We kick off the new year with gambling news from Las Vegas, where a tribal casino is now open right in the middle of the Strip! We also discuss what many believe will be the new trend for gambling in 2023! Hello friends! Happy New Year! And welcome to This Week in Gambling! Our first show of 2023! And we kick off the gambling news with a tribal casino right smack in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip! Now before we go any further, I think it’s fair to let you know that the casino in question is not…

This week’s gambling news finds the Las Vegas Palms back up and running! Under new management! And becoming the first Tribal casino in Vegas! Plus, a casino billionaire is buying up land on Las Vegas Boulevard! Plus, two new game reviews just in time for Cinco de Mayo! The Las Vegas Palms is finally back up and running after closing for the pandemic, making them one of the last casinos in Sin City to reopen their doors. But the story here is not THAT the Palms is operating again, so much as WHO is operating the Palms!  While they may…

Cashless gaming is on the way, and the first Tribal casino to give it a try will be The Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California. They’ve partnered with Marker Trax, setting the stage for the southern California resort to become the nation’s first tribal casino to offer completely cashless casino slot markers, and the first in the state to introduce cashless wagering to its floor. Marker Trax will run through the Konami SYNKROS casino management system and will allow Morongo guests to conveniently and securely apply electronically, get approved, and begin using their digital marker in under five minutes. Marker Trax…

We have a week full of gambling news to cover, with sports betting news in Colorado and betting kiosks rolling out in Montana! Also, as betting on horses thrives in Kentucky, some there have a “moral objection” to betting on sports! Plus, tribal gaming news from Oklahoma and Chinese hackers hit online gambling sites!   Hello people, and thanks for joining me on on another stroll through the gambling news. Although this week we don’t have a big story, just a bunch of little ones! So let’s get right into it with betting on sports in Colorado! Seven licenses for…

[one_half padding=”0 10px 0px 0″][/one_half]Bills to regulate sports betting are slowly making their way through state legislatures. However, Native American gaming interests could bypass the formalities and begin offering sports bets on tribal land! This week’s special offer comes from the MYB Casino!

Associated Press – A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Michigan can’t block the opening of an off-reservation American Indian casino because the state’s legal challenge is barred by tribal sovereign immunity. In a 5-4 decision, the high court said the state could not shutter the Bay Mills Indian Community’s casino about 90 miles south of its Upper Peninsula reservation. The ruling was a win for Indian tribes, which have increasingly looked to casinos as a source of revenue and have relied on immunity to shield them from government interference. But it’s a disappointment for Michigan and more than a…

Spokesman – The Coeur d’Alene Casino is ready to shuffle up and deal. The casino is advertising a May 2 opening date for its new poker room, with executives saying that Idaho’s constitutional ban on poker games doesn’t apply to the tribal-owned casino. But the Idaho Lottery Commission has different views, setting up a potential showdown over the casino’s six poker tables. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe plans to offer Texas Hold ’Em and Omaha at the casino. Those are card games of skill with players competing against each other for stakes and no house bank involved, said Helo Hancock, the tribe’s legislative director. The…

Three years after the nation’s Tribal casino industry experienced its only annual gaming revenue decline in the 24 years since figures have been kept, the market is on an upswing. For the second straight year, Indian casinos nationwide combined for a new annual gaming revenue record, topping $28.13 billion in 2012. The 2 percent increase was a lower percentage jump than in 2011 when Tribal casino business grew nationwide revenues 3.4 percent, to $27.59 billion. That’s a cause for concern, said California economist Alan Meister, who compiles the figures for Casino City’s annual Indian Gaming Industry Report. “It was the…