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House Panel Approves Legalizing Online Gambling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A House panel has approved a measure that would legalize online gambling and put the increasingly popular Internet-based activity under federal regulation, Dow Jones ($) reported Thursday.

From: PECHANGA.net

Federal Internet Gambling Advances

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A bill that would legalize and regulate Internet gambling in the U.S. advanced July 28 when it was approved 41-22 by the House Financial Services Committee.

From: PECHANGA.net

House Panel Passes Measure to Legalize Some Internet Gambling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A House committee passed legislation today that would legalize some Internet gambling, allowing U.S. residents to place online bets with companies licensed by the Treasury Department.

From: PECHANGA.net

House Panel Votes To Approve Bill Legalizing Online Gambling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- A House panel voted on Wednesday to approve a measure that would seek to regulate many forms of online gambling, in an effort to overturn an existing law that bans the increasingly popular Internet-based gambling.

From: PECHANGA.net

Internet Gambling Could Generate Billions for the Government

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- Faced with huge budget shortfalls, Congress is considering legalizing and taxing Internet gambling, a move that could generate billions of dollars in tax revenue for the government.

From: PECHANGA.net

Congress Rethinks Online Gambling Ban

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- With pressure mounting on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned just four years ago: Internet gambling.

From: PECHANGA.net

House Committee Votes Decisively For Internet Gambling

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The House Financial Services Committee voted 41-22 on Wednesday to pass a bill that would legalize and regulate Internet gambling in the United States, while rejecting an amendment to protect tribal gaming interests.

From: PECHANGA.net

BLOG: Indian Casinos: More Is Less Education

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:00:06 GMT

(USA) -- A study of tribal casinos shows a checkered pattern of benefits and drawbacks for those on the reservation. William Evans and Wooyoung Kim found that when casinos open, local wages and employment rates improve, but drop-out rates increase and rates of college enrollment tend to decline.

From: PECHANGA.net

Study: Gaming employment contributes to Indian drop-out rates

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

"A study of tribal casinos shows a checkered pattern of benefits and drawbacks for those on the reservation. William Evans and Wooyoung Kim found that when casinos open, local wages and employment rates improve, but drop-out rates increase and rates of college enrollment tend to decline. Evans, an economist at Notre Dame University, presented their paper “The Impact of Local Labor Market Conditions on the Demand for Education” in May at the Harvard Kennedy School. Looking at 25-40 year olds, 1990 and 2000, the scholars found no significant change in employment rates on reservations without casinos. But on Indian lands with casinos, among people in this same age group, they found a 2.3% percentage increase in employment generally, a 6% increase in full-time workers, and “a 3.3 percent increase in real wages.” Between 1990 and 2000, young adult Indians living on reservations with casinos “had large declines in high school graduation rates,” the scholars found...

From: indianz.com

Pokagon Band compact authorizes up to three casinos in Michigan

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians can open up to three casinos under its Class III gaming compact with the state. The tribe opened the Four Winds Casino in August 2007. A new "satellite" facility is moving forward in Hartford Township. “With the economy as it is, I think taking one at a time is probably the best way to go,” Chairman Matt Wesaw told WNDU-TV. The satellite will feature about 500 slot machines and some table games. The Four Winds Casino has 3,000 machines. The compact authorizes another satellite in the Dowagiac area.

From: indianz.com

Snoqualmie Tribe shares first round of gaming revenue payments

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

The Snoqualmie Tribe of Washington has shared the first round of payments from the Snoqualmie Casino. The tribe opened the casino in November 2008. The first round of $350,000 comes from revenues generated between the opening and November 2009. The tribal-state Class III compact requires the tribe to address impacts of the casino.

From: indianz.com

Shinnecock Nation presented with dozens of locations for a casino

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

A couple of years ago, no one wanted to talk to the Shinnecock Nation of New York about gaming. Now everyone is courting the tribe with the hopes of landing a casino in their community. "We never realized how much land is available on Long Island until this happened," Tribal trustee Lance Gumbs said at a gaming task force meeting, The Riverhead News-Review reported. "Everybody and their brother now is presenting different pieces to us." Gumbs said "upwards of 30 sites" have been presented to the tribe. Some of them have been publicized in local media reports. The tribe's federal recognition was due to become final last week. It will be delayed due to a challenge filed with the Interior Board of Indian Appeals.

From: indianz.com

Blog: Tribal courts a proper venue to address casino injury claims

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

"Indian casinos punctuate Washington’s landscape. A quick glance into the rearview mirror while driving along any interstate or highway shows a backdrop of brightly lit buildings advertising slots and tables. As tribes built casinos in the 1990s I assumed that it didn’t make sense to pursue personal injury claims against the Indians. After all, all personal injury claims must be filed in tribal court on the reservation. It seemed like there would be a strong bias against plaintiffs, a bias not based on race, but rather the personal injury plaintiff’s desire to take some of the tribe’s money. My initial assumption proved incorrect. Despite being major economic players, the tribes do not self-insure...

From: indianz.com

AG: Lawsuit against Mississippi Choctaw casino could be frivolous

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

A lawsuit that seeks to stop the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians from building a casino could be ruled frivolous, warns Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood researched state law, federal law and the tribal-state Class III gaming compact. He's determined that the state has no legal basis to block the casino, which will be built on the reservation. But Gov. Haley Barbour (R) has decided to hire his own lawyer to fight the casino. Hood said that could lead to legal sanctions against the state -- and taxpayers will foot the bill. "Our federal district court held the same way, that the compact was solid, and then the 5th (U.S.) Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed it," Hood told The Memphis Commercial Appeal...

From: indianz.com

House committee approves measure to regulate Internet gaming

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

The House Financial Services Committee voted 41-22 on Wednesday to approve H.R 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The committee amended the original version of the bill to address tribal concerns. One amendment requires the Treasury Department to engage in "meaningful consultation" with tribes before implementing the law. The same amendment also states that tribes that wish to offer Internet gaming aren't required to renegotiate their Class III compacts. Another amendment also requires Treasury to consult tribes before it updates Internet gaming regulations. Another amendment addresses lotteries run by tribes and states. The committee has posted the webcast and amendments on its site.

From: indianz.com

Nine indicted for stealing from Forest County Potawatomi casino

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:00:12 GMT

Nine people were indicted in federal court for allegedly stealing from the casino owned by the Forest County Potawatomi Community in Wisconsin. Authorities say Deandre Russell, an employee at Potawatomi Bingo and Casino, and eight friends cheated the tribe out of $168,000. Russell allowed his friends to win jackpots to which they were not entitled, authorities say. The scheme took place between November 2005 and September 2006.

From: indianz.com

Back-to-back payouts total $807,833

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – Mohegan Sun awarded back-to-back Wheel of Fortune MegaJackpots for the second time this month July 25 totaling an impressive $807,833.

From: Indian Country Today

Tribe overcomes key hurdle in Glendale casino

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) – A southern Arizona Indian tribe has overcome a key hurdle in its bid to build a Las Vegas-style hotel and casino in suburban Phoenix, but it still needs permission to allow gambling on the site.

From: Indian Country Today

Native American nonprofit leaders meet

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

CHEROKEE, N.C. – Eighteen Native American nonprofit leaders met in Cherokee, N.C., June 15 – 17 to design regional networks that will strengthen leadership in Indian country’s nonprofit sector. The gathering was hosted by Native Americans in Philanthropy and Cherokee Preservation Foundation.

From: Indian Country Today

Mashantucket faces déjà vu jurisdictional labor dispute

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. – The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation is facing a déjà vu jurisdictional dispute over whether tribal law or federal labor regulations apply to employees on sovereign tribal land. United Food and Commerical Workers Local 371 petitioned the National Labor Relations Board in June for an election to unionize around 375 beverage employees at Foxwoods Resort Casino. The board has scheduled an election July 31 at the casino.

From: Indian Country Today

Dorothy’s ruby red slippers – direct from Oz to Fantasy Springs slots

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

INDIO, Calif. – If guests click their heels three times and find themselves at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, they might just end up somewhere over the rainbow. Fantasy Springs is the first casino in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to install the brand new “Ruby Slippers” slot machine. The penny game is a wide area progressive and is a sequel to the popular WMS Gaming “Wizard of Oz” slot machine, on which a northern California woman won $1.2 million at Fantasy Springs in November 2009.

From: Indian Country Today

Coldwater resident hits jackpot at FireKeepers Casino

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – FireKeepers Casino in Battle Creek, Mich., owned by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, is pleased to announce that a $138,371 jackpot was awarded to a Coldwater resident.

From: Indian Country Today

Cathy Walker takes the helm at Seneca Gaming Corporation

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. – Seneca Gaming Corporation announced that Cathy Walker has been formally named president and chief executive officer of the Seneca Nation’s casino operations company. Her appointment was approved by both the corporation’s board of directors and the Seneca Nation of Indians Council.

From: Indian Country Today

Elected officials oppose Choctaw casino expansion

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:42:24 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. – Gov. Haley Barbour and six other Republican statewide elected officials are asking the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians to drop plans to expand tribal gaming into Jones County.

From: Indian Country Today