Casinos

July 11, 2007 -- COLUMBUS -- In an order issued on July 6th, Federal District Court Judge James G. Carr denied the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma’s motion to expand the scope of its lawsuit to add new claims and parties. This decision, along with Judge Carr’s earlier decision refusing to expressly approve the Eastern Shawnee’s privately-reached agreements with amenable landowners, makes clear that the agreements in question are private agreements between willing buyers and settlers, and not the settlement of valid legal claims to Ohio lands.    » read more »

Governor asks KRGC to appoint Robert Krehbiel to new post

July 3, 2007 -- With the goal being to ensure proper implementation of the gaming expansion approved by the Legislature this year, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius has requested that the new post of Chief Gaming Officer be created.

The request came in a letter to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission. In that letter, Sebelius also requested that Robert Krehbiel, who currently serves on the Kansas Corporation Commission, be appointed to the new post.    » read more »

06/28/2007 -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued the following statement following the Assembly votes on a new tribal gaming compact with the Yurok tribe and the amended tribal gaming compacts for the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians; the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation; the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians tribes:    » read more »

6.12.07 - Columbus, Ohio – Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Attorney General Marc Dann today called for legislation that will prohibit skill games rewarding cash payouts in Ohio.    » read more »

June 9, 2007 -- INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter again argues to a Marion County Court that East Chicago Second Century, Inc. (Second Century) should be held accountable and reveal where $16 million of casino revenues have gone over the past decade.    » read more »

Fourth District Court Upholds Revocation of Emerald Casino License

May 31, 2007 -- Springfield – In a very significant ruling, the Illinois Appellate Court in Springfield yesterday upheld the Illinois Gaming Board’s (IGB) decision to revoke Emerald Casino Inc.’s (Emerald) license to operate a casino in Rosemont. In a 152-page unanimous decision, the Appellate Court concluded: “Emerald’s proved violations of the Board’s rules are plentiful. Each one of these violations, standing alone, could support a revocation of Emerald’s gaming license.”    » read more »

05/31/2007 -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced an agreement between his Administration, Big Lagoon Rancheria of Humboldt County and the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians in San Diego County to extend the date the compacts must take effect and the date the land the casino will be built upon must be taken into trust by the federal government.    » read more »

Prevent Nevada-Style Gaming in Bay Area Without Federal Oversight; Feinstein legislation has support of local officials and Lytton Band

May 9, 2007 -- Washington, DC – After years of conflict over the future of gaming in San Pablo, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to resolve the dispute between local community leaders and the Lytton Band of Pomo Indians and prevent a major Nevada-style expansion of the existing casino.    » read more »

April 26, 2007 -- AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John Baldacci today vetoed L.D. 805, a bill that would have allowed the expansion of slot machine gambling into Washington County.

“My opposition to the expansion of gambling in Maine is well documented and unwavering,” Governor Baldacci said in his veto statement. “As presented, this bill would authorize doubling the total number of slot machines statewide, and would bring gaming into a part of the State that currently has none.”    » read more »

Federal Government, Plaintiffs in Environmental Case Enter Agreement that Delays Potential Land Transfer

NEW YORK (April 20, 2007) – In a move that will delay any final decision to approve the proposed Monticello Raceway casino in the Catskills, the U.S. government agreed this week that a decision must first be reached on the adequacy of the Interior Department’s assessment of the casino’s environmental impact on surrounding communities before the Department would be allowed to take the land into trust.    » read more »