http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming RSS Feed for ICT - Business - Gaming en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:25:07 GMT http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/69392937.html SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Red Hawk Casino recently announced the addition of a six-table, 60-seat poker room that will open Nov. 20. The non-smoking poker room is located behind the Stage Bar on the casino’s main floor. It features Texas hold ’em limit and no-limit style games at stakes that accommodate all levels of play. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/65179377.html LAWTON, Okla. – A tribe seeking an out-of-state gaming site in New Mexico is protesting the state of New Mexico’s intervention in its National Indian Gaming Commission appeal. The Fort Sill Apache filed a protest Oct. 20 with the federal gaming agency citing that any input from a state entity on a tribal-federal gaming issue hints at a slanted outcome, tribal officials said. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/65164802.html Being chosen for a national award is a tremendous accomplishment, and Chris Province (Cherokee) is thrilled to be one of the inaugural recipients of a 40 Under 40 designation. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/65259772.html WASHINGTON – The National Indian Gaming Commission has announced a one-year extension for tribal gaming authorities on implementing new Class II gaming regulations. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/65182802.html LANSING, Mich. – Another showdown is brewing over whether Michigan horse racetracks should be allowed to open casinos in an effort to revive their struggling businesses. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/39314337.html PHOENIX ‑ Ned Norris Jr., chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation, has been elected chairman of the Arizona Indian Gaming Association and Leonard Chee, Navajo Nation council delegate, has been elected treasurer of AIGA. Elections were held at the AIGA meeting Jan. 16. Bernadine Burnette, vice-president of Fort McDowell-Yavapai Nation was re-elected as vice chair of AIGA. Diane Enos, president of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, will continue as secretary. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/27913994.html TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A judge was told Aug. 29 that blocking Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. from going forward with plans to build and manage a state-owned casino in Sumner County could doom the project. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/27906894.html UNCASVILLE, Conn. – After a traditional smudging and prayer by Mohegan Chairman Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum and a few short speeches, the Mohegan Tribe introduced its newest addition to the gaming world – the Casino of the Wind – with pounding drums, flashing lights, and the dramatic unveiling of a 100-foot-long curtain that covered the casino entrance. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/27524289.html WASHINGTON – The Metlakatla Indian Community Council has withdrawn its appeal of a National Indian Gaming Commission decision to disallow so-called “one-touch” electronic bingo. http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/business/gaming/27096599.html WASHINGTON – Beleaguered National Indian Gaming Commission Chairman Phil Hogen showed up at the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association conference in Oklahoma City Aug. 10 – 12, but strongly worded language from Reps. Tom Cole and Nick Rahall got there first.