Last week, Penn National Gaming lost out to Harrah’s Entertainment in Sumner County for a casino contract with the state of Kansas. Penn was granted the contract to build in Cherokee County, but the company has said if it didn’t get both counties, it might pull out altogether. But now, a northeast Kansas Indian tribe is asking a judge to block Harrah’s plans, saying it’s violating a non-compete agreement signed in January.

Tulalip -- Gamblers who pine for Las Vegas-style slots in Snohomish County will soon have their wish granted. The slot-style machines at the Tulalip Casino, Quil Ceda Creek Casino and Angel of the Winds Casino will soon take cash, just like those in Nevada. Between now and then, gamblers won't have to juggle between different tickets required to use machines provided by different vendors.

A new question has been raised in the ongoing battle between the United States government on online gaming: are federally recognized tribes allowed to operate online casinos under the provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act? Tribes are allowed to operate gaming activities on tribal land provided said activities are not prohibited by federal or state law. To help clarify, the Gaming Regulator Act of 1988 created three classes of gaming...

Topeka, Kansas (AP) - The same week Harrah's Entertainment Inc. is being considered for a contract to manage a Kansas-owned casino in Sumner County, it has been sued by an Indian tribe whose casino it managed for a decade. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation filed the lawsuit against Harrah's, alleging the company violated a noncompete agreement with the tribe by seeking the contract for a proposed facility near Mulvane.

Temecula, California (AP) -- The Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula plans to lay off about 400 of its 4,700 workers, blaming tough economic times. The casino, the second-largest private employer in Riverside County, draws customers from across Southern California. Economist John Husing says people spend less on entertainment during an economic downturn, and the region has been hit hard by the housing slump and overall economic downturn.

With the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cowlitz Reservation and Casino Project on May 30, Southwest Washington is one step closer to realizing a new economic engine in Clark County. The Cowlitz Tribe has agreed – as part of its proposal for its first reservation and casino and resort project – to make payments to local governments far in excess of any other tribe in Washington State.

A federal judge said he's powerless to block the Seminole Tribe from offering blackjack at its casinos, rejecting a Pompano racetrack's lawsuit while emphasizing the legal hurdles facing anyone tangling with the tribe. Lawyers for The Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park and its parent company, PPI Inc., attempted to sidestep the tribe's sovereign nation status by suing only Gov. Charlie Crist and the federal government...

Omak - Clutching brand new shovels and wearing bright white hard hats, leaders of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation on Monday dug into the earth on a site just off Highway 97, where next summer a new USD 24 million Omak Casino will open for business. At a time when its government departments have suffered major cutbacks due to declining revenues, the tribes' casinos continue to be the bright spot in the picture, tribal officials say.

Buffalo (AP) - A judge has ruled that the Seneca Indian Nation does not have the right to build a casino on a site where it has started construction. The judge, William M. Skretny, of Federal District Court, set aside a decision by the National Indian Gaming Commission that allowed the casino, ruling in favor of opponents who sued to stop it. Judge Skretny said that land the Senecas purchased in 2005 qualified as “Indian lands” under federal guidelines...

The Florida Supreme Court has overturned an agreement Gov. Charlie Crist signed with the Seminole Tribe to allow Las Vegas-style slot machines, baccarat, black jack and other card games at its facilities, which include the Hard Rock casinos in Tampa and Hollywood. The court ruled that Crist does not have the constitutional authority "to bind the state to a gaming compact that clearly departs from the state's public policy by legalizing types of gaming that are illegal everywhere else in the state."

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, owners of the new Red Hawk casino scheduled to open later this year in El Dorado County, have agreed to pay the state the largest share of slot machine winnings of any tribe in California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Tuesday the signing of an amended compact with the tribe that runs through 2029 and allows a maximum of 5,000 slot machines at the casino.

A federal judge who earlier said Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger negotiated in bad faith with the Rincon Indian band will not force the state into new negotiations with the tribe, for now. Judge William McCurine said Tuesday that the two sides can wait until an appeals court rules on his decision that the state can't legally demand a cut of casino profits when negotiating with tribes that want to expand gambling.