering to lift state revenue
8th October
California
Las Vegas Sun
Gaming
opponents cheer Schwarzenegger win
8th October
New York
The Record Online
Will
non-N.Y. tribes get casinos?
The Record also has an extensive
archive of articles on attempts to establish casinos in the Catskill Mountains
- Catskill
Casino Watch
8th October
California
MSNBC/Indian Country Today
Have
gaming tribes bought Calif.? - No, says Indian Country Today guest columnist
8th October
California
BBC.co.uk & San Mateo County Times/AP
Arnie
wins California election
Austria
hails Arnie victory
A
look at Tuesday's California recall by the numbers:
8th October
California & Nevada
Las Vegas Sun
Casinos
follow election closely - Calif.'s handling of tribal gaming will affect
Nevadans
7th October
Connecticut
The Day
Casino
Staffs Gamble On Tips - Employees' Paychecks Can Rise And Fall With Whims
Of Customers
Casino dealers at Foxwoods &
Mohegan Sun average $13 an hour in tips on top of the salary that starts
at the minimum wage of $4 an hour.
7th October
Connecticut
The Day
Police
Disclose How Alleged Theft At Casino Was Carried Out
6th October
Kahnawake, Montreal
MyTelus
Kahnawake
rejects casino proposal
Strangely the tribe voted to
reject a casino but the Mohawks host servers for internet casinos on their
reservation land.
6th October
California
The Guardian
Tribes'
casinos thrown into election mix
5th October
California
San Diego Herald-Tribune
Indian
casinos face layers of regulation
3rd October
Indian Gaming & Politics
USA Today
The
newest kingmakers: Indian tribes They have what it takes: Cash, votes
3rd October
Montreal, Canada
My Telus/CBC
Kahnawake
votes on casino
2nd October
Tama, Iowa
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Takeover
attempted at disputed tribal casino
2nd October
California
Palm Springs Desert Sun
Bustamante
may have lost all in gamble, some say
2nd October
California - Recall Elections
L.A. DailyNews.com
Schwarzenegger
lays out agenda for first 100 days
Front runner Schwarzenegger has
once again critisised Democrat Bustamante for accepting millions of dollars
from casino owning Indian tribes.
30th September
Sacramento, California
Reno Gazette Journal
Thunder
Valley holding straight flush, executives say
Thunder
Valley Casino exceeds expectations
Estimates are that 60 to 70% of
table game revenue at the new Thunder Valley casino comes from Asian players.
29th September
California - Recall Elections
The Joplin Globe
Gaming
tribes have gone too far
29th September
California - Recall Elections
American Daily
California
Recall – a Great Opportunity for Casinos and Drug Dealers
28th September
California
Reno Gazette Journal
Gamblers,
Wall Street drawn to Southern California
California
closing gap with Nevada-style resorts
Pechanga
tribe member details Indian gaming
Fortunes
skyrocket for Morongo
4 articles looking in detail at
Indian Gaming and the threats and challenges that Reno faces in drawing
California gamblers across the Sierra Nevada mountains.
27th September
Seattle. Washington
MSNBC.com
Tribal
casinos hit jackpot with gamblers
25th September
New York Yahoo/Reuters
NY
tries to bar out-of-state tribes from gaming
25th September
Indian Gaming Source:
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Tribal
casinos gaining clout - Flood of Wall Street funding seen for Indian developments
25th September
Topeka, Kansas Source:
Las Vegas Sun/AP
Historic
site at issue in casino lawsuit
25th September
Connecticut Source:
The Norwich Herald
Polish
casino workers heading home
21st September
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Source: Orlando Sentinel
Feds
probe tribe's casino profit
21st September
California Source:
Orlando Sentinel/LA Times
Tribes,
casino giants link up - The latest project is a $250 million Caesars hotel
and casino resort near Temecula.
21st September
San Diego Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune
Pauma
band signs deal with colossal gaming ally
- Park Place Entertainment
21st September
Window Rock, Arizona
Source: Salt Lake Tribune/AP
Navajos
court casino gambling, sign pact with New Mexico
19th September
Detroit, Michigan
Source: Detroit News
2
casinos, tribe to settle - Tentative deal paves way for permanent sites
in Detroit; more than $70 million to be paid
19th September
California Source:
Yahoo/Business Wire
Park
Place Chosen to Develop Caesars-Brand Casino with Pauma-Yuima Band of Mission
Indians
17th September
Connecticut Source:
The Norwich Bulletin
Casinos
rake in their biggest-ever slot haul
Slot win at Foxwoods and the Mohegan
Sun was a combined $153.1 million in August.
10th September
Ottawa, Canada Source:
Canada.com/Ottawa Citizen
Casino
funds flowed to native leader despite police probe, internal fight
10th September
Sacramento Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune
Two
more San Diego tribes sign gambling compacts
California presently has 54 Indian
tribes with casinos. 2002 revenues were believed to be more than $5 billion.
8th September
Sacramento, California
Source: News Alert/Mercury News
Casino
Revenue Lets American-Indian Tribes Contribute to California Campaigns
4th September
Connecticut Source:
New York Times
Gambling
Foes Try to Curb Growth of Connecticut's 2 Casino Giants
The Connecticut Alliance Against
Casino Expansion. Website: www.connecticutalliance.org
4th September
Connecticut
Source: Las Vegas Sun/AP
Fans
mourn as Conn. poker room folds
The Mohegan Sun has now closed its
poker room to accomodate more slots. The 54 table Poker room at Foxwoods
will remain open.
4th September
Indian Gaming
Source: Imperial Valley Press
Tribes
defend their gambling wealth
Indian tribes now operate some 330
casinos across the U.S. Around 55% of the estimated $14.5 billion in revenues
coming from the top 20 operations.
3rd September
California - Recall Elections
Source: Press Democrat & Las Vegas Sun/AP
Bustamante
gets $2 million from tribe
Davis:
Offer to tribes is 'perfectly appropriate'
Tribe's
donation raises questions about Bustamante's campaign
The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians.
Website: www.viejas.com
2nd September
Madison, Wisconsin
Source: Green Bay Press Gazette
State’s
eyes on gaming tables - Electronic data collection planned for 17 casinos
as part of increased oversight
1st September
California
Source: Sacramento Bee - Editorial
Editorial:
Gambling tribes call tune
The Scaramento Bee with a strong
editorial. Indian casino tribes are now California's largest political
donators.
"The spectacle
of politicians grovelling for their money shows just how powerful and potentially
corrupting that interest can be."
1st September
Connecticut
Source: The Day
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