Here are the materials in Kincer v. Osage Million Dollar Casino (Okla. Civ. App.):
gaming
Nottawaseppi Huron Pays Back Loan Early
From the Kalamazoo Gazette:
Alex Nixon
EMMETT TOWNSHIP — The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, the Native American tribe that owns FireKeepers Casino, said today it paid off a $35 million loan four years earlier than its due date.
According to a press release, the loan was used to purchase FireKeepers’ 2,680 slot machines.
The tribe paid off the loan on Aug. 12, a year after the casino in Emmett Township opened its doors. The casino is located on Interstate 94, just east of Battle Creek.
“Paying off this loan four years in advance attests to the success of FireKeepers Casino,” Tribal Chairperson Homer A. Mandoka said in the release. “The Tribal Council accomplished this on behalf of its 1,146 tribal members.”
The $300 million casino employs 1,500 workers. It’s owned by the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, but managed by a separate company, Gaming Entertainment Michigan LLC. Gaming Entertainment is a joint venture between Full House Resorts Inc. and RAM Entertainment LLC, a privately owned investment company.
The tribe also contributed four percent of the casino’s slot revenues to the State of Michigan.
Interior Letter Rejecting Habematolel Pomo Upper Lake Gaming Compact
Big news.
Here: TribeUpperLake081710
Solis v. Desert Diamond Casino — Materials in OSHA Effort to Inspect Tohono O’odham Casino
Ninth Circuit Largely Affirms Colusa District Court Opinion on Revenue Sharing Formulas
Here is the opinion in Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community v. State of California.
Here are the briefs.
Lake of the Torches EDC Brief in Wells Fargo Appeal
NIGC Succeeds in Transferring Ysleta Gaming Case Back to Texas
Here are the materials in Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. NIGC (D. D.C.):
Schaap on the Growth of Indian Gaming
James Schaap has published The Growth of the Native American Gaming Industry: What Has the Past Provided, and What Does the Future Hold? (Schaap on the Growth of Indian Gaming) in the American Indian Quarterly. Here is a quick excerpt:
What can we say about the phenomenal growth of the Native American gaming industry? In order to evaluate the industry’s development we first need to consider its economic, social, and political history. Then, building on this foundation, it will be possible to predict, strictly from an observational perspective, what the future may hold for Native Americans.
Briefing in City of Vancouver v. US — Challenge to NIGC Cowlitz Gaming Decision
Here are the materials (argued last week, the panel is WILLIAM C. CANBY, JOHN T. NOONAN and MARSHA S. BERZON):
City of Vancouver Opening Brief
Lower court materials here.
Sandia Pueblo Cert Opposition in Hoffman Jackpot Case
Here: Sandia Cert Opp.
Petition and other materials here.
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