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Posted on March 18, 2015 by -

On a brutally cold January 20, 2009, I watched the inauguration of President Barack Obama with other Native American guests at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. Just a few hundred yards away, history was being made with the swearing-in of our first African-American president.
    
Hopes and expectations were high for the new leader of the free world, and a little humor was welcome as Rev. Joseph Lowery, former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, pronounced the following benediction:

Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around—(laughter)—when yellow will be mellow—(laughter)—when the red man can get ahead, man—(laughter)—and when white will embrace what is right.
    
Let all those who do justice and love mercy say Amen.
Audience: Amen!

The challenge was clear from the beginning that Native Americans and native nation leaders wanted progress, and the fulfillment of a government-to-government relationship that was seriously deficient during the Bush administration.
    
Those deficiencies included the decades-long recalcitrance of the federal government in attempting to settle the Cobell breach-of-trust case, the clear lack of engagement on native issues by President W. Bush, an informal moratorium on land-into-trust applications, and an off-reservation gaming policy issued by the Department of the Interior without any tribal consultation.
    
While Indian gaming continued to grow by several billion dollars during the Bush administration, and dozens of new tribal gaming establishments opened, several episodes fostered distrust between native nations and their trustees, including gaming scandals associated with lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Interior Deputy Secretary Steven Griles, both of whom were convicted for illegal activities involving Indian tribes.

Good Start

Is the Obama era began, his record as president with respect to Indian Country would be centered on four agencies: the Department of the Interior, the National Indian Gaming Commission, Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice. While many other federal agencies (Environmental Protection Agency, Internal Revenue Service) are critical to the special relationship with Indian Country, the focus on the above four major agencies indelibly shapes the image of each new administration for good or bad.

Obama made a number of detailed campaign promises to American Indian and Alaska Native voters that he sought to fulfill as his term began.
    
One was to conduct an annual meeting with tribal leaders similar to what President Clinton had done on occasion while in office, but on a more formalized basis. In practice, these meetings, which some derided as a mere photo op, became the means for the most direct interaction by Native Americans with the president and his cabinet in over a decade.
    
Many cabinet secretaries also utilized this opportunity to announce major policy initiatives. Obama also required each federal agency to develop a policy on consultation with native nations, which led to an overall effort by the federal government to strengthen its communications with Indian Country. At the end of the president’s first term, he also established an internal working group on native issues similar to what was known in the Clinton administration as the Domestic Policy Working Group.
    
After taking office, the slow process of establishing a permanent Native American affairs team began. An initial frustration with the new administration began to settle in as key positions in the Interior Department and elsewhere remained unfilled even after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was confirmed. This led the permanent staff at the Department of the Interior and other agencies to place on hold many key decisions until new appointees arrived, which in turn led to increased frustration from tribes on the lack of activity.
    
Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes was one of the first confirmed nominees with experience in native issues (which, as we will discuss, proved to be a mixed blessing for native nations). During the first summer of the administration in 2009, almost all of the key native positions were filled.
    
Most notable were the key positions of Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk, Interior Solicitor Hillary Tompkins, Indian Health Service Director Yvette Robideaux and White House appointee Kim Tee Hee. These experienced appointees were to guide most administration decision-making on native issues throughout the first years of the administration, and were generally to the benefit of Indian Country.

Behind Closed Doors

However, at the Interior Department, the assistant secretary (and his cadre of young, bright deputies) experienced what has over the years become routine and frustrating for the Indian office. True decision-making is often made behind closed doors between the secretary, his top staff and the assistant secretary. I encountered this firsthand when my client, the Gun Lake Tribe, sought a routine reservation proclamation for its gaming establishment.
    
The proclamation was necessary to actually commence gaming on Gun Lake’s newly acquired trust property pursuant to one of the exceptions for trust lands acquired after 1988. While the assistant secretary was prepared to sign the proclamation days after his confirmation in June 2009, it took another two and a half months of intense tribal lobbying for the proclamation to be issued.
    
Reportedly, the deputy secretary opposed this action. Fortunately, then-Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm was also an enthusiastic supporter of the tribe.
    
This early battle signaled what was to become a stalemate on many issues between the secretary’s office and the assistant secretary with respect to gaming issues. Over the next two years, the department was at a virtual standstill on Federal Register publications for new gaming acquisitions, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Record of Decision(s) (ROD) for gaming projects, and even routine publications of NEPA Notices of Availability of Draft Environmental Impact Statements for gaming projects.
    
This standstill reflected conflicting agendas within the department and unjustified sensitivity in the secretary’s office to the anti-gaming views of California Senator Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein not only opposed the growth of Indian casinos in urban areas, but routinely disparaged all casino gaming, Indian and non-Indian.

Delayed But Energized

This stalemate festered, and by June 2011, tribal leaders, the National Congress of American Indians and tribal advocates were at a boiling point over Interior’s bureaucratic delays on gaming projects.
    
By then, hundreds of millions of dollars of even non-controversial gaming projects had been delayed. Finally in June 2011, Assistant Secretary Echo Hawk announced the end of the Bush administration’s notorious 2008 off-reservation gaming memorandum and its “commutablity standard”—basically requiring that Indian casinos be located within a worker’s driving distance. (This standard led to some gallows humor by some wags who wondered if the standard was akin to commuting in Montana or Washington, D.C.)
    
Echo Hawk’s
announcement rescinding the Bush memorandum allowed the NEPA process to go forward for dozens of projects and ultimately resulted in a number of decisions on off-reservation gaming projects. Whether tribal leaders supported or opposed off-reservation gaming, it only seemed fair that the NEPA processes necessary for decision-making to go forward.
    
For the remainder of the Echo Hawk tenure, which went to the end of the first Obama term, long-delayed decisions finally began to be implemented. This pace was increased after Echo Hawk’s replacement Kevin Washburn was confirmed.
    
In hindsight, the first two years of the Obama administration were probably the lowest point with respect to the promotion of Indian gaming. Along with the interminable delays in the processing of fee-to-trust applications for gaming projects and the lack of Federal Register notices under NEPA, the administration had to deal with the challenges wrought by the 2009 United States Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar.
    
In Carcieri, the court ruled that Indian tribes had to be “under federal jurisdiction” in 1934 for the secretary of interior to have authority to take land in trust for them under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act. This led to widespread confusion over which native nations met this standard, and paralysis at the Department of the Interior Solicitor’s Office on how to process certain fee-to-trust applications.
   
The U.S. Congress was quick to react to the decision by calling several hearings on a “legislative fix,” but the White House never sought to make the fix a legislative priority by bargaining for its inclusion in must-pass legislation.
    
More damaging to the administration was the revelation in 2010 that the Interior Department through Deputy Secretary Hayes had been engaged in a secret legislative drafting process with Feinstein to develop a “Carcieri fix” that also included damaging amendments to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
    
NCAI and the National Indian Gaming Association had long sought to keep IGRA free of damaging amendments during the Carcieri process, and the department suffered a black eye when, without consultation, they attempted to facilitate an unacceptable compromise.
    
Carcieri and Cobell Concerns

As the temperature in Indian Country rose in 2009, 2010 and 2011 concerning the lack of advocacy on Carcieri and the processing of gaming projects, the logjam was finally broken by Echo Hawk’s announcement in June 2011 affirmatively allowing the processing of gaming applications, including those for off-reservation projects. This was seen as a positive development, particularly when coupled with the earlier landmark Solicitor’s Office decision on December 14, 2010 regarding the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
    
In that decision, the Solicitor’s Office finally memorialized its guidance on how to construe the Carcieri case and what tests it would utilize to determine whether a tribe was “under federal jurisdiction” in 1934.
    
The opinion was reasonable, detailed and flexible on how tribes could meet the jurisdiction test. Even so, if the Obama administration’s legacy on Indian gaming was limited to its early years, the record would have been one of distrust, delay and obfuscation. Fortu-nately, the first two years have not been indicative of the years 2011-2015 when the Interior Department issued dozens of game decisions, restored land decisions and off-reservation “two-part” decisions. While many delays still exist due to staffing, it is not the result of a top-down lockdown on progress.
    
For many in Indian Country, the failures in the Indian gaming arena were greatly overshadowed by the phenomenal success of the department and its leadership team of Solicitor Hillary Tompkins, Deputy Secretary Hayes and Department of Justice attorney Tom Perrelli in negotiating a $3.4 billion settlement of the Cobell case on December 8, 2009.
    
This was later enacted by Congress in the Claims Resolution Act of 2010. The Cobell settlement ended years of vitriolic relations between the plaintiffs, and in particular their attorneys, with the Interior Department defendants and its attorneys. The case, which was ultimately found to be justified legally and morally, had often poisoned relations between the department and its Indian trust beneficiaries.
    
The Cobell settlement will likely be seen as the signature achievement for Indian Country during the Obama administration. This settlement also paved the way for the settlement of numerous individual tribal claims against the United States for trust account violations, sometimes totaling in the millions of dollars.
    
The administration built on this success on December 27, 2011 when the Department of Agriculture settled the Keepseagle v. Vilsack class-action lawsuit. This $760 million settlement ended a lawsuit over whether the USDA discriminated against Native Americans by denying them equal access to credit in the USDA Farm Loan Program.
    
In addition, the Interior Department and the Department of Justice settled a number of long-standing Indian water claims against the United States in Arizona, New Mexico, Idaho and Montana.
    
The Department of Health and Human Services enjoyed significant funding increases during the Obama administration, but unfortunately its funding requests were typically below what the Interior Appropriations Committee and the Congress appropriated. Fortunately, the Indian Health Service (IHS) had strong bipartisan advocates on the key funding committees, including congressional members Tom Cole, Betty McCollum, Jim Moran and Ken Calvert.
    
The major division between IHS and Indian Country was the budget for contract support costs, which were routinely underfunded even after tribes won a significant U.S. Supreme Court decision in Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter (2012). The contract support issue threatens to become as divisive as the Cobell case if a solution is not found to this annual problem soon.

Obama Victories

The Obama administration’s legislative record has seen impressive legislative victories in measures like the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (extending certain tribal jurisdiction to non-Indians), the Stafford Act (granting tribes certain disaster relief authorities), the Hearth Act (improvement to leasing on Indian lands), the General Welfare Act (favorable tax provisions) and the renewal of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
   
One notable failure has been the lack of an aforementioned Carcieri fix. While Indian Country publicly appears unified on a “clean fix” with no damaging amendments, the practice has seen the opposite.
   
Some tribal leaders and their Washington, D.C. lobbyists frequently undermine efforts to achieve a clean fix by offering suggestions of unacceptable compromises. Most notably, Indian Country representatives effectively torpedoed a clean fix at the end of the 112th Congress when Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman Daniel Akaka received a floor vote for his legislation.
   
As senior staff to the committee later noted, a number of Republican senators were prepared to vote for the legislation along with most Democrats, but the fear by some advocates that amendments could be added (and others who thought a losing vote would permanently damage the effort) ended up, along with the NCAI and others, lobbying to pull the bill.
   
Regr
ettably, this cratering of support caused the bill to be withdrawn, and it has yet to see a floor vote since. The White House was notably silent during that end-of-year process, and that silence was also noted on Capitol Hill. Even so, it is but one negative on a fine record.
   
The Obama administration began with a plea for the “red man to get ahead, man,” and an objective analysis will show significant gains for Indian Country in terms of funding, land acquisition, settlements, increased jurisdiction and tribal self-determination. After a rocky start, the administration has found sure footing from the president on down to his appointees like Washburn, Deputy Assistant Secretary Larry Roberts and NIGC Chairman Jonodev Chaudhuri.
   
If solid achievements can continue, President Obama may earn and deserve this moniker from Indian Country—best president ever.

Tribal Gaming Directory 2015

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

ALABAMA
Class II

Poarch Band of Creek Indians
CREEK CASINO WETUMPKA
100 River Oaks Dr.
Wetumpka, AL 36092-3084
Mailing: PO Box 970
Wetumpka, AL 36092-0029
Phone: 334-514-0469
Toll Free: 800-897-7198
www.pcigaming.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 1,200  
Chief Operating Officer: Ron Nesbitt

Poarch Band of Creek Indians
CREEK CASINO MONTGOMERY
1801 Eddie L.Tullis Dr.
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: 334-273-9003
Toll Free: 800-958-9003
Fax: 334-396-9282
www.pcigaming.com
Casino size: 46,808 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 1,700
Chief Operating Officer: Ron Nesbitt

Poarch Band of Creek Indians
WIND CREEK CASINO & HOTEL
303 Poarch Rd.
Atmore, AL 36502
Mailing: PO Box 09
Atmore, AL 36504
Phone: 251-368-8007
Toll Free: 866-946-3360  
Fax: 251-368-8590
www.pcigaming.com
Casino size: 80,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 1,607
Chief Operating Officer: Ron Nesbitt

ALASKA
Class II

Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point
AGATE PULL TABS
100 Municipal Building Room 7A
Sand Point, AK 99661-0447
Mailing: PO Box 447
Sand Point, AK 99661-0447
Phone: 907-383-5833
Fax: 907-383-5814
Pull Tab Machines 10
GM: Tabatcha Holnberg

Klawock Cooperative Association
KLAWOCK IRA SMOKE SHOP
310 Bayview Blvd.
Klawock, AK 99925
Mailing: PO Box 430
Klawock, AK 99925-0430
Phone: 907-755-2265
Fax: 907-755-8800
Bingo 60 seats  
GM: Cheryl Edenshaw

Metlakatla Indian Community
METLAKATLA INDIAN COMMUNITY BINGO
8 Milton St.
Metlakatla, AK 99926-0008
Mailing: PO Box 8
Metlakatla, AK 99926
Phone: 907-886-4441
Fax: 907-886-7997
Casino size: 4,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 90
Bingo 120 seats
GM: Joni Hudson

Native Village of Barrow Tribal Government
NATIVE VILLAGE OF BARROW PULL TABS
742 Stevenson St.
Barrow, AK 99723-1149
Mailing: PO Box 1139
Barrow, AK 99723-1139
Phone: 907-852-2077
Toll Free: 800-478-4412
Fax: 907-852-8844
Casino size: 550 sq. ft.
Table Games 8
Tribal President: Thomas Oleman
GM: Dorothy Edwardson

Sitka Tribe of Alaska
SITKA TRIBAL BINGO
235 Katlian St.
Sitka, AK 99835
Phone: 907-747-3207
Fax: 907-747-4915
www.sitkatribe.org
Bingo 100 seats
President: Camille Ferguson

Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak
SUN’AQ TRIBAL BINGO
312 West Marine Way
Kodiak, AK 99615
Phone: 907-486-6735
Fax: 907-486-6766
Bingo 299 seats
GM: Gary Watson

Tlingit and Haida Indians of CBJ
TINGLIT AND HAIDA INDIANS
3235 Hospital Drive
Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 907-463-5680
Fax: 907-463-3061
www.ccthita.org
Bingo 200 seats
Bingo Manager: Danielle Lindoff

ARIZONA
Class II & III

San Carlos Apache Tribe
APACHE GOLD HOTEL CASINO RESORT
Highway 70-Mile Post 258
San Carlos, AZ 85501
Mailing: PO Box 1210
San Carlos, AZ 85550-0357
Phone: 928-475-7800
Toll Free: 800-272-2438
Fax: 928-475-7692
www.apachegoldcasinoresort.com
Casino size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Apache Gold Best Western Hotel (146 rooms)
Slots 699
Table Games 8
Bingo 1,000 seats
Director of Gaming Operations: Linda Michaels

Colorado River Indian Tribes
BLUEWATER RESORT & CASINO
11300 Resort Dr.
Parker, AZ 85344-7549
Phone: 928-669-7000
Toll Free: 888-243-3360
Fax: 928-669-5910
www.bluewaterfun.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Bluewater Resort (200 rooms)
Slots 523
Table Games 13
Bingo 350 seats
GM: Art Navarr

Yavapai—Prescott Indian Tribe
BUCKY’S CASINO & PRESCOTT RESORT
1500 East Highway 69
Building B
Prescott, AZ 86301-5640
Mailing: PO Box 10190
Prescott, AZ 86304-0190
Phone: 928-776-5695
Toll Free: 800-756-8744
Fax: 928-541-9217
www.buckyscasino.com
Casino size: 24,000 sq. ft.
Prescott Resort (160 rooms)
Slots 309
Bingo 150 seats
Table Games 7
GM: Simon Fort

Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community
CASINO ARIZONA AT TALKING STICK
9800 E. Indian Bend Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Mailing: PO Box 10099
Scottsdale, AZ 85271-0099
Phone: 480-850-7777
Toll Free: 877-724-4687
Fax: 480-850-7741
www.casinoaz.com
Casino size: 240,000 sq. ft.
Slots 801
Table Games 94
CEO: Dennis Leong

Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community
CASINO ARIZONA
524 N. 92nd St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85256-5402
Mailing: PO Box 10099
Scottsdale, AZ 85271-0099
Phone: 480-850-7777
Toll Free: 877-724-4687
Fax: 480-850-7700
www.casinoaz.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Slots 927
Table Games 36
CEO: Dennis Leong

Pascua Yaqui Tribe
CASINO DEL SOL
5655 W. Valencia Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85746
Phone: 520-838-6506
Toll Free: 800-344-9435
Fax: 520-838-6660
www.casinodelsol.com
Casino size: 240,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,044
Table Games 35
Bingo 694 seats
CEO: Alex Amador

Pascua Yaqui Tribe
CASINO OF THE SUN
7406 S. Camino de Oeste Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85746-9308
Mailing: 5655 W. Valencia Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85746
Phone: 520-883-1700
Toll Free: 800-344-9435
Fax: 520-838-6660
www.casinodelsol.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,300
Table Games 22
Assistant GM: Sylvia Lopez

Yavapai-Apache Nation
CLIFF CASTLE CASINO
555 Middle Verde Rd.
Camp Verde, AZ 86322
Phone: 928-567-7900
Toll Free: 800-381-7568
Fax: 928-567-7901
www.cliffcastlecasino.net
The Lodge at Cliff Castle (82 rooms)
Casino size: 140,000 sq. ft.
Slots 656
Table Games 17
GM: Mary Ketterling

Cocopah Tribe
COCOPAH CASINO & BINGO
15138 S. Avenue B
Somerton, AZ 85350-7648
Phone: 928-726-8066
Toll Free: 800-237-5687
Fax: 928-217-7769
www.cocopahresort.com
Casino size: 24,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
Bingo 350 seats
Table Games 8
Acting GM: Bob McClendon

Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO—I-19
1100 West Pima Mine Rd.
Sahuarita, AZ 85629-9624
Mailing: PO Box 22230
Sells, AZ 85734-2230
Phone: 520-294-7777
Toll Free: 866-332-9467
Fax: 520-393-2855
www.desertdiamondcasino.com
Casino size: 185,000 sq. ft.
Slots 696
Table Games 6
GM: Henry Child

Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO NOGALES
7350 S Nogales Hwy.
Tucson, AZ 85634
Mailing: PO Box 22230
Tucson, AZ 85734-2230
Phone: 520-294-7777
Toll Free: 866-332-9467
Fax: 520-393-2855
www.desertdiamondcasino.com
Casino size: 165,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,089
Table Games 30
Bingo 270 se
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GM: Henry Child

Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO   
Highway 86 Mile Post 55
Why, Arizona  85321
Mailing:  PO Box 10
Ajo, Arizona  85321-0010
Phone: 520-547-4306
Fax: 520-362-2885
www.ddcaz.com
Casino size: 5,000 sq.ft.
Slots 56
CEO: Andrew Asselin

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
FORT McDOWELL CASINO
10424 N.  Fort McDowell Rd.
Fountain Hills, AZ 85264
Mailing: PO Box 18359
Fountain Hills, AZ 85264-8359
Phone: 480-837-1424
Toll Free: 800-843-3678
Fax: 480-837-4713
www.fortmcdowellcasino.com
Casino size: 150,000 sq. ft.
Radisson Hotel (247 Rooms) Slots 903
Table Games 28
Bingo 1,700
GM: Blake Cumbers

Ak-Chin Indian Community
HARRAH’S PHOENIX AK-CHIN CASINO
15406 N Maricopa Rd.
Maricopa, AZ 85239
Phone: 480-802-5000
Toll Free: 800-427-7247
Fax: 480-802-5050
www.harrahs.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Harrah’s Phoenix Ak-Chin Resort (148 rooms)
Slots 1,100
Table Games 43
Bingo 470 seats
GM: Robert Livingston

White Mountain Apache
HON-DAH RESORT CASINO
777 Hwy. 260
Pinetop, AZ 85935
Phone: 928-369-0299
Toll Free: 800-929-8744
Fax: 928-369-0382
www.hon-dah.com
Casino size: 18,600 sq. ft.
Hon-Dah Hotel (386 rooms)
Slots 800
Table Games 7
GM: Brent Kurth

Gila River Indian Community
LONE BUTTE CASINO
1077 S. Kyrene Rd.
Chandler, AZ 85226
Mailing: PO Box 6790
Chandler, AZ 85226-6790
Phone: 520-796-7777
Toll Free: 800-946-4452
www.wingilariver.com/lone-butte
Casino size: 120,000 sq. ft.
Slots 850
Table Games 21
Bingo 750 seats
GM: Caroline Thompson

Tonto Apache Tribe
MAZATZAL CASINO
Beeline Hwy. 87, Mile Post 251
Payson, AZ 85541
Mailing: PO Box 1820
Payson, AZ 85547-1820
Phone: 928-474-6044
Toll Free: 800-777-7529
Fax: 928-472-2069
www.777play.com
Casino size: 38,000 sq. ft.
Slots 422
Table Games 7
Bingo 280 seats
GM: Roger Leslie

Quechan Indian Tribe
PARADISE CASINO
450 Quechan Drive
Yuma, AZ 85366
Mailing: PO Box 2737
Yuma, AZ 85366-2737
Phone: 760-572-7777
Toll Free: 888-777-4946
Fax: 760-572-2471
www.paradise-casinos.com
Casino size: 11,613 sq. ft.
Slots 506
Bingo 300 seats  
GM: Charles Montague

Fort Mojave Tribe
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CASINO
8555 S. Hwy. 95
Mohave Valley, AZ 86440-9309
Mailing: PO Box 6588
Mohave Valley, AZ 86440-6588
Phone: 928-346-2000
Toll Free: 888-837-4030
Fax: 928-346-2007
Casino size: 9,500 sq. ft.
Slots 243
Tribal Chair: Timothy Williams
GM: Jack Medrano

Navajo Nation
TWIN ARROWS NAVAJO CASINO RESORT
22181 Resort Blvd.
Flagstaff, AZ  86004
Toll Free:  855-946-8946
www.twinarrows.com
Casino size:  170,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1089
Table Games 30
President: Ben Shelly

Gila River Indian Community
VEE QUIVA CASINO
6443 N. Komatke Lane
Laveen, AZ 85339
Mailing: PO Box 6790
Chandler, AZ 85246-6790
Phone: 520-796-7777
Toll Free: 800-946-4452
www.wingilariver.com/vee-quiva
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots 950
Table Games 36
Bingo 550 seats
GM: Jeff Martin

Gila River Indian Community
WILD HORSE PASS HOTEL & CASINO
5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85226
Phone: 520-796-7777
Toll Free: 800-WIN-GILA
Fax: 520-796-7837
www.wingilariver.com/wild-horse-pass
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Wild Horse Pass Hotel (242 rooms)
Slots 990
Table Games 66
GM: Michael Olujic
 
Yavapai—Prescott Indian Tribe
YAVAPAI CASINO
1505 E. Hwy. 69
Prescott, AZ 86301-5641
Mailing: PO Box 10190
Prescott, AZ 86304-0190
Phone: 928-445-5767
Toll Free: 800-756-8744
Fax: 928-771-0653
www.buckyscasino.com
Casino size: 6,000 sq. ft.
Slots 244
GM: Steve Bracety

CALIFORNIA
Class II & III

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
AGUA CALIENTE CASINO RESORT SPA
32-250 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270-2704
Phone: 760-321-2000
Toll Free: 866-999-1995
Fax: 760-202-2617
www.hotwatercasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Agua Caliente Resort (340 rooms)
Slots 1,400
Table Games 60
Bingo 650 seats
GM: C.J. Graham

Augustine Band of Mission Indians
AUGUSTINE CASINO
84-001 Ave. 54
Coachella, CA 92236-9780
Phone: 760-391-9500
Toll Free: 888-PLAY2WIN
Fax: 760-398-4447
www.augustinecasino.com
Casino size: 42,000 sq. ft.
Slots 800
Table Games 10
GM: Jef Bauer

Barona Band of Mission Indians
BARONA VALLEY RANCH RESORT & CASINO
1932 Wildcat Canyon Rd.
Lakeside, CA 92040-1546
Phone: 619-443-2300
Toll Free: 888-7-BARONA (722-7662)
Fax: 619-443-2856
www.barona.com
Casino size: 310,000 sq. ft.
Barona Valley Ranch Resort (397 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 95
GM: Rick Salinas

Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
BEAR RIVER CASINO
11 Bear Paws Way
Loleta, CA 95551
Phone: 707-733-9664
Toll Free: 800-761-2327
Fax: 707-733-9611
www.bearrivercasino.com
Casino size: 13,056 sq. ft.
Slots 370
Table Games 15
GM: John O’Neil

Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribe
BLACK OAK CASINO
19400 Tuolumne Rd. N
Tuolumne, CA 95379-9724
Phone: 209-928-9300
Toll Free: 877-747-8777
Fax: 209-928-9301
www.blackoakcasino.com
Casino Size: 183,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,200
Table Games 24
GM: Ron Patel

Blue Lake Rancheria
BLUE LAKE CASINO & HOTEL
777 Casino Way
Blue Lake, CA 95525
Mailing: PO Box 1128
Blue Lake, CA 95525-1128
Phone: 707-668-9770
Toll Free: 877-BLC2WIN (252-2946)
Fax: 707-668-9757
www.bluelakecasino.com
Casino size: 44,500 sq. ft.
Blue Lake Hotel (102 rooms)
Slots 750
Table Games 18
Bingo 500 seats
CEO: Arla Ramsey

Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
CACHE CREEK CASINO RESORT
14455 Hwy. 16
Brooks, CA 95606-0065
Mailing: PO Box 65
Brooks, CA 95606-0065
Phone: 530-796-3118
Toll Free: 800-992-8686
Fax: 530-796-2112
www.cachecreek.com
Casino size: 94,000 sq. ft.
Cache Creek Resort (200 rooms)
Slots 2,300
Table Games 130
GM: Randy Takemoto

Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians
CAHUILLA CREEK CASINO
52702 Hwy. 371
Anza, CA 92539
Mailing: PO Box 390854
Anza, CA 92539-0854
Phone: 951-763-1200
Fax: 951-763-2050
www.cahuillacasino.com
Casino size: 14,000 sq. ft.
Slots 320
GM: Leonardo Pasquarelli

Pauma Band of Mission Indians
CASINO PAUMA
777 Pauma Reservation Rd.
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Mailing: PO Box 1067
Pauma Valley, CA 92061-1067
Phone: 760-742-2177
Toll Free: 877-687-2862
Fax: 760-742-2438
www.casinopauma.com
Casino size: 42,500 sq. ft.
Slots 1,000
Table Games 21
GM: Harry Taylor

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Trinidad
CHER-AE HEIGHTS CASINO
27 Scenic Drive
Trinidad, CA 95570-9767
Mailing: PO Box 610
Trinidad, CA 95570-0630
Phone: 707-677-3611
Toll Free: 800-684-2464
Fax: 707-677-4172
www.cheraeheightscasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots 330
Table Games 13
Bingo 800 seats
GM: Ron Badouin

Chicken Ranch Band of Me-wuk Indians
CHICKEN RANCH BINGO & CASINO
16929 Chicken Ranch Rd.
Jamestown, CA 95327-9779
Phone: 209-984-3000
Toll Free: 800-75-BINGO
Fax: 209-984-4158
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 345
Bingo 400 seats
GM: Randy Carter

Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
CHUMASH CASINO RESORT
3400 E. Hwy. 246
Santa Ynez, CA 93460-9405
Phone: 805-686-0855
Toll Free: 800-248-6274
Fax: 805-686-3859
www.chumashcasino.com
Casino size: 280,000 sq. ft.
Chumash Casino Resort Hotel (206 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 55
Bingo 1,000 seats
COO & GM: Bill Peters

Colusa Indian Community
COLUSA CASINO RESORT
3770 Hwy.45
Colusa, CA 95932-1267
Phone: 530-458-8844
Toll Free: 800-655-8946
Fax: 530-458-2018
www.colusacasino.com
Colusa Casino Hotel (55 rooms)
Casino size: 66,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,004
Table Games 12
Bingo 700 seats
GM: Victor Fernandez

Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
COYOTE VALLEY CASINO
7751 N. State St.
Redwood Valley, CA 95470-9663
Mailing: PO Box 388
Calpella, CA 95418-0388
Phone: 707-485-0700
Toll Free: 800-332-9683
Fax: 707-485-0730
www.coyotevalleycasino.com
Cas
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Slots 250
Tables Games 14
GM: Norman Runyan

Alturas Rancheria
DESERT ROSE CASINO
901 County Rd. 56
Alturas, CA 96101
Mailing: PO Box 910
Alturas, CA 96101-0910
Phone: 530-233-3141
Fax: 530-233-3170
Casino size: 6,200 sq. ft.
Slots 120
GM: Shawn Normington

Susanville Indian Rancheria
DIAMOND MOUNTAIN CASINO
900 Skyline Drive
Susanville, CA 96130
Phone: 530-252-1100
Toll Free: 877-319-8514
Fax: 530-252-1236
www.diamondmountaincasino.com
Casino size: 26,000 sq. ft.
Slots 225
Table Games 3
Bingo 60 seats
GM: Campbell Jamieson

Tule River Indian Tribe
EAGLE MOUNTAIN CASINO
681 S Tule Rd.
Porterville, CA 93257
Mailing: PO Box 1659
Porterville, CA 93258-1659
Phone: 559-788-6220
Toll Free: 800-903-3353
Fax: 559-788-6223
www.eaglemtncasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,500
Table Games 11
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Tom Stewart

Elk Valley Rancheria
ELK VALLEY CASINO
2500 Howland Hill Rd.
Crescent City, CA 95531-9241
Phone: 707-464-1020
Toll Free: 888-574-2744
Fax: 707-465-5188
www.elkvalleycasino.com
Casino size: 23,000 sq. ft.
Slots 310
Table Games 9
Bingo 250 seats
CEO: Larry Johnson

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
FANTASY SPRINGS CASINO
84-245 Indio Springs Pkwy.
Indio, CA 92203-3499
Phone: 760-342-5000
Toll Free: 800-827-2946
Fax: 760-238-5606
www.fantasyspringsresort.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Palm Spring Hotel (250 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 40
Bingo 750 seats
GM: Paul Ryan

Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians
FEATHER FALLS CASINO
3 Alverda Dr.
Oroville, CA 95966-9379
Phone: 530-533-3885
Toll Free: 877-652-4646
Fax: 530-533-4465
www.featherfallscasino.com
Casino size: 118,112 sq. ft.
The Lodge (72 Rooms)
Slots 1,000
Table Games 19
CEO:  Ed Gilbert

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians
GARCIA RIVER CASINO
22215 Windy Hollow Road
Point Arena, CA 95468
Phone: 707-467-5300
www.thegaciarivercasino.com
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Slots 160
GM: Stanley Spencer

Berry Creek Rancheria of the Tyme-Maidu Tribe
GOLD COUNTRY CASINO
4020 Olive Hwy.
Oroville, CA 95966-5527
Phone: 530-534-9892
Toll Free: 800-334-9400
Fax: 530-534-9173
www.goldcountrycasino.com
Casino size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (87 rooms)
Slots 900
Table Games 22
Bingo 300 seats
GM: John Lind

Campo Kumeyaay Nation
GOLDEN ACORN CASINO
1800 Golden Acorn Way
Campo, CA 91906
Phone: 866-794-6244
Toll Free: 866-7-WINBIG
Fax: 619-938-6103
www.goldenacorncasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots 750
Table Games 8
Bingo 150 seats
GM: Larry Drousc

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
GRATON RESORT & CASINO
288 Golf Course Drive West
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: 707-588-7100
www.gratonresort&casino.com
Casino size: 320,000 sq. ft.
Slots 3,000
Table Games 144
GM: Joe Hasson

Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians
HARRAH’S RINCON CASINO & RESORT
777 Harrah’s Rincon Way
Valley Center, CA 92082
Phone: 760-751-3100
Toll Free: 877-777-2457
Fax: 760-751-3200
www.harrahs.com
Casino size: 59,000 sq. ft.
The Harrah’s Rincon Resort (662 rooms)
Slots 1,700
Table Games 59
GM: Janet Beronio

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
HAVASU LANDING RESORT & CASINO
5 Main St.
Havasu Lake, CA 92363
Mailing: PO Box 1707
Havasu Lake, CA 92363-1707
Phone: 760-858-4593
Toll Free: 800-307-3610
Fax: 760-858-4295
www.havasulanding.com
Casino size: 6,900 sq. ft.
Slots 248
Table Games 4
GM: Jackie Gordon

Round Valley Indian Tribes
HIDDEN OAKS CASINO
76700 Hwy. 162
Covelo, CA 95428
Mailing: PO Box 95
Covelo, CA 95428
Phone: 707-983-6898
Slots 100
GM: Randy Wolfin

Jamul Indian Village
HOLLYWOOD CASINO JAMUL
14191 Highway 94
Jamul, CA  91935
Phone:  619-669-4785
Casino size:  200,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,700
Table Games 50
Manager: Penn National Gaming

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
HOPLAND SHO-KA-WAH CASINO
13101 Nokonis Rd.
Hopland, CA 95449-9725
Phone: 707-744-1395
Toll Free: 888-SHOKAWAH
Fax: 707-744-1150
www.shokawah.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots 550
Table Games 8
Bingo 100 seats
GM: Roman Carrillo

Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
JACKSON RANCHERIA CASINO HOTEL
12222 New York Ranch Rd.
Jackson, CA 95642-9407
Phone: 209-223-1677
Toll Free: 800-822-9466
Fax: 209-223-3424
www.jacksoncasino.com
Casino size: 257,789 sq. ft.
Jackson Rancheria Hotel (146 rooms)
Slots 1,600
Table Games 48
Bingo 800 seats
CEO: Rich Hoffman

Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians
KONOCTI VISTA CASINO, RESORT & MARINA
2755 Mission Rancheria Rd.
Lakeport, CA 95453
Mailing: PO Box 57
Finley, CA 95435-0057
Phone: 707-262-1900
Toll Free: 800-FUN-1950
Fax: 707-262-1978
www.kvcasino.com
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (80 rooms)
Slots 350
Table Games 6
Interim GM: Damien Wickerd

Hoopa Valley Tribe
LUCKY BEAR CASINO
Shopping Center Hwy. 96
Hoopa, CA 95546-0729
Phone: 530-625-5198
Fax: 530-625-4050
www.hoopa-nsn.gov/enterprises/casino.htm
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Lucky Bear Hotel (21 rooms)
Slots 110
Table Games 2
GM: Norvin Hostler

Smith River Rancheria
LUCKY 7 CASINO
350 N. Indian Rd.
Smith River, CA 95567-9525
Phone: 707-487-7777
Toll Free: 866-777-7170
Fax: 707-487-5007
www.lucky7casino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots 319
Table Games 3
Bingo 130 seats
GM: Terry Westrick

Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians
MONO WIND CASINO
37302 Rancheria Lane
Auberry, CA 93602-1060
Mailing: PO Box 1060
Auberry, CA 93602-0337
Phone: 559-855-4350
Fax: 559-855-4351
www.monowind.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 330
GM: Ms. Kerry Smith

Morongo Band of Mission Indians
MORONGO CASINO RESORT & SPA
49500 Seminole Dr.
Cabazon, CA 92230-2200
Phone: 888-667-6646
Toll Free: 800-252-4499
Fax: 951-755-5735
www.morongocasinoresort.com
Casino size: 148,000 sq. ft.
Morongo Resort (310 rooms)
Slots 2,580
Table Games 60
Bingo 300 seats
GM: David Brents 

Bishop Paiute Tribe
PAIUTE PALACE CASINO
2742 N. Sierra Hwy.
Bishop, CA 93514
Phone: 760-873-4150
Toll Free: 888-372-4883 (PAIUTE)
Fax: 760-873-3560
www.paiutepalace.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Slots 345
Table Games 6
Interim GM: Tonya Howard

Pala Band of Mission Indians
PALA CASINO RE
SORT & SPA
11154 Hwy. 76
Pala, CA 92059
Mailing: 35008 Pala Temecula Rd.
PMB 40
Pala, CA 92059-0040
Phone: 760-510-5100
Toll Free: 877-946-7252
Fax: 760-510-5190
www.palacasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (507 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 87
CEO: Bill Bembenek

Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians
PECHANGA RESORT & CASINO
45000 Pechanga Parkway
Temecula, CA 92592-5810
Mailing: PO Box 9041
Temecula, CA 92589-9041
Phone: 951-693-1819
Toll Free: 877-711-2WIN
Fax: 951-695-7410
www.pechanga.com
Casino size 200,000 sq. ft. 
Pechanga Resort (522 rooms)
Slots 3,000
Table Games 175
GM: Rudy Prieto

Pit River Tribe
PIT RIVER CASINO
20265 Tamarack Ave.
Burney, CA 96013-4064
Phone: 530-335-2334
Toll Free: 888-245-2992
Fax: 530-335-2362
www.pitrivercasino.com
Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Slots 150
Table Games 4
GM: Mike Avelar

Quechan Indian Nation
QUECHAN CASINO RESORT
525 Algodones Rd.
Winterhaven, CA 92283
Phone: 760-572-7777
Toll Free: 877-783-2426
Fax: 760-572-2471
www.playqcr.com
Casino size: 297,000 sq. ft.
Quechan Resort (166 rooms)
Slots 1,000
Table Games 24
CEO: Bryan Parrish

Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
RED EARTH CASINO
3089 Norm Niver Rd.
Salton City, CA 92274
Phone: 760-395-1200
Fax: 760-398-1269
www.redearthcasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 374
GM: Wayne Wallace

Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria
RED FOX CASINO
200 Cahto Dr.
Laytonville, CA 95454
Mailing: PO Box 1763
Laytonville, CA 95454-1763
Phone: 707-984-6800
Toll Free: 888-473-3369 (RED FOX)
Fax: 707-984-6500
www.redfoxcasino.net
Casino size: 3,600 sq. ft.
Slots 85
Ops. Mgr: Nancy Whittaker

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians
RED HAWK CASINO
1 Red Hawk Parkway
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: 530-677-2580
Toll Free: 888-573-3495
Fax: 530-676-8033
www.redhawkcasino.com
Casino size: 88,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,100
Table Games 66
GM: Bryan DeLugo

Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation 
REDWOOD HOTEL CASINO
171 Klamath Blvd
Klamath, CA 95548
Phone: 855-554-2946
Casino size: 2,400 sq. ft.
Slots 125
GM: Michael Peters

Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
RIVER ROCK CASINO
3250 Hwy. 128 East
Geyserville, CA 95441
Mailing: PO Box 908
Healdsburg, CA 95448-0908
Phone: 707-857-2777
Toll Free: 877-883-7777
Fax: 707-857-2726
www.riverrockcasino.com
Casino size: 35,500 sq. ft.
Slots 1,300
Table Games 20
CEO: David Fendrick

Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians
ROBINSON RANCHERIA RESORT & CASINO
1545 E. Highway 20
Nice, CA 95464-8619
Mailing: PO Box 4017
Nice, CA 95464-4017
Phone: 707-262-4000
Toll Free: 800-809-3636
Fax: 707-275-9100
www.robinsonrancheria.com
Casino size: 93,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (48 rooms)
Slots 650
Table Games 13
Bingo 530 seats
Interim GM: David Rose

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
ROLLING HILLS CASINO
2655 Barham Ave.
Corning, CA 96021-9000
Phone: 530-528-3500
Toll Free: 888-331-6400
Fax: 530-824-2473
www.rollinghillscasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots 850
Table Games 12
CEO: Bruce Thomas

Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
RUNNING CREEK CASINO
635 East Highway 20
Upper Lake, CA  95485
Phone: 707-262-5500
www.runningcreekcasino.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots 349
Table Games 6
GM: David Scheugar

San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
SAN MANUEL INDIAN BINGO & CASINO
777 San Manuel Blvd.
Highland, CA 92346-1763
Phone: 909-864-5050
Toll Free: 800-359-2464
Fax: 909-862-9147
www.sanmanuel.com
Casino size: 480,000 sq. ft.
Slots 3,000
Table Games 146
Bingo 2,500 seats
Casino Ops: Steve Lengel

Lytton Rancheria of California
SAN PABLO LYTTON CASINO
13255 San Pablo Ave.
San Pablo, CA 94806-3907
Phone: 510-215-7888
Fax: 510-215-4542
www.sanpablolytton.com
Casino size: 31,419 sq. ft.
Slots 1,300
Table Games 10
GM: Michael Gorzcynski

Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians
SHERWOOD VALLEY RANCHERIA CASINO
100 Kawi Place
Willits, CA 95490-4674
Phone: 707-459-7330
Fax: 707-459-7337
www.blackbartcasino.com
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots 220
GM: Darrell Nott

Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
SOBOBA CASINO
23333 Soboba Rd.
San Jacinto, CA 92581
Mailing: PO Box 817
San Jacinto, CA 92581-0817
Phone: 951-665-1000
Toll Free: 866-4-SOBOBA (76-2622)
Fax: 951-665-1353
www.soboba.net
Casino size: 74,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,020
Table Games 20
Bingo 299 seats
Tribal Chair: Scott Cozart
GM: Scott Sirois

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
SPA RESORT & CASINO
401 E. Amado Rd.
Palm Springs, CA 92262-6414
Phone: 760-883-1000
Toll Free: 888-999-1995
Fax: 760-416-9765
www.sparesortcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Spa Hotel (228 rooms)
Slots 915
Table Games 23
GM: Bill Duke

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
SPOTLIGHT 29 CASINO
46-200 Harrison Place
Coachella, CA 92236
Phone: 760-775-5566
Toll Free: 866-377-6829
Fax: 760-775-4638
www.spotlight29.com
Casino size: 80,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,000
Table Games 41
GM: Tom Sedlock

Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation
SYCUAN CASINO
5469 Casino Way
El Cajon, CA 92019-1810
Phone: 619-445-6002
Toll Free: 800 2SY-CUAN (2826)
Fax: 619-445-1394
www.sycuancasino.com
Casino size: 218,000 sq. ft.
Sycuan Resort (100 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 55
Bingo 1,246 seats
GM: Sheila Howe

Table Mountain Rancheria
TABLE MOUNTAIN CASINO & BINGO
8184 Table Mountain Rd.
Friant, CA 93626
Mailing: PO Box 445
Friant, CA 93626-0445
Phone: 559-822-7777
Toll Free: 800-541-3637
Fax: 559-822-2084
www.tmcasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,000
Table Games 50
Bingo 600 seats
President: Rob Goslini

Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe
TACHI PALACE HOTEL & CASINO
17225 Jersey Ave.
Lemoore, CA 93245-9760
Mailing: PO Box 308
Lemoore, CA 93245-0308
Phone: 559-924-7751
Toll Free: 866-4-PALACE
Fax: 559-924-6692
www.tachipalace.net
Casino size: 195,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,000
Table Games 26
Bingo 1,200 seats
GM: Willie Barrios

United Auburn Indian Community
THUNDER VALLEY CASINO
1200 Athens Ave
Lincoln, CA 95648
Phone: 916-408-7777
Toll Free: 877-468-8777
Fax: 916-408-8370
www.thundervalleyresort.com
Casino size: 144,500 sq. ft.
Slots 2,700
Table Games 134  
GM: Dawn Clayton

Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians
TORTOISE ROCK CASINO
73829 Base Line Road
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Phone: 877-945-2200
www.tortoiserockcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 490
Table Games 7

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians
TWIN PINE CASINO
22223 Hwy. 29
Middletown, CA 95461-9754
Mailing: PO Box 789
Middletown, CA 95461-0789
Phone: 707-987-0197
Toll Free: 800-564-4872
Fax: 707-987-0375
www.twinpine.com
Casino size: 49,410 sq. ft.
Slots 525
Table Games 12
GM: Matt Olin

San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians
VALLEY VIEW CASINO
16300 Nyemii Pass Rd.
Valley Center, CA 92082-2379
Phone: 760-291-5500
Toll Free: 866-843-9946
Fax: 760-291-5615
www.valleyviewcasino.com
Casino size: 124,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,000
Table Games 26
GM: Bruce Howard

Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians
VIEJAS CASINO
5000 Willows Rd.
Alpine, CA 91901-1656
Phone: 619-445-5400
Toll Free: 800-847-6537
Fax: 619-659-1954
www.viejas.com
Casino size: 327,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,000
Table Games 40
Bingo 400 seats
GM: Chris Kelley

Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians
WINNEDUMAH WINN’S CASINO
135 Hwy. 395 North
Fort Independence, CA 93526
Phone: 760-878-2483
Casino size: 1,200 sq. ft.
Slots 70
GM: Jimi Goff

Redding Rancheria
WIN-RIVER CASINO BINGO
2100 Redding Rancheria Rd.
Redding, CA 96001-5530
Phone: 530-243-3377
Toll Free: 800-280-8946
Fax: 530-246-9285
www.win-river.com
Casino size: 80,000 sq. ft.
Slots 700
Table Games 10
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Gary Hayward

COLORADO
Class II & III

Southern Ute Tribe
SKY UTE CASINO RESORT
14826 Hwy. 172 N.
Ignacio, CO 81137-0340
Mailing: PO Box 340
Ignacio, CO 81137-0340
Phone: 970-563-3000
Toll Free: 888-842-4180
Fax: 970-563-9546
www.skyutecasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Sky Ute Lodge (140 rooms)
Slots 600
Table Games 15
Bingo 190 seats
Trib
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GM: Charley Flagg

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
UTE MOUNTAIN CASINO HOTEL & RESORT
3 Weeminuche Dr.
Towaoc, CO 81334-9999
Phone: 970-565-8800
Toll Free: 800-258-8007
Fax: 970-565-6553
www.utemountaincasino.com
Casino size: 46,000 sq. ft.
Slots 760
Table Games 15
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Robert Brooker

CONNECTICUT
Class II & III

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO & MGM GRAND AT FOXWOODS
39 Norwich Westerly Rd.
Mashantucket, CT 06338
Mailing: PO Box 3777
Mashantucket, CT 06338-3777
Phone: 860-312-3000
Toll Free: 800-FOXWOODS
Fax: 860-312-4323
www.foxwoods.com
Casino size: 340,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (1,416 rooms)
Great Cedar Hotel  
Grand Pequot Tower
Slots 6,400
Table Games 350
Bingo 3,600 seats
President & CEO: Scott Butera

Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
MOHEGAN SUN CASINO
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd.
Uncasville, CT 06382-1355
Phone: 860-862-8000
Toll Free: 888-226-7711
Fax: 860-862-7419
www.mohegansun.com
Casino size: 350,000 sq. ft.
Mohegan Sun Hotel (1,176 rooms)
Slots 5,500
Table Games 280
President & CEO: Robert Soper

FLORIDA
Class II & III

Seminole Tribe of Florida
BIG CYPRESS CASINO
Government Road
Highway 833
Clewiston, FL 33440
Phone: 954-214-8817
Casino size: 5,610 sq. ft.
Slots 36
Interim GM: Helena Goodman

Miccosukee Tribe Indians of Florida
MICCOSUKEE RESORT & GAMING CENTER
500 SW 177th. Ave.
Miami, FL 33194-2800
Phone: 305-222-4600
Toll Free: 800-741-4600
Fax: 305-226-9254
www.miccosukee.com
Casino size: 67,000 sq. ft.
Miccosukee Resort (292 rooms)
Slots 1,900
Table Games 30
Bingo 800 seats
Tribal Chair: Colley Billie
GM: Daniel Sherlock

Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CASINO BRIGHTON
Highway 721 Brighton Indian Reservation
17735 Reservation Rd.
Okeechobee, FL 34974-8908
Phone: 863-467-9998
Toll Free: 866-2-CASINO
Fax: 863-467-1197
www.seminolecasinobrighton.com
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots 380
Table Games 6
Bingo 480 seats
GM: Marty Johns

Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CASINO COCONUT CREEK
5550 NW 40th.St.
Coconut Creek, FL 33073-3815
Phone: 954-977-6700
Toll Free: 866-222-2466
Fax: 954-970-7721
www.seminolecoconutcreek-
casino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,400
Table Games 65
GM: Stephen Bonner

Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CASINO HOLLYWOOD
4150 North State Road 7
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone:  954-961-3220
Fax:  954-894-1125
Toll Free:  866-222-7466
www.seminolehollywoodcasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq.ft.
Gaming Machines 1,150
Table Games 32
Bingo Seats 298
GM: Larry Buck

Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CASINO IMMOKALEE
506 S. First St.
Immokalee, FL 34142
Mailing: PO Box 869
Immokalee, FL 34143-0869
Phone: 941-657-1313
Toll Free: 800-218-0007
Fax: 941-658-1515
www.theseminolecasino.com
Casino size: 75,600 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 1,200
Table Games 34
GM: Tony Alves

Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE HARD ROCK CASINO—HOLLYWOOD
1 Seminole Way
Hollywood, FL 33314
Phone: 954-327-7625
Toll Free: 800-937-0010
Fax: 954-327-7655
www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com
Casino size: 130,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,500
Table Games 95
President: Michael Volkert

Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE HARD ROCK CASINO—TAMPA
5223 N. Orient Rd.
Tampa, FL 33610-4139
Phone: 813-627-7625
Toll Free: 866-762-5463
Fax: 813-627-7655
www.hardrockhotelcasinotampa.com
Casino size: 190,000 sq. ft.
Slots 5,008
Table Games 110
President: John Fontana

IDAHO
Class II & III

Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
BANNOCK PEAK CASINO
1707 W. County Rd.
Fort Hall, ID 83204
Mailing: 1707 W. County Rd.
PO Box 868
Fort Hall, ID 83203-0868
Phone: 208-237-8778
Toll Free: 800-497-4231
Fax: 208-237-8207
www.forthallcasino.com
Casino size: 2,700 sq. ft.
Slots 60
GM: Ron Olsen

Nez Perce Tribe
CLEARWATER RIVER CASINO
17500 Nez Perce Hwy
Mailing: PO Box 365
Lewiston, ID 83501-7947
Phone: 208-746-0723
Fax: 208-746-5715
www.crcasino.com
Casino size: 81,000 sq. ft.
Slots 640
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Frank Cornett

Coeur d’Alene Tribe
COEUR D’ALENE CASINO RESORT HOTEL
27068 Southwest US Hwy. 95
Worley, ID 83876-0236
Mailing: PO Box 236
Worley, ID 83876-0236
Phone: 208-686-0248
Toll Free: 800-523-2464
Fax: 208-686-5106
www.cdacasino.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel (202 rooms)
Slots 1,500  
Bingo 800 seats
Tribal Chair: James Allen

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
FORT HALL CASINO
Interstate 15, Exit 80
Simplot Road
Fort Hall, ID 83203
Mailing: PO Box 868
Fort Hall, ID 83203-0868
Phone: 208-237-8778
Toll Free: 800-497-4231
Fax: 208-237-8207
www.forthallcasino.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 900
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Ron Olson

Nez Perce Tribe 
IT’SE YE-YE BINGO & CASINO
419 Third Street
Kamiah, ID 83536-0253
Phone: 208-935-7860
Toll Free: 877-678-7423
www.crcasino.com
Casino size: 5,868 sq. ft.
Slots 100
GM: Frank Cornet

Kootenai Tribe
KOOTENAI RIVER INN & CASINO
7169 Plaza St.
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805-8598
Phone: 208-267-8511
Toll Free: 800-346-5668
Fax: 208-267-3744
www.kootenairiverinn.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Kootenai River Inn (65 rooms)
Slots 500
Bingo 150 seats
GM: Tom Turpin

Shoshone Bannock Tribe
SAGE HILL CASINO
Interstate 15 Exit 89
Blackfoot, ID 83221
Mailing: PO Box 868
Fort Hall, ID 83203
Phone 208-237-4998
Slots 100
GM: Ron Olsen

IOWA
Class II & III

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
BLACKBIRD BEND CASINO
17214 210th St.
Onawa, IA 51040
Mailing: PO Box 89
Onawa, IA 51040-0089
Phone: 712-423-9646  
Casino size: 6,800 sq. ft.
Slots 130
CEO: Kurt Schmidt

Sac & Fox Tribe of Mississippi in Iowa
MESKWAKI BINGO CASINO HOTEL
1504 305th St.
Tama, IA 52339-9697
Phone: 641-484-2108
Toll Free: 800-728-4263
www.meskwaki.com
Casino size: 127,669 sq. ft.
Meskwaki Hotel (408 rooms)
Slots 1,500
Table Games 21
Bingo 750 seats
GM: Daniel Stromer

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
WINN
AVEGAS CASINO
1500 330th St.
Sloan, IA 51055-8056
Phone: 712-428-9466
Toll Free: 800-468-9466
Fax: 712-428-4219
www.winnavegas.biz
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Winna Vegas Inn (52 rooms)
Slots 650
Table Games 20
Bingo 400 seats
GM: Ray Thomas

KANSAS
Class II & III

Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma
7th STREET CASINO
777 North 7th Street Trafficway
Kansas City, KS 66101-3036
Phone: 913-371-3500
Fax: 913-371-3934
www.7th-streetcasino.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 600
GM: Jean Yuen
 
Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraskas
CASINO WHITE CLOUD
777 Jackpot Drive
White Cloud, KS 66094-4002
Phone: 785-595-3430
Toll Free: 877-652-6115
Fax: 785-595-3431
Casino size: 21,000 sq. ft.
Slots 382
Table Games 3
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Mike Frederic

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
GOLDEN EAGLE CASINO
1121 Goldfinch Drive
Horton, KS 66439-9537
Phone: 785-486-6601
Toll Free: 888-464-5825
Fax: 785-486-6662
www.goldeneaglecasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots 720
Table Games 11
Bingo 368 seats
GM: Bob Nanatobi

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
PRAIRIE BAND CASINO & RESORT
12305 150th Rd.
Mayetta, KS 66509-8815
Phone: 785-966-7777
Toll Free: 888-727-4946
Fax: 785-966-7640
www.pbpgaming.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Harrah’s Prairie Band Hotel (298 rooms)
Slots 1,000
Table Games 25
GM: Ryan Brandt

Sac & Fox Nation of Mississippi
SAC & FOX CASINO
1322 US Hwy. 75
Powhattan, KS 66527-9624
Phone: 785-467-8000
Toll Free: 800-990-2946
Fax: 785-467-5001
www.sacandfoxcasino.com
Casino size: 106,000 sq. ft.
Slots 760
Table Games 13
Acting GM: Terry Krat

LOUISIANA
Class II & III

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
COUSHATTA CASINO RESORT
777 Coushatta Dr.
Kinder, LA 70648
Mailing: PO Box 1510
Kinder, LA 70648-1510
Phone: 337-738-1370
Toll Free: 800-58-GRAND
Fax: 337-738-7377
www.coushattacasinoresort.com
Casino size: 107,600 sq. ft.
Hotel (702 rooms)
Coushatta Inn (195 rooms)
Lodge (92 rooms)
Slots 2,800
Table Games 65
GM: Jacque Romero 

Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
CYPRESS BAYOU CASINO
832 Martin Luther King Rd.
Charenton, LA 70523-0519
Mailing: PO Box 519
Charenton, LA 70523-0519
Phone: 337-923-7284
Toll Free: 800-284-4386
Fax: 337-923-7882
www.cypressbayou.com
Casino size: 232,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,300
Table Games 45
GM & CEO: Anthony Patrone

Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
JENA CHOCTAW PINES CASINO
21160 Highway 167
Dry Prong, LA 71423
Phone: 318-648-7773
Toll Free: 855-638-LUCK
www.jenachoctawpinescasino.com
Casino size: 46,000 sq. ft.
Slots 700
Table Games 5
GM: Philip Pepple

Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
PARAGON CASINO RESORT
711 Paragon Place
Marksville, LA 71351-6004
Phone: 318-253-1946
Toll Free: 800-946-1946
Fax: 318-253-2033
www.paragoncasinoresort.com
Casino size: 72,120 sq. ft.
Paragon Casino Resort (615 rooms)
Slots 1,800
Table Games 48
GM: Peter Fordham

MICHIGAN
Class II & III

Bay Mills Indian Community
BAY MILLS RESORT & CASINO
11386 W. Lakeshore Dr.
Brimley, MI 49715-9308
Phone: 906-248-3715
Toll Free: 888-422-9645
Fax: 906-248-3720
www.4baymills.com
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Bay Mills Resort (218 rooms)
Slots 998
Table Games 15
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Rod Jones

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
FIREKEEPERS CASINO
11177 East Michigan Ave.
Battle Creek, MI 49014
Phone: 269-962-0000
Toll Free: 877-FKC-8777
Fax: 269-660-5797
www.firekeeperscasino.com
Casino size: 107,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,900
Table Games 70
Bingo 500 seats
GM: R. Bruce McKee

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
FOUR WINDS DOWAGIAC
587000 M-51 South
Dowagiac, MI 49047
Phone: 866-494-6371
www.fourwindscasino.com/do-wagiac
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Slots 300
Table Games 4
GM: Frank Freedman

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
FOUR WINDS HARTFORD
68600 Red Arrow Highway
Hartford, MI 49057
Toll Free: 866-494-6371
www.fourwindscasino.com/hartford
Casino size: 52,000 sq. ft.
Slots 569
Table Games 9
GM: Frank Freedman

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
FOUR WINDS NEW BUFFALO
11111 Wilson Rd.
New Buffalo, MI 49117
Toll Free: 866-494-6371
Fax: 269-926-5463
www.fourwindscasino.com
Casino size: 135,000 sq. ft.
Four Winds Resort (165 rooms)
Slots 3,000
Table Games 66
GM: Frank Freedman

Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi Indians
GUN LAKE CASINO
1123–129th Avenue
Wayland, MI 49348
Phone: 269-792-7777    
www.gunlakecasino.com    
Casino size: 83,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,500
Table Games 33
GM: Rob McDermott

Hannahville Tribe of Potawatomi Indians
ISLAND RESORT & CASINO
W399 Hwy. 2 & 41
Harris, MI 49845-0351
Mailing: PO Box 351
Harris, MI 49845-0351
Phone: 906-466-2941
Toll Free: 800-682-6040
Fax: 906-466-2945
www.islandresortandcasino.com
Casino size: 408,520 sq. ft.
Island Resort & Casino (275 rooms)
Slots 1,280
Table Games 15
Bingo 200 seats
GM: Stan Lewinski

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN CASINO—CHRISTMAS
7761 Candy Cane Lane
Christmas, MI 49862-8946
Phone: 906-387-5475
Toll Free: 800-539-2346
Fax: 906-387-4592
www.kewadinchristmas.com
Casino size: 8,416 sq. ft.
Slots 250
Table Games 5
COO: Anthony Goetz

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN CASINO—HESSEL
33995 Three Mile Rd.
Hessel, MI 49745
Mailing: PO Box 189
Hessel, MI 49745-0789
Phone: 906-484-2903
Toll Free: 800-539-2346
Fax: 906-635-7053
www.kewadinhessel.com
Casino size: 3,800 sq. ft.
Slots 150
COO: Anthony Goetz

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN CASINO—MANISTIQUE
US Route 2 East
Manistique, MI 49854-9738
Phone: 906-341-5510
Toll Free: 800-539-2346
Fax: 906-635-4947
www.kewadinmanistique.com
Casino size: 9,900 sq. ft.
Slots 275
Table Games 6
Bingo 50 seats
COO: Anthony Goetz

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN VEGAS CASINO—SAULT STE. MARIE
2186 Shunk Rd.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783-9398
Phone: 906-632-0530
Toll Free: 800-539-2346
Fax: 906-635-4959
www.kewadinsault.com
Casino size: 39,000 sq. ft.
Kewadon Hotel (318 rooms)
Slots 800
Table G
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Bingo 400 seats  
COO: Anthony Goetz 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN SHORES CASINO —ST. IGNACE
3015 Mackinac Trail
St. Ignace. MI 49781-9758
Phone: 906-643-7071
Toll Free: 800-539-2346
Fax: 906-643-8472
www.kewadin.com/st.ignace
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Kewadin Inn of St. Ignace (70 rooms)
Best Western Kewadin Casino Lakefront Inn (85 rooms)
Slots 730
Table Games 15
COO: Anthony Goetz

Bay Mills Indian Community
KINGS CLUB CASINO
12140 W. Lakeshore Dr.
Brimley, MI 49715-9319
Phone: 906-248-3715
Toll Free: 888-422-9645
Fax: 906-248-3520
www.4baymills.com
Casino size: 7,400 sq. ft.
Slots 270
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Mark Solberg

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
LAC VIEUX DESERT RESORT CASINO
N5384 Highway 45 N
Watersmeet, MI 49969-0129
Mailing: PO Box 129
Watersmeet, MI 49969-0129
Phone: 906-358-4226
Toll Free: 800-583-4785
Fax: 906-358-0288
www.lvdcasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Dancing Eagle Hotel (135 rooms)
Slots 629
Table Games 16
GM: Kevin Galek

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
LEELANAU SANDS CASINO
2521 NW Bayshore Dr.
Peshawbestown, MI 49682-9366
Phone: 231-534-8100
Toll Free: 800-922-2WIN
Fax: 231-534-8103
www.casino2win.com
Casino size: 30,581 sq. ft.
Leelanau Sands Lodge (50 rooms)
Slots 450
Table Games 8
Bingo 200 seats
GM: Frank Shino

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT
2700 Orchard Hwy.
Manistee, MI 49660-9752
Mailing: PO Box 417
Manistee, MI 49660-0417
Phone: 231-723-1535
Toll Free: 888-568-2244
Fax: 231-398-2593
www.littlerivercasino.com
Casino size: 44,000 sq. ft.
Little River Casino Resort (292 rooms)
Slots 1,500
Table Games 22
GM: Wendell Long

Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
ODAWA CASINO RESORT
1760 Lears Rd.
Petoskey, MI 49770-9215
Phone: 231-439-6100
Toll Free: 877-442-6464
Fax: 231-439-6132
www.odawacasino.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Odawa Hotel (127 rooms)
Slots 1,300
Table Games 20
GM: Roger Borton

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
OJIBWA CASINO RESORT (BIG BUCKS)
16449 Michigan Ave.
Baraga, MI 49908-9664
Phone: 906-353-6333
Toll Free: 800-323-8045
Fax: 906-353-4246
www.ojibwacasino.com
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Ojibwa Hotel (92 rooms)
Slots 325
Table Games 8
Bingo 450 seats
GM: David Haataja

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
OJIBWA CASINO MARQUETTE
105 Acre Trail
Marquette, MI 49855-9577
Phone: 906-249-4200
Toll Free: 888-560-9905
Fax: 906-249-3032
www.ojibwacasino.com
Casino Size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 300
Table Games 11
GM: Dale Shalifoe

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
SAGANING EAGLES LANDING CASINO
2690 Worth Rd.
Standish, MI 48658
Toll Free: 888-732-4537
Fax: 989-846-4854
www.saganing-eagleslanding.com
Casino size: 32,000 sq. ft.
Slots 867
CEO: Wendy Reeve

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
SOARING EAGLE CASINO
6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858-8432
Phone: 989-775-7777
Toll Free: 888-732-4537
Fax: 989-775-5383
www.soaringeaglecasino.com
Casino size: 210,000 sq. ft.
Soaring Eagle Resort (514 rooms)
Slots 3,300
Table Games 91
Bingo 500 seats
CEO: Wendy Reeve

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
TURTLE CREEK CASINO & HOTEL
7741 M-72 East
Williamsburg, MI 49690-9395
Phone: 231-534-0000
Toll Free: 800-922-2WIN
Fax: 231-534-8889
www.turtlecreekcasino.com
www.casino2win.com
Casino size: 74,000 sq. ft.
Turtle Creek Hotel (137 rooms)
Slots 1,200
Table Games 40
GM: Rob Sineway

MINNESOTA
Class II & III

Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
BLACK BEAR CASINO & HOTEL
1785 Hwy. 210
Carlton, MN 55718-8161
Mailing: PO Box 777
Carlton, MN 55718-0777
Phone: 218-878-2327
Toll Free: 888-771-0777
Fax: 218-878-2414
www.blackbearcasinohotel.com
Casino size: 88,000 sq. ft.
Black Bear Hotel (250 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 20
Bingo 550 seats
GM: Joe Quiroli

Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
FOND-DU-LUTH CASINO
129 E. Superior St.
Duluth, MN 55802-2127
Phone: 218-722-0280
Toll Free: 800-873-0280
Fax: 218-720-5150
www.fondduluthcasino.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 745
Table Games 4
GM: Maurice Ojibway

Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
FORTUNE BAY RESORT CASINO
1430 Bois Forte Rd.
Tower, MN 55790-8111
Phone: 218-753-6400
Toll Free: 800-992-PLAY
Fax: 218-753-6404
www.fortunebay.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Fortune Bay Resort (173 rooms)
Slots 840
Table Games 12
Bingo 200 seats
GM: Norman Adams

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
GRAND CASINO HINCKLEY
777 Lady Luck Dr. Hwy 48
Hinckley, MN 55037
Phone: 320-384-7777
Toll Free: 800-472-6321
Fax: 320-384-4857
www.grandcasinosmn.com
Casino size: 68,000 sq. ft.
Two Hotels (1,129 rooms)
Slots 2,500
Table Games 38
Bingo 330 seats
GM: Mel Towle 

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
GRAND CASINO MILLE LACS
777 Grand Ave.
Onamia, MN 56359-4500
Phone: 320-532-7777
Toll Free: 800-626-LUCK
Fax: 320-532-8568
www.grandcasinosmn.com
Casino size: 68,000 sq. ft.
Grand Casino Mille Lacs Hotel (967 rooms)
Slots 1,847
Table Games 24
Bingo 280 seats
GM: Ronda Weizenegger

Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
GRAND PORTAGE LODGE & CASINO
70 Casino Dr.
Grand Portage, MN 55605-0233
Mailing: PO Box 233
Grand Portage, MN 55605-0234
Phone: 218-475-2401
Toll Free: 800-543-1384
Fax: 218-475-2531
www.grandportage.com
Casino size: 15,268 sq. ft.
Grand Portage Lodge (100 rooms)
Slots 425
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Brian Meyottee

Lower Sioux Indian Community
JACKPOT JUNCTION CASINO HOTEL
39375 County Hwy. 24
Morton, MN 56270
Mailing: PO Box 420
Morton, MN 56270-0420
Phone: 507-644-8000
Toll Free: 800-946-2274
Fax: 507-644-8024
www.jackpotjunction.com
Casino size: 440,000 sq. ft.
Lower Sioux Lodge (276 rooms)
Slots 1,250
Table Games 31
Bingo 375 seats
GM: Brian Pendleton

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
LITTLE SIX CASINO
2354 Sioux Trail Northwest
Prior Lake, MN 55372-9004
Phone: 952-445-6000
Toll Free: 800-LITTLE6
Fax: 952-403-5535
www.littlesixcasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 800
Table Games 8
CEO: Ed Stevenson

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
MYSTIC LAKE CASINO HOTEL
2400 Mystic Lake Blvd.
Prior Lake, MN 55372-9004
Phone: 952-445-9000
Toll Free: 800-262-7799
Fax: 952-
496-7280
www.mysticlake.com
Casino size: 150,000 sq. ft.
Mystic Lake Hotel (586 rooms)
Slots 4,000
Table Games 100
Bingo 520 seats
CEO: Edward Stevenson
GM: Tom Polusny

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO & HOTEL
6800 Y Frontage Rd. NW
Walker, MN 56484
Phone: 218-547-2744
Toll Free: 800-252-PLAY
Fax: 218-335-3101
www.northernlightscasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (105 rooms)
Slots 850
Table Games 16
GM: Brad Michaud

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
PALACE CASINO HOTEL
16599 69th Avenue NW
Cass Lake, MN 56633-3058
Phone: 218-335-7000
Toll Free: 877-9PALACE
Fax: 218-335-6899
www.palacecasinohotel.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Palace Casino Hotel (80 rooms)
Slots 550
Table Games 6
Bingo 400 seats
GM: Donald Fairbanks

White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians
PINEHURST RESORT
27345 County Road 4
Naytahwaush, MN 56566
Phone: 218-935-5745
www.pinehurst.com
Casino size: 1,440 sq. ft.
Slots 13
Bingo 340 seats
GMs: Greg and Julie LaVoy

Upper Sioux Tribe
PRAIRIES EDGE CASINO
5616 Prairies Edge Lane
Granite Falls, MN 56241-0096
Phone: 320-564-2121
Toll Free: 866-293-2121
Fax: 320-564-2547
www.prairiesedgecasino.com
Casino size: 52,000 sq. ft.
Slots 928
Table Games 7
GM: Barry Joannides

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
SEVEN CLANS CASINO RED LAKE
10200 Hwy 89
Red Lake, MN 56671
Mailing: PO Box 574
Red Lake, MN 56671-0574
Phone: 218-679-2500
Toll Free: 888-679-2501
Fax: 218-679-2666
www.sevenclanscasino.com/redlake
Casino size: 65,840 sq. ft.
Slots 400
Table Games 4
GM: Michael Cobenais 
 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
SEVEN CLANS CASINO THIEF RIVER FALLS
20595 Center St. E
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Phone: 218-681-4062
Toll Free: 800-881-0712
Fax: 218-681-1054
www.sevenclanscasino.com
Casino size: 19,222 sq. ft.
Slots 650
Table Games 9
GM: Roland Hill

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
SEVEN CLANS CASINO WARROAD
1012 E. Lake St.
Warroad, MN 56763-2404
Phone: 218-386-3381
Toll Free: 800-815-8293
Fax: 218-386-2969
www.sevenclanscasino.com
Casino size: 19,000 sq. ft.
Slots 450
Table Games 5
GM: Donna Perkins

White Earth of Chippewa Indians
SHOOTING STAR CASINO HOTEL
777 SE Casino Rd.
Mahnomen, MN 56557
Phone: 218-935-2711
Toll Free: 800-453-7827
Fax: 218-935-2206
www.starcasino.com
Casino size: 72,000 sq. ft.
Shooting Star Hotel (437 rooms)
Slots 1,089
Table Games 23
Bingo 365 seats
GM: Edward Hanson

Prairie Island Indian Community
TREASURE ISLAND RESORT & CASINO
5734 Sturgeon Lake Rd.
Welch, MN 55089
Mailing: PO Box 75
Red Wing, MN 55066-0075
Phone: 651-388-6300
Toll Free: 800-222-7077
Fax: 651-385-2560
www.treasureislandcasino.com
Casino size: 150,000 sq. ft.
Treasure Island Resort & Casino (480 rooms)
Slots 2,200
Table Games 51
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Lyn Baxter

Leech Lake Band of Ojiwbe
WHITE OAK CASINO
45830 US Hwy. 2
Deer River, MN 56636
Phone: 218-246-9600
Toll Free: 800-653-2412
Fax: 218-335-4326
www.whiteoakcasino.com
Casino size: 15,480 sq. ft.
Slots 315
Table Games 2
GM: Steve Cash

MISSISSIPPI
Class II & III

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
BOK HOMA CASINO
1 Choctaw Road
Heidelberg, Mississippi  39439
Mailing:  PO Box 6048
Choctaw, Mississippi  39350
Phone:  601-656-5251
Toll Free:  866-447-3275
Fax:  601-656-6129
www.bokhomacasino.com
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots 750
President & CEO: Holly Gagnon

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
GOLDEN MOON HOTEL & CASINO
13541 Highway 16 West
Philadelphia, MS 39350
Phone: 601-650-1234
Toll Free: 866-447-3275
Casino size: 80,000 sq. ft.
Slots 199
Table Games 69
President & CEO: Holly Gagnon

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
SILVER STAR HOTEL & CASINO
13541 Hwy. 16 West
Choctaw, MS 39350
Mailing: PO Box 6048
Choctaw, MS 39350-6048
Phone: 601-650-1234
Toll Free: 866-44-PEARL
Fax: 601-663-0094
www.pearlriverresort.com
Casino size: 90,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,284
Table Games 64
President & CEO: Holly Gagnon

MONTANA
Class II & III

Crow Tribe
APSAALOOKE NIGHTS CASINO
71 Heritage Road
Crow Agency, MT 59022
Mailing: PO Box 159
Crow Agency, MT 59022
Phone: 406-638-4440
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 200
GM: Rachel Pretty on Top

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
BEAR PAW CASINO
Rocky Boy Agency
Box Elder, MT 59521
Mailing: PO Box 544
Box Elder, MT 59521-0544
Phone: 406-395-4863
Fax: 406-395-4915
Casino size: 8,000 sq. ft.
Slots 72
GM: Michael Devane

Confederated Tribes of Salish & Kootenai
BEST WESTERN KWATAQNUK RESORT & CASINO
49708 US Hwy. 93 East
Polson, MT 59860
Phone: 406-883-3636
Toll Free: 800-882-6363
Fax: 406-883-9317
www.kwataqnuk.com
Best Western Hotel (112 rooms)
Casino size: 1,650 sq. ft.
Slots 230
GM: Sheila Matt

Northern Cheyenne Tribe
CHARGING HORSE CASINO & BINGO
Highway 212
Lame Deer, MT 59043-1259
Mailing: PO Box 1259
Lame Deer, MT 59043-1259
Phone: 406-477-8188
Fax: 406-477-8177
Casino size: 19,000 sq. ft.
Slots 120
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Lori Limberhand

Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Tribes of Fort Belknap
FORT BELKNAP BINGO HALL
Rte 1, Box 66
Fort Belknap. MT 59526
Phone: 406-353-2205
Toll Free: 800-343-6107
Fax: 406-353-2797
Slots 150
GM: Robert Williams Jr.

Blackfeet Nation
GLACIER PEAKS CASINO
209 N. Piegan St.
416 W. Central Avenue
Browning, MT 59417-1450
Mailing: PO Box 1450
Browning, MT 59417-1450 P
hone: 406-338-2274
Toll Free: 877-238-9946
Fax: 406-338-5393
www.GlacierCash.com
Casino Size: 33,000 sq. ft
Slots 300
Table Games 3
Bingo 150 seats
GM: Dennis Fitzpatrick

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
GRAY WOLF PEAK CASINO
20750 Hwy. 93 North
Missoula, MT 59808
Phone: 406-726-3778
Fax: 406-726-3466
www.graywolfpeak.com
Slots 130
GM: Jennifer Domebo

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
NORTHERN WINZ CASINO
11031 US Hwy. 87
Box Elder, MT 59521
Mailing: PO Box 3028
Box Elder, MT 59521
Phone: 406-395-5420
Toll Free: 866-910-9469
Fax: 406-395-5430
www.northernwinz.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 200
Bingo 10
0 seats
GM: Mike Devany

Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes
SILVER WOLF CASINO
300 Highway 25 East
Wolf Point, MT 59201
Phone: 406-653-3476
www.silverwolfcasino.com
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Slots 110
Bingo 310 seats
GM: Gary Clark

NEBRASKA  
Class II

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
IRON HORSE BAR & CASINO
1010 S. Main St.
Emerson, NE 68733-3654
Phone: 402-695-0180
Fax: 402-695-0189
www.winnebagocasinos.com
Casino size: 2,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 120
CEO: Brian Chamberlain

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
LUCKY 77 CASINO
200 Main St.
Walthill, NE 68067
Mailing: PO Box 477
Walthill, NE 68067
Phone: 402-846-5545
Casino size: 280 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 64
GM: Susie Moore

Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
NATIVE STAR CASINO
1500 Industrial Pkwy.
Winnebago, NE 68071
Phone: 402-878-2901
www.winnebagocasinos.com
Casino size: 600 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 95
GM: Sandra Oliveres

Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska
OHIYA CASINO
52946 Hwy. 12, Suite #2
Niobrara, NE 68760
Phone: 402-857-3860
Fax: 402-857-3862
www.ohiyacasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots 408
Bingo 100 seats
GM: Rick Thomas

Rosebud Sioux Tribe
ROSEBUD CASINO
30421 US Highway 83
Valentine, NE 69201
Mailing: Highway Contract 14
Valentine, NE 69201-8900
Phone: 605-378-3800
Toll Free: 800-786-7673
Fax: 605-378-3870
www.rosebudcasino.com
Casino size: 10,500 sq. ft.
Slots 250
Table Games 5
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Robert Mudd

NEVADA
Class II & III

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
AVI RESORT & CASINO
10000 Aha Macav Pkwy.
Laughlin, NV 89029
Mailing: PO Box 77011
Laughlin, NV 89028-7011
Phone: 702-535-5555
Toll Free: 800-430-0721
Fax: 702-535-5400
www.avicasino.com
Casino size: 65,000 sq. ft.
Avi Resort (455 rooms)
Slots 950
Table Games 25
Bingo 200 seats
VP & GM: Ralph Rei

Moapa Band of Paiute
MOAPA TRIBAL CASINO
I-15, Exit 75 Valley of Fire
Moapa, NV 89025-0340
Phone: 702-864-2601
Fax: 702-864-2603
Casino size: 2,500 sq. ft.
Slots 96
GM: Eric Garcia

Moapa Band of Paiute 
MOAPA TRIBAL STORE
1 Lincoln Street
Moapa, Nevada 89025
Phone: 702-865-2787
Slots 4
GM: Michael Qualheim

Las Vegas Paiute 
SNOW MOUNTAIN SMOKE SHOP
11525 Nu-Wav Kaiv Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89124
Phone: 702-645-2957
Slots 7
GM: Cindy Pinkerton

NEW MEXICO
Class II & III

Jicarilla Apache Nation
APACHE NUGGET CASINO
US Highway 550 & US Highway 537
Cuba, NM 87013
Mailing: PO Box 219
Cuba, NM 87013
Phone: 505-289-2486
Fax: 505-759-1177
ww.apachenugget.com
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots 120
Tables 4
GM: Martha Loretto

Jicarilla Apache Nation
BEST WESTERN JICARILLA INN & WILDHORSE CASINO
13603 US Hwy. 64
Dulce, NM 87529
Phone: 505-759-3663
Fax: 505-759-3170
Casino size: 4,436 sq. ft.
Hotel (42 rooms)
Slots 191
GM: Martha Loretto

Pueblo of Pojoaque
BUFFALO THUNDER RESORT AND CASINO
30 Buffalo Thunder Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87506
Phone: 505-455-5555
Fax: 505-455-0200
www.buffalothunderresort.com
Casino size: 61,000 sq. ft.
Hilton Santa Fe Golf Resort & Spa at Buffalo Thunder (395 rooms)
Homewood Suites by Hilton (79 suites)
Slots 1,100
Table Games 10
GM: Mark Schrecengost

Tesuque Pueblo Tribe
CAMEL ROCK CASINO
17486A Hwy. 84/285
Sante Fe, NM 87504
Phone: 505-984-8414
Toll Free: 800-462-2635
Fax: 505-989-9234
www.camelrockcasino.com
Casino size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Slots 550
Table Games 6  
GM: Pat Frenier

Mescalero Apache Tribe
CASINO APACHE TRAVEL CENTER
225845 US Highway 70
Mescalero, NM 88340
Mailing: PO Box 227
Mescalero, NM 88340
Phone: 575-464-4494
Toll Free: 888-324-0348
Fax: 505-464-9191
www.innofthemountaingods.com
Casino size: 34,700 sq. ft.
Slots 440
Table Games 10
GM: Jonathan Adams 

Pueblo of Laguna
CASINO EXPRESS
14500 Central Ave.
Interstate 40 Exit 140
Albuquerque, NM 87120
Phone 505-352-7835
Gaming Machines 250
GM: Dennis Leong

Pueblo of Pojoaque
CITIES OF GOLD CASINO
10-B Cities of Gold Rd.
Sante Fe, NM 87506-0938
Phone: 505-455-3313
Toll Free: 800-455-3313
Fax: 505-455-7188
www.citiesofgold.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Cities of Gold Hotel (208 rooms)
Slots 550
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Mark Schrecengost

Pueblo of Laguna
DANCING EAGLE CASINO
I-40, Exit 108, 166 Casa Blanca Rd.
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Mailing: PO Box 550
Casa Blanca, NM 87007-0520
Phone: 505-552-7777
Toll Free: 877-440-9969
Fax: 505-552-7326
www.dancingeaglecasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 620
GM: Don Billbrough

Navajo Nation
FIRE ROCK NAVAJO CASINO
249 Route 118 East
Church Rock, NM 87311
Mailing: PO Box 1800
Church Rock, NM 87311
Phone: 505-905-7100
Toll Free: 866-941-2444
Fax: 505-905-7199
www.firerocknavajocasino.com
Casino size 64,000 sq. ft.
Slots 733
Table Games 8
Bingo 400 seats
CEO: Robert Winter

Navajo Nation
FLOWING WATER NAVAJO CASINO
2710 US Highway 64
Waterflow, NM 87421
Mailing:  PO Box 3077
Waterflow, NM 87421
Phone: 505-368-2300
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 130
GM: Roland Jacobs

Mescalero Apache Tribe
INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS RESORT & CASINO
287 Carrizo Canyon Rd.
Route 4
Mescalero, NM 88340-9759
Phone: 505-464-7777
Toll Free: 877-277-5677
Fax: 505-464-7072
www.innofthemountaingods.com
Inn of the Mountain Gods (273 rooms)
Casino size: 38,000 sq. ft.
Slots 800
Table Games 20
COO: Scott Eldredge

Pueblo of Isleta
ISLETA PALACE WEST
I-74 State Road 45 Southwest
Albuquerque, NM 87105
Phone: 505-869-4102
www.isleta.com/palace-west
Slots 80
GM: Joanne Sanchez

Pueblo of Isleta
ISLETA RESORT & CASINO
11000 Broadway Southeast
Albuquerque, NM 87105
Mailing: PO Box 1290
Isleta, NM 87105
Phone: 505-724-3800
Toll Free: 877-747-5382
Fax: 505-244-8246
www.hardrockcasinoabq.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,700
Table Games 25
Bingo 2,500 seats
CEO: Pamela Gallegos

Pueblo of Pojoaque
KICKS 66
67 Ogo Wii Road
Santa Fe, NM 87506
Phone: 505-455-9091
Casino size: 400 sq
. ft.
Slots 9
GM: Pat Doherty

Navajo Nation
NORTHERN EDGE NAVAJO CASINO
Route N36 & State Highway 371
Upper Fruitland, NM  87401
Phone: 505-436-2281
www.northernedgenavajocasino.com
Casino size: 86,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 750
Table Games 16
GM: Gloria West

Pueblo of San Juan
OH KAY CASINO RESORT HOTEL
Highway 68
Ohkay Owingeh, NM 87566-1270
Mailing: PO Box 1270
Ohkay Owingeh, NM 87566-1270
Phone: 505-747-1668
Toll Free: 877-829-2865
Fax: 505-747-5692
www.ohkaycasinoresort.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Best Western Hotel (101 rooms)
Slots 600
Table Games 5
CEO: Ron Lovato

Pueblo of Laguna
ROUTE 66 CASINO
14500 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Phone: 505-352-7866
Toll Free: 866-352-7866
Fax: 505-352-7880
www.rt66casino.com
Casino Size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,700
Table Games 30
Bingo 600 seats
President & CEO: Jerry Smith

Pueblo of San Felipe
SAN FELIPE’S CASINO HOLLYWOOD
25 Hagon Rd.,
San Felipe Pueblo, NM 87001
Phone: 505-867-6700
Toll Free: 877-529-2946
Fax: 505-867-6625
www.sanfelipecasino.com
Casino size: 22,000 sq. ft.
Slots 600
Table Games 7 
GM: Mike Ortiz

Pueblo of Sandia
SANDIA RESORT & CASINO
30 Rainbow Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113-2156
Phone: 505-796-7500
Toll Free: 800-526-9366
Fax: 505-796-7606
www.sandiaresortandcasino.com
Casino size: 160,000 sq. ft.
Sandia Resort (228 rooms)
Slots 2,200
Table Games 48
Bingo 450 seats
GM: Michael Moore

Pueblo of Santa Ana
SANTA ANA STAR CASINO
54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd.
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004
Phone: 505-867-0000
Fax: 505-771-5353
www.santaanastar.com
Casino size: 70,390 sq. ft.
Slots 1,420
Table Games 23
GM: John Cirrincione

Santa Clara Pueblo
SANTA CLARAN HOTEL CASINO
460 N. Riverside Dr.
Espanola, NM 87532-3470
Mailing: PO Box 427
Espanola, NM 87532-0427
Phone: 505-747-0059
Toll Free: 866-BIG-ROCK
Fax: 505-747-4549
www.bigrockcasino.com
Casino size: 36,000 sq. ft.
Santa Claran Hotel (124 rooms)
Slots 600
Table Games 7
GM: Donovan York

Pueblo of Acoma
SKY CITY CASINO
I-140 Exit 102
Acoma, NM 87034-0310
Mailing: PO Box 310
Acoma, NM 87034-0310
Phone: 505-552-6017
Toll Free: 888-759-2489
Fax: 505-552-9826
www.skycity.com
Casino size: 64,000 sq. ft.
Sky City Hotel (133 rooms)
Slots 660
Table Games 10
Bingo 500 seats
GM: David Baumgartner

Taos Pueblo
TAOS MOUNTAIN CASINO
700 Veterans Hwy.
Taos, NM 87571-0777
Mailing: PO Box 706
Taos, NM 87571-0777
Phone: 575-737-0777
Toll Free: 888-WIN-TAOS
Fax: 505-751-0578
www.taosmountaincasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 200
Table Games 4
GM: James McDermott

Jicarilla Apache Nation
WILDHORSE CASINO & HOTEL
13603 US Hwy. 64
Dulce, NM 87529
Phone: 575-759-3170
Casino size: 8,872
Slots 190
Table Games 4
GM: Martha Loretta

NEW YORK
Class II & III

St. Regis Mohawk Nation
AKWESASNE MOHAWK CASINO
873 State Route 37
Hogansburg, NY 13655-0670
Phone: 518-358-2222
Toll Free: 888-622-1155
Fax: 518-358-4050
www.mohawkcasino.com
Casino Size: 52,500 sq. ft.
Slots 2,524
Table Games 31
GM: Patrick Bassney

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
LAKESIDE ENTERTAINMENT
271 Cayuga Street
Union Springs, NY 13160
Phone: 315-889-5416
Slots 86

Seneca Nation
SENECA ALLEGANY CASINO & HOTEL
777 Seneca Allegany Blvd
Salamanca, NY 14779-1331
Phone: 716-945-3200
Toll Free: 877-553-9500
Fax: 716-945-7547
www.senecaalleganycasino.com
Casino size: 68,300 sq. ft.
Seneca Allegany Hotel (212 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 36
GM: Gus Tsivikis

Seneca Nation
SENECA BUFFALO CREEK CASINO
1 Fulton St.
Buffalo, NY 14201
Phone: 716-853-7576
Casino size: 47,300 sq. ft.
Slots 800
Table Games 18
GM: Jennifer Caruso

Seneca Nation
SENECA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT
11099 Erie St.
Irving, NY 14081-9566
Phone: 716-549-4389
Toll Free: 800-421-2464
Fax: 716-549-6356
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
Bingo 1,000 seats
GM: Jeff Maracle 

Seneca Nation
SENECA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT
768 Broad St.
Salamanca, NY 14779-1331
Mailing: PO Box 231
Salamanca, NY 14779-0231
Phone: 716-945-4080
Toll Free: 877-860-5130
Fax: 716-945-3354
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots 280
Poker 10 tables
Bingo 450 seats
GM: Lee Mil

Seneca Nation
SENECA NIAGARA CASINO & HOTEL
310 Fourth St.
Niagara Falls, NY 14303
Phone: 716-299-1100
Toll Free: 877-873-6322
Fax: 716-299-1099
www.senecaniagaracasino.com
Casino size: 147,590 sq. ft.
Hotel (604 rooms)
Slots 4,000
Table Games 121
President & CEO: Cathy Walker

Oneida Indian Nation
TURNING STONE RESORT & CASINO
5218 Patrick Rd.
Verona, NY 13478-3012
Phone: 315-361-7711
Toll Free: 800-771-7711
Fax: 315-361-7901
www.turningstone.com
Casino size: 125,000 sq. ft.
Turning Stone Resort (702 rooms)
Slots 2,200
Table Games 80
Bingo 1,400 seats
COO: Pete Carmen

NORTH CAROLINA
Class II & III

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
CHEROKEE TRIBAL BINGO
19 Bingo Loop Road
Highway 19 North
Cherokee, NC 28719
Phone: 828-497-4320
Bingo 1,100 seats
GM: Eliza Edwards

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
HARRAH’S CHEROKEE CASINO & HOTEL
777 Casino Dr.
Cherokee, NC 28719-8735
Phone: 828-497-7777
Toll Free: 800-427-7247
Fax: 828-497-5076
www.harrahs.com
Cherokee Casino Hotel
(1,108 rooms)
Slots 3,870
Table Games 40
Poker Tables 10
GM: Brooks Robinson

NORTH DAKOTA
Class II & III

Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
4 BEARS CASINO & LODGE
202 Frontage Rd.
New Town, ND 58763-9402
Phone: 701-627-4018
Toll Free: 800-294-5454
Fax: 701-627-4012
www.4bearscasino.com
Casino size: 120,000 sq. ft.
4 Bears Lodge (100 rooms)
Slots 600
Table Games 12
GM: Patrick Packineau

Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe
DAKOTA MAGIC CASINO & HOTEL
16849 102nd. St. SE
Hankinson, ND 58041-9780
Phone: 701-634-3000
Toll Free: 800-325-6825
Fax: 701-634-3016
www.dakotanationgaming.com
Casino size: 95,175 sq. ft.
Dakota Magic Hotel (127 rooms)
Slots 1,000
Table Games 12
GM: Cheryl Owen

Turtle Mounta
in Band of Chippewa Indians
GRAND TREASURE CASINO
4418 147th Avenue NW
Trenton, ND 58553
Phone: 701-572-2690
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots 156

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
PRAIRIE KNIGHTS CASINO & RESORT
7932 Hwy. 24
Fort Yates, ND 58538-9736
Phone: 701-854-7777
Toll Free: 800-425-8277
Fax: 701-854-2303
www.prairieknights.com
Casino size: 46,500 sq. ft.
Prairie Knights Lodge (96 rooms)
Slots 700
Table Games 7
GM: Everett Iron Eyes Jr.

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
SKY DANCER BINGO PALACE
Highway 5 West and County Road
Belcourt, ND 58316
Phone: 701-477-3171
Casino size: 214,760 sq. ft.
Bingo seats 971
GM: Richard McCloud

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
SKY DANCER HOTEL & CASINO
Hwy. 5 West & County Rd.
Belcourt, ND 58316
Phone: 701-244-2400
Toll Free: 866-244-9467
Fax: 701-244-2412
www.skydancercasino.com
Casino size: 37,000 sq. ft.
Sky Dancer Hotel (96 rooms)
Slots 727
Table Games 12
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Richard McCloud 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
SKY DANCER MINI CASINO
1 Sailor Avenue
Belcourt, ND  58316
Phone: 701-477-6438
Casino size: 2,500 sq. ft.
Slots 66
GM: Richard McCloud

Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
SPIRIT LAKE CASINO & RESORT
7889 Hwy. 57 South
St. Michael, ND 58370-9000
Phone: 701-766-4747
Toll Free: 800-946-8238
Fax: 701-766-1507
www.spiritlakecasino.com
Casino size: 49,000 sq. ft.
Spirit Lake Resort (124 rooms)
Slots 718
Table Games 7
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Phillip Longie

OKLAHOMA
Class II & III

Otoe Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
7 CLANS PARADISE CASINO
7500 Hwy. 177
Red Rock, OK 74651
Phone: 580-723-4005
Toll Free: 866-723-4005
Fax: 580-723-2853
www.okparadisecasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
Table Games 6
GM: Chris White 

Chickasaw Nation
ADA GAMING CENTER
1500 N. Country Club Rd.
Ada, OK 74820-1862
Phone: 580-436-3740
Fax: 580-436-4897
www.chicksaw.net
Casino size: 7,361 sq. ft.
Slots 300
Table Games 4
GM: Mark Prentice

Chickasaw Nation
ADA GAMING WEST
14565 County Road 3544
Ada, OK 74820
Phone: 580-310-0900
Casino size: 716 sq. ft.
Slots 129
GM: Bobby Burton

Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
APACHE CASINO HOTEL
2315 East Gore Boulevard
Lawton, OK 73501
Phone: 580-248-5905
www.apachecasinohotel.com
Casino size: 23,500 sq. ft.
Slots 800
Table Games 9
GM: Craig Levesque

Chickasaw Nation
ARTESIAN HOTEL CASINO
23 W. Vinita
Sulphur, OK 73086
Phone: 855-455-5255
www.artesianhotel.com
Casino size: 15,318 sq. ft.
Slots 275
Table Games 4
GM: Angie Dickenson

Chickasaw Nation
BLACK GOLD CASINO
288 Mulberry Lane
Wilson, OK 73463
Mailing:  PO Box 354
Wilson, OK 73463-0354
Phone:  580-668-4415
Fax:  580-668-9271
www.chickasaw.net
Casino size: 3,744 sq. ft.
Slots 268
AGM: Charlotte Flanagan 

Sac & Fox Nation  
THE BLACK HAWK CASINO
42008 Westech Road
Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone: 405-275-4700
www.theblackhawkcasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots 700
Table Games 6
GM: Terry Compton

Eastern Shawnee Tribe
BORDERTOWN BINGO & CASINO
129 W. Oneida St.
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-666-1108
Toll Free: 800-957-2435
Fax: 918-666-2135
www.bordertownbingo.com
Casino size: 73,000 sq. ft.
Slots 977
Table Games 24
Bingo 650 seats
GM: John Erwin

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
BORDERTOWN OUTPOST CASINO
69701 E. 100 Road
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-666 6770
www.bordertownbingo.com
Casino size: 3,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 260
GM: Rick Smith

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
BROKEN BOW TRAVEL PLAZA 
1800 South Park Drive
Broken Bow, OK 74728
Phone: 580-584-2516
www.choctawcasinos.com
Slots 40
GM: Amy Ward

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
BUFFALO RUN CASINO
1000 Buffalo Run Blvd.
Miami, OK 74354
Mailing: PO Box 231
Miami, OK 74355-0231
Phone: 918-542-7140
Fax: 918-542-7160
www.buffalorun.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Buffalo Run Hotel (100 rooms)
Slots 800
Table Games 15
GM: Steve Bashore

Delaware Nation
CASINO OKLAHOMA
220 East Cummins Road
Hinton, OK 73047
Phone: 405-542-4200
www.casinoklahoma.com
Slots 640
Table Games 5
GM: Gary Pavich

Muscogee Creek Nation
CHECOTAH INDIAN COMMUNITY BINGO
830 N. Broadway
Checotah, OK 74426-1103
Phone: 918-473-5200
Fax: 918-473-5899
Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Slots 320
GM: Jason Larney

Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—FORT GIBSON
103 N. Georgetown Rd.
Fort Gibson, OK 74434
Phone: 918-207-3593
www.cherokeecasino.com
Casino size: 27,500 sq. ft.
Slots 500
GM: Willie Whitekiller

Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO— RAMONA
31501 Route 75
Ramona, OK 74061
Toll Free 918-535-3800
www.cherokeestarrewards.com
Casino Size: 4,500 sq. ft.
Slots 500
GM: Martin Madewell
 
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO— ROLAND
205 Cherokee Blvd.
Roland, OK 74954-1000
Phone: 918-427-7491
Toll Free: 800-256-2338
Fax: 918-427-6805
www.cherokeecasino.com
Casino Size: 34,375 sq. ft.
Cherokee Casino Inn (44 rooms)
Slots 600
Table Games 8
GM: Rusty Stamps

Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—SALISAW
1621 W. Ruth St.
Salisaw, OK 74955
Mailing: PO Box 487
Salisaw, OK 74955
Phone: 918-776-1600
Toll Free: 800-256-2338
Fax: 918-776-9161
www.cherokeecasino.com
Casino size: 27,500 sq. ft.
Slots 250
GM: Rusty Stamps

Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO— TAHLEQUAH
16489 Hwy. 62
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Mailing: PO Box 179
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone: 918-207-3600
Fax: 918-453-1024
www.cherokeecasino.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 400
GM: Willie Whitekiller

Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—WEST SILOAM SPRINGS
2416 Hwy. 412
West Siloam Springs, OK 74338
Mailing: 584 Stateline Rd.
Colcort, OK 74338
Phone: 918-422-5100
Toll Free: 800-754-4111
Fax: 918-422-6229
www.cherokeecasino.com
Casino size: 136,252 sq. ft.
Slots 1,500
Table Games 20
GM: Tony Magey

Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—WILL ROGERS DOWNS
20900 S. 4200 Rd.
Claremore, OK 74017-4295
Phone: 918-283-8800
Fax: 918-341-6154
www.cherokeecasino.com
Casino size: 27,126 sq. ft.
Slots 250
GM: Mike Wheeler

Chickasaw  Nation
CHEROKEE NATION OUTPOST TOBACCO SHOP
777 West Cherokee Street
Catoosa, OK 74015
Phone: 918-384-7810
www.cherokeestarrewards.com
Casino size: 1,728 sq. ft.
Slots 80

Chickasaw  Nation
CHICKASAW TRAVEL STOP —THACKERVILLE
22983 Brown Springs Road
I35 and Exit 1
Thackerville, OK 73459
Phone: 580-276-4706
Casino size: 1,189 sq. ft.
Slots 34
GM: John DeMoss

Chickasaw  Nation
CHISHOLM TRAIL CASINO
7807 North Highway 81
Duncan, OK 73533
Mailing: PO Box 329
Marlow, OK 73055
Phone: 580-255-1668
Fax: 580-470-8552
www.chisholmtrailcasino.com
Casino size: 22,000 sq. ft.
Slots 569
Table Games 4
GM: Tera Williams

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—BROKEN BOW
1790 S. Park Dr.
US Highway 259
Broken Bow, OK 74728
Phone: 580-584-5450
Fax: 580-920-0024
www.choctawcasinos.com
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (102 rooms)
Slots 400
GM: Lila Tucker

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO RESORT—DURANT
4215 S. Hwy. 69/75
Durant, OK 74701-1987
Mailing: PO Box 1909
Durant, OK 74702-1909
Phone: 580-920-0160
Toll Free: 800-788-2464
Fax: 580-920-0024
www.choctawgaming.com
Casino size: 120,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (330 rooms)
Slots 3,700
Table Games 50
Bingo 600 seats
GM: Misty Dillar

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—GRANT
US Highway 271 South
Grant, OK 74738-9802
Mailing; Route 1 PO Box 17
Grant, OK 74378-0017
Phone: 580-326-8398
Fax: 580-326-3245
www.choctawcasinos.com
Casino size: 68,235 sq. ft.
Slots 1,200
Table Games 10
GM: Chris Scribirn

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—IDABEL
1425 SE Washington
Idabel, OK 74745-3447
Mailing: PO Box 1079
Idabel, OK 74745-1079
Phone: 580-286-5710
Toll Free: 800-634-2582
Fax: 580-286-7239
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots 410
GM: Amy Ward

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—McALESTER
1638 S. George Nigh Expressway
US Highway 69
McAlester, OK 74501-7411
Phone: 918-423-8161
Fax: 918-423-7938
www.choctawcasinos.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 545
GM: Lila Tucker

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—POCOLA
3400 Choctaw Rd.
Pocola, OK 74902-0429
Mailing: PO Box 429
Pocola, OK 74702
Phone: 918-436-7761
Toll Free: 800-590-5825
Fax: 918-436-7606
www.choctawcasinos.com
Casino size: 87,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,100
Table Games 10
GM: Christy Chaser

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—STIGLER
1801 East Main Street
Stigler, OK 74462
Phone: 918967-8364
www.choctawcasinos.com/stigler.aspx
Casino size: 7,800 sq. ft.
Slots 200
GM: Mitch Milton

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—STRINGTOWN
895 N. Hwy. 69
Stringtown, OK 74569
Phone: 580-346-7862
Fax: 580-346-7875
www.choctawcasinos.com
Casino size: 14,000 sq. ft.
Slots 180
GM: Diane Moody

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO TOO
3402 Service Road
Pocola, OK 74902
Phone: 918-436-2425
www.choctawcasinos.com
Casino size: 1,666 sq. ft.
Slots 40
GM: Linda Selman

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
CIMARRON CASINO
821 W. Freeman Ave.
Perkins, OK 74059
Phone: 405-547-5352
Fax: 405-547-1023
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 600
Table Games 5
GM: Stephan Burris

Comanche Nation
COMANCHE NATION CASINO
402 SE Interstate Dr.
Lawton, OK 73501
Mailing: PO Box 347
Lawton, OK 73502-0347
Phone: 580-354-2000
Toll Free: 866-354-2500
Fax: 580-354-2423
www.comanchenationcasino.com
Casino size: 36,000 sq. ft.
Slots 700
Table Games 8
Bingo 200 seats
GM: Chris Williams

Comanche Nation
COMANCHE RED RIVER CASINO
Hwy 36 & Hwy 70
Devol, OK 73531
Mailing: Route 1 42K
Devol, OK 73531
Phone: 580-299-3378
Toll Free: 866-299-3261
Fax: 580-299-3442
www.crrcasino.com
Casino size: 52,500 sq. ft.
Slots 1,100
Table Games 8
GM: Scott Tahah

Comanche Nation
COMANCHE SPUR SMOKE SHOP & CASINO
9047 US Highway 62
Elgin, OK 73538-9748
Mailing: PO Box 1975
Lawton, OK 73502-1975
Phone: 580-492-5502
Fax: 580-492-4020
www.comanchespur.com
Casino size: 2,400 sq. ft.
Slots 141
GM: Forney Beaver

Comanche Nation
COMANCHE STAR CASINO & SMOKE SHOP
PO Box 82A, Route 3
Walters, OK 73572
Phone: 580-875-3208
Fax: 580-875-3504
www.comanchenation.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots 133
GM: Trish Murphy

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—BRISTOW
121 W. Lincoln
Bristow, OK 74010-3428
Phone: 918-367-9168
Fax: 918-367-9373
www.creeknationbristow.com
Casino size: 8,500 sq. ft.   
Slots 211
GM: David Warrior

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO DUCK CREEK
10085 B Ferguson Road
Beggs, OK 74421
Phone: 918-267-3468
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots 255
GM: Ernie Tiger

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO— EUFAULA
806 Forest Ave.
Eufaula, OK 74432
Phone: 918-689-9191
Fax: 918-689-9551
Slots 240
GM: Derek Fife

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO— HOLDENVILLE
211 East Willow Street
Holdenville, Oklahoma 74848
Phone: 405-379-3321
Slots 215
GM: Rodger Birdcreek

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—MUSCOGEE
3420 W. Peak Blvd
Muskogee, OK 74403
Phone: 918-683-1825
Fax: 918-687-7318
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
www.muscogee-casino.com
Slots 428
Table Games 15
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Farrell Kaaihue

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—OKEMAH
1100 S. Woody Guthrie Blvd.
Okemah, OK 74859
Mailing: PO Box 630
Okemah, OK 74859
Phone: 918-623-0051
Fax: 918-623-0330
www.creeknationcasino.com
Casino size: 1,800 sq. ft.
Slots 290
Bingo 110 seats
GM: Lachrista Lollis

Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO— OKMULGEE
1901 N. Wood Dr.
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Mailing: PO Box 790
Okmulgee, OK 74447-0790
Phone: 918-756-8400
Fax: 918-756-7672
www.cncokmulgee.com
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Slots 350
Table Games 4
GM: Margaret Rutledge

Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
DOWNSTREAM CASINO RESORT
Route 44 and US Route 166
Quapaw, OK 74363
Mailing: 69300 E. Nee Rd.
Quapaw, OK 74363
Phone: 918-919-6000
Toll Free: 888-396-7876
www.downstreamcasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
The Hotel (222 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 36
GM: Jani Cummings

Muscogee Creek Nation
DUCK CREEK CASINO
10085 Ferguson Rd.
Beggs, OK 74421
Mailing: PO Box 809
Beggs, OK 74421
Phone: 918-267-3468
Fax: 918-267-3465
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots 300
GM: Ernie Tiger

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
FEATHER WARRIOR CASINO—CANTON
301 NE Lake Rd.
Canton, OK 73724
Mailing: PO Box 638
Canton, OK 73724
Phone: 580-886-2490
www.featherwarrior.com
Slots 300
GM: Gloria Smith

Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
FEATHER WARRIOR CASINO—WATONGA
1407 S. Clarence Nash Blvd.
Watonga, OK 73772
Phone: 580-623-7333
www.featherwarrior.com
Casino size: 2,200 sq. ft.
Slots 300
GM: Gloria Smith

Citizen Potawatomi Nation
FIRELAKE CASINO
41207 Hardesty Rd.
Shawnee, OK 74801-8669
Phone: 405-878-4862
Fax: 405-273-0686
www.winatfirelake.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots 725
Table Games 8
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Linda Canada 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
FIRST COUNCIL CASINO
12875 North Highway 77
Newkirk, Oklahoma  74647
Toll Free:  877-725-2670
www.myfirstwin.com
Slots 1,400
GM: Jim Grant

Fort Sill Apache Tribe
FORT SILL APACHE CASINO
2315 E. Gore Blvd.
Lawton, OK 73502
Mailing: PO Box 809
Lawton, OK 73502-0809
Phone: 580-248-5905
Fax: 580-248-2344
www.fortsillapachecasino.com
Casino size: 23,500 sq. ft.
Slots 650
Table Games 11
GM: Ken Gooden

Chickasaw Nation
GOLD MOUNTAIN CASINO
1410 Sam Noble Parkway
Ardmore, OK 73401
Phone: 580-223-3301
Fax: 580-223-5464
www.chickasaw.net
Casino Size: 8,324 sq. ft.
Slots 280
GM: Maggie Hart

Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma
GOLD RIVER CASINO
Anadarko, OK 73005-0806
Mailing: PO Box 487
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-6979
Toll Free: 800-280-1018
Fax: 405-247-6716
www.goldriverok.com
Casino size: 21,000 sq. ft.
Slots 400
Table Games 4
GM: Doug Sweeney

Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
GOLDEN PONY CASINO
Interstate 40, Exit 227
Okemah, OK 74859-0188
Mailing: PO Box 70
Okemah, OK 74859-0188
Phone: 918-560-6199
Toll Free: 877-623-0072
Fax: 918-623-1810
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 4,390
GM: Jason Larney

Chickasaw Nation
GOLDSBY GAMING CENTER
1038 W Sycamore Rd.
Norman, OK 73072-9801
Phone: 405-329-5447
Fax: 405-329-7892
www.chickasaw.net
Casino size: 15,462 sq. ft.  
Slots 333
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Jan Folk

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
GRAND LAKE CASINO
24701 S. 655th Rd.
Grove, OK 74344-4012
Phone: 918-786-8528
Toll Free: 800-426-4640
Fax: 918-786-9451
www.grandlakecasino.com
Casino size: 46,000 sq. ft.
Slots 841
Table Games 8
GM: Joanna Hadley

Cherokee Nation
HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA
777 W. Cherokee St.
Catoosa, OK 74015-3235
Phone: 918-384-7800
Toll Free: 800-760-6700
Fax: 918-266-1515
www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com
Casino size: 125,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,000
Table Games 24
GM: Gary Widdell 

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
HIGH WINDS CASINO
61475 E. 100 Rd.
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-541-9463
Fax: 918-541-9405
www.highwindscasino.net
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
GM: Frank Haas

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
INDIGO SKY CASINO
70220 East Highway 60
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-666-9200
www.indigoskycasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,270
Table Games: 14
GM: Rick Smith

Kaw Nation of Oklahoma
KAW SOUTHWIND CASINO
5640 N. LaCann Dr.
Newkirk, OK 74647
Mailing: PO Box 171
Newkirk, OK 74647-0171
Phone: 580-362-2578
Toll Free: 866-529-2464
Fax: 580-362-3506
www.southwindcasino.com
Casino size: 55,000 sq. ft.
Slots 800
Table Games 6
Bingo 700 seats  
GM: Pamela Shaw

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
KEETOOWAH CHEROKEE CASINO
2450 S. Muskogee Ave.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Mailing: PO Box 117
Park Hill, OK 74451
Phone: 918-456-6131
Fax: 918-453-0632
www.keetoowahgaming.com
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
GM: Rodney Fourkiller

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
KICKAPOO CASINO
25230 E. Hwy. 62
Harrah, OK 73045
Phone: 405-964-4444
Fax: 405-964-6708
www.kickapoo-casino.com
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots 600
Table Games 8
GM: Che Down

Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
KIOWA CASINO
36 E. 1980 Rd.
Devol, OK 73531
Mailing: PO Box 100
Devol, OK 73531
Phone: 580-299-3333
Toll Free: 866-370-4077
www.kiowacasino.com
Casino size: 64,000 sq. ft.
Slots 973
Table Games 10
GM: James LaPorte

Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO—CLINTON
101 N. Indian Hospital Rd.
Clinton, OK 73601
Phone: 580-323-6599
Fax: 580-323-0861
www.luckystarcasino.org
Casino size: 13,000 sq ft.
Slots 700
Table Games 6
GM: Jason Goodblanket

Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO—CONCHO
7777 N. Hwy. 81
Concho, OK 73022
Mailing: PO Box 150
Concho, OK 73022-0150
Phone: 405-262-7612
Fax: 405-262-4429
www.luckystarcasino.org
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,474
Table Games 6  
GM: Chris Derenzo

Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma
LUCKY TURTLE CASINO
64499 E. Hwy. 60
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Mailing: PO Box 527
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-678-3767
Casino size: 3,000 sq. ft.
Slots 113
GM: Gary Johnson

Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
NATIVE LIGHTS CASINO
12375 N. Hwy. 77
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: 580-448-3100
www.nativelightscasino.com
Casino size: 22,500 sq. ft.
Slots 560
GM: Phil Glass

Chickasaw Nation
NEWCASTLE GAMING CENTER
2457 N. Main St.
Route 62 & Interstate 44
Newcastle, OK 73065
Phone: 405-387-6013
Fax: 405-387-6053
www.chickasaw.net
Casino size: 64,708 sq. ft.
Slots 2,480
Table Games 13
GM: Ryan Sykes

Muscogee (Creek) Nation
ONE FIRE CASINO
1901 North Wood Drive
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Phone: 918-756-8400
www.onefirecasino.com
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Slots 350
GM: Travis Thompson

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO— BARTLESVILLE
222 Allen Rd.
Bartlesville, OK 76003-4371
Phone: 918-699-7777
www.milliondollarelm.com
Casino size: 42,000 sq. ft.
Slots 440
Table Games 7
GM: Ressa Files

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—HOMINY
Osage Industrial Park
Cupid Building
Hominy, OK 74035
Mailing: HC 66 Box 885
Hominy, OK 74035
Phone: 918-885-2990
Toll Free: 877-246-8777
Fax: 918-885-2157
www.milliondollarelm.com
Slots 220
GM: John Shaw

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—PAWHUSKA
2017 E. 15th St. Highway 99
and 15 Street
Pawhuska, OK 74056
Phone: 918-287-9009
Toll Free: 877-246-8777
Fax: 918-287-2071
www.milliondollarelm.com
Slots 178
GM: Eli Red Eagle

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—PONCA CITY
73 N. City View Rd.
Ponca City, OK 74604
Phone: 580-765-2973
www.milliondollarelm.com
Casino size: 7,700 sq. ft.
Slots 221
GM: Jennifer Sword

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—SAND SPRINGS
301 N. Blackjack Dr.
Sand Springs, OK 74063
Mailing: Central Service Office
Tulsa, OK 74127
Phone: 918-699-7777
Toll Free: 877-246-8777
Fax: 918-699-7700
www.milliondollarelm.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 460
Table Games 4
GM: Byron Bighorse

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—SKIATOOK
6455 W. Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook, OK 74070
Phone: 918-396-2626
www.milliondollarelm.com
Slots 190
GM: Edward Grey

Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—TULSA
951 W. 36th St. North
Tulsa, OK 74127
Phone: 918-669-7600
Toll Free: 877-246-8777
Fax: 918-699-7601
www.milliondollarelm.com
Casino size: 47,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,100
Table Games 11
GM: Stephen Burris

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
PRAIRIE MOON CASINO
202 South 8 Tribes Trail
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-542-8670
www.miaminationcasinos.com
Slots 123
GM: Ben Barnes

Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
PRAIRIE SUN CASINO
3411 P Street Northwest
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-541-2150
www.miaminationcasinos.com
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Slots 252
GM: Ben Barnes

Quapaw Tribe
QUAPAW CASINO
58100 E. 64th Rd.
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-540-9100
Fax: 918-540-0784
www.quapawcasino.com
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots 525
Table Games 7
GM: Kirk Myrick

Muscogee Creek Nation
RIVER SPIRIT CASINO
1616 E. 81st St.
Tulsa, OK 74137-1215
Phone: 918-299-8518
Toll Free: 800-299-2738
Fax: 918-299-0345
www.creeknationcasino.com
Casino size: 300,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,630
Table Games 23
GM: Jerry Floyd

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
RIVERMIST CASINO
Intersection Highway 56 and 99
Konawa, OK 74849
Mailing:  PO Box 1498
Wewoka, OK 74884
Phone: 580-925-3994
www.seminolenation.com
Casino Size: 5,500 sq. ft.
Slots 150
GM: Russell Martin

Chickasaw Nation
RIVERWIND CASINO
1544 West State Highway 9
Norman, OK  73071
Mailing:  PO Box 1548
Ada, OK  74821
Phone:  580-436-2603
www.chickasaw.net
Casino Size: 219,000 sq. ft.
Slots 2,725
Table Games 40
GM: Jack Parkinson

Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
SAC AND FOX CASINO—SHAWNEE
42008 Westech Rd.
Shawnee, OK 74804
Mailing: PO Box 1446
Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone: 405-275-4700
Fax: 405-275-4844
www.sandfcasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots 680
GM: Anita Benton

Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
SAC AND FOX CASINO—STROUD
Highway 99
Stroud, OK 74079
Mailing: PO Box 1446
Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone: 918-968-2540
www.sandfcasino.com
Casino size: 825 sq. ft.
Slots 161
GM: Anita Benton

Chickasaw Nation
SALTCREEK CASINO
1600 Highway 81
Pocasset, OK 73079
Phone: 405-459-4000
www.saltcreekcasino.com
Casino size: 33,800 sq. ft.
Slots 560
Table Games 6
GM: Justin Yahola

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
SILVER BUFFALO CASINO
620 E. Colorado Dr.
Anadarko, OK 73005-5219
Phone: 405-247-5471
www.silverbuffalocasino.com
Casino size: 7,942 sq. ft.
Slots 350
GM: Jim Rider

Miami Nation of Oklahoma
THE STABLES CASINO
530 H St. SE
Miami, OK 74354-8224
Phone: 918-542-7884
Toll Free: 877-774-7884
Fax: 918-542-9347
www.the-stables.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 570
Table Games 4
GM: J. Mark Whitely

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
STONE WOLF CASINO & GRILL
54251 South 349th Road
Pawnee OK 74058
Mailing:  PO Box 470
Pawnee, OK 74058
Phone: 918-762-3621
www.pawneenation.org
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots 216
GM: Joe Hawkins

Wichita & Affiliated Tribes
SUGAR CREEK CASINO
Interstate 40 Exit 101
5304 North Broadway Avenue
Hinton, OK 73047
Phone 405-542-2946
www.sugarcreekcasino.net
Slots 700
Table Games 4
GM: Glen Coleman

Chickasaw Nation
TEXOMA GAMING CENTER
1795 Highway 70 East
Kingston, Ok 73439
Mailing: PO Box 141
Kingston, Ok 73439
Phone: 580-564-6000
Fax: 580-564-4280
www.chickasaw.net
Casino size: 5,440
Slots 365
GM: Angie Perry

Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
THUNDERBIRD CASINO
15700 E. State Hwy. 9
Norman, OK 73026-9028
Phone: 405-360-9270
Toll Free: 800-259-5825
Fax: 405-360-9288
www.astribe.com/businesses.html
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots 700
Table Games 10
GM: Dylan Byrd

Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
TONKAWA CASINO
10700 Allen Dr.
Tonkawa, OK 74653
Mailing: PO Box 220
Tonkawa, OK 74653-0070
Phone: 580-628-2624
Toll Free: 877-648-2624
Fax: 580-628-2204
www.tonkawacasino.com
Casino size: 10,200 sq. ft.
Slots 390
Table Games 3
GM: Patrick Waldroup

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
TRADING POST CASINO
291 Agency Road
Pawnee, OK 74058
Phone: 918-762-4466
Casino size: 3,500 sq. ft.
Slots 80
GM: Arthur Attocknie

Chickasaw Nation
TREASURE VALLEY CASINO
I-35, Exit 55 (Highway 7)
Davis, OK 73030
Phone: 580-369-2895
www.chickasaw.net
Casino size: 9,440 sq. ft.
Inn at Treasure Valley (59 rooms)
Slots 400
Table Games 4
GM: Christina DeMoss

Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma
TWO RIVERS CASINO
20 White Eagle Drive
Ponca City, OK 74601-8310
Phone: 580-762-5444
Fax: 580-765-4769
Casino Size: 20,000 sq.ft.
Slots 275
Bingo 300 seats
GM: Gary Watkins

Chickasaw Nation
WINSTAR WORLD CASINO
777 Casino Ave Interstate 35
Thackerville, OK 73459
Phone: 580-276-4229
Toll Free: 800-622-6317
Fax: 580-276-3155
www.winstarworldcasino.com
Casino size: 249,000 sq. ft.
WinStar World Hotel (395 rooms)
Slots 7,500
Table Games 98
Poker Tables 45
Bingo 800 seats
GM: Wayne McCormick

Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma
WYANDOTTE NATION CASINO
100 Jackpot Place
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-678-4946
Toll Free: 866-447-4946
Fax: 918-678-2732
www.wyandottecasinos.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
Table Games 5
GM: Gary Johnson

OREGON
Class II & III

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
CHINOOK WINDS CASINO RESORT
1777 NW 44th St.
Lincoln City, OR 97367-5094
Phone: 541-996-5825
Toll Free: 888-244-6665
Fax: 541-996-5825
www.chinookwindscasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Chinook Winds Resort (227 rooms)
Slots 1,116
Table Games 23
Bingo 400 seats
GM: Mike Fisher

Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
INDIAN HEAD CASINO
3236 US Highway 26
Warm Springs, OR  97761
Phone: 541-460-7777
www.indianheadgaming.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 500
GM: Ken Billingsley

Klamath Tribe
KLA-MO-YA CASINO
34333 Hwy. 97 North
Chiloquin, OR 97624-8747
Phone: 541-783-7529
Toll Free: 888-552-6692
Fax: 541-783-7543
www.klamoyacasino.com
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots 350
Table Games 3
Chairman: Judith McClane

Coquille Indian Tribe
THE MILL CASINO HOTEL
3201 N. Tremont Ave.
North Bend, OR 97459-3062
Phone: 541-756-8800
Toll Free: 800-953-4800
Fax: 541-756-0431
www.themillcasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
The Mill Casino Hotel (98 rooms)
Slots 720
Table Games 10
GM: Terri Porcaro

Burns Paiute Tribe
OLD CAMP CASINO
2205 W. Monroe St.
Burns, OR 97720-1950
Phone: 541-573-1500
Toll Free: 888-343-1568
Fax: 541-573-3963
www.oldcampcasino.com
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Slots 110
Interim GM: Pamela Sherbarn

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
SEVEN FEATHERS CASINO RESORT
146 Chief Miwaleta Ln.
Canyonville, OR 97417-9700
Phone: 541-839-1111
Toll Free: 800-548-8461
Fax: 541-839-4300
www.sevenfeathers.com
Casino size: 68,441 sq. ft.
Seven Feathers Hotel (286 rooms plus 12 suites)
Slots 1,000 plus
Table Games 20
Bingo 320 seats
GM: Bruce Schoneboom

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CASINO—WILLAMINA
27100 SW Salmon River Hwy.
Willamina, OR 97396
Mailing: PO Box 39
Grand Ronde, OR 97347-0039
Phone: 503-879-2350
Toll Free: 800-760-7977
Fax: 503-879-2486
www.spiritmountain.com
Casino size: 193,200 sq. ft.
Spirit Mountain Lodge (254 rooms)
Slots 2,000
Table Games 18
COO: Stan Dillon

Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
THREE RIVERS CASINO & HOTEL
5647 Hwy. 126
Florence, OR 97439
Phone: 541-997-7529
Toll Free: 877-3-RIVERS
Fax: 541-997-4802
www.threeriverscasino.com
Three Rivers Hotel (93 rooms)
Casino size: 90,000 sq. ft.
Slots 711
Table Games 11
Bingo 500 seats
COO: Mike Rose

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation
WILDHORSE RESORT & CASINO
72777 Hwy. 331
Pendleton, OR 97801-3379
Phone: 541-278-2274
Toll Free: 800-654-9453
Fax: 541-276-6169
www.wildhorseresort.com
Casino size: 113,000 sq. ft.
Wildhorse Hotel (100 rooms)
RV Park (100)
Slots 1,200
Table Games 12
Bingo 400 seats
GM: Allen Tovey

SOUTH DAKOTA
Class II & III

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
DAKOTA CONNECTION CASINO & TRAVEL PLAZA
46102 SD Highway 10
Sisseton, SD 57262
Phone: 605-698-4273
www.dakotaconnection.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 50
Bingo 300 seats

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
DAKOTA SIOUX CASINO
16415 Sioux Conifer Rd.
Watertown, SD 57201-7321
Phone: 605-882-2051
Toll Free: 800-658-4717
Fax: 605-882-2185
www.dakotasioux.com
Casi
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Hotel (92 rooms)
Slots 364
Table Games 1
GM: John Rondell

Oglala Sioux Tribe
EAST WIND CASINO
US Highway 18
Martin, SD 57551
Phone: 605-685-1140
Slots 100
GM: Kevin Lien

Yankton Sioux Tribe
FORT RANDALL CASINO
538 E. Hwy. 46
Pickstown, SD 57367
Mailing: PO Box 229
Pickstown, SD 57367-0229
Phone: 605-487-7871
Toll Free: 800-362-6333
Fax: 605-487-7354
www.fortrandall.com
Casino size: 38,092 sq. ft.
Fort Randall Hotel (56 rooms)
Slots 276
Table Games 10
Bingo 250 seats
GM: Ward Zephier

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
GOLDEN BUFFALO CASINO RESORT
321 Sitting Bull St.
Lower Brule, SD 57548
Mailing: PO Box 204
Lower Brule, SD 57548-0204
Phone: 605-473-5577
Fax: 605-473-0556
www.lbst.org
Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Golden Buffalo Hotel (38 rooms)
Slots 205
Bingo 100 seats
GM: Darrell Hermin

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
GRAND RIVER CASINO & RESORT
27903 Hwy. 12
Mobridge, SD 57601
Mailing: PO Box 639
Mobridge, SD 57601-0639
Phone: 605-845-7104
Toll Free: 800-475-3321
Fax: 605-845-3880
www.grandrivercasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.  
Grand River Resort (40 rooms)
Slots 250
Table Games 5
GM: Ivan White Mountain

Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
LODE STAR CASINO & HOTEL
Highway 34 and Highway 47
Fort Thompson, SD 57339-0050
Mailing: PO Box 140
Fort Thompson, SD 57339-0140
Phone: 605-245-6000
Fax: 605-245-2240
www.lodestarcasino.com
Casino size: 27,500 sq. ft.
Lode Star Hotel (51 rooms)
Slots 250
Table Games 7
GM: Carrie Donner

Oglala Sioux Tribe
PRAIRIE WIND CASINO
Highway 18
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Mailing: HC 49, Box 10
Pine Ridge, SD 57770-9710
Phone: 605-867-6300
Toll Free: 800-705-WIND
Fax: 605-867-2612
www.prairiewindcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 280
Table Games 6
GM: Kevin Lien

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
ROYAL RIVER CASINO & HOTEL
607 S. Veterans St.
Flandreau, SD 57028-1416
Mailing: PO Box 326
Flandreau, SD 57028-0326
Phone: 605-997-3746
Toll Free: 800-833-8666
Fax: 605-997-9998
www.royalrivercasino.com
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Royal River Motel (120 rooms)
Slots 304
Table Games 10
GM: Steven Christenson

TEXAS
Class II

Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
KICKAPOO LUCKY EAGLE CASINO
7777 Lucky Eagle Drive
Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Mailing: PO Box 7100
Eagle Pass, TX 78853-7100
Phone: 830-758-1936
Toll Free: 888-255-8259
Fax: 830-757-1938
www.luckyeagletexas.com
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,850
Table Games 12
GM: Robin Miller

WASHINGTON
Class II & III

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
7 CEDARS CASINO
270756 Hwy. 101
Sequim, WA 98382-7677
Phone: 360-683-7777
Toll Free: 800-458-2597
Fax: 360-681-6711
www.7cedarscasino.com
Casino size: 63,000 sq. ft.
Slots 586
Table Games 13
Bingo 250 seats
CEO: Jerry Allen

Stillaguamish Tribe
ANGEL OF THE WINDS CASINO
3438 Stoluckquamish Ln.
Arlington, WA 98223
Phone: 360-474-9740
Fax: 360-474-9779
www.angelofthewinds.com
Casino size: 112,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,101
Table Games 12  
GM: Travis O’Neil

Puyallup Tribe of Indians
BJ’S BINGO
4411 Pacific Hwy. East
Fife, WA 98424
Phone: 253-922-0430
Fax: 253-922-1590
www.bjs-bingo.com
Slots 200
Bingo 600 seats
GM: Jenynne DeNoble

Snoqualmie Tribe
CASINO SNOQUALMIE
37500 SE N. Bend Way
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Mailing: PO Box 999
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Phone: 425-888-1234
Toll Free: 888-348-3323
Fax: 425-888-3278
www.snocasino.com
Casino size: 187,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,700
Table Games 50
CEO: Jon Jenkins

Spokane Tribe
CHEWELAH CASINO
2555 Smith Rd.
Highway 395 South
Chewelah, WA 99109-9689
Mailing: PO Box 1106
Chewelah, WA 99109-1106
Phone: 509-935-6167
Toll Free: 800-322-2788
Fax: 509-935-4554
www.chewelahcasino.com
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots 400
Table Games 5
GM: Karen Flett

Suquamish Tribe
CLEARWATER CASINO
15347 Suquamish Way
Suquamish, WA 98392-9649
Mailing: PO Box 1210
Suquamish, WA 98392-1210
Phone: 360-598-8700
Toll Free: 800-375-6073
Fax: 360-598-6895
www.clearwatercasino.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,200
Table Games 35
GM: Nic Armstrong

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservations
COULEE DAM CASINO
515 Birch St.
Coulee Dam, WA 99116-1324
Phone: 509-633-0766
Toll Free: 800-556-7492
Fax: 509-633-0766
www.colvillecasinos.com
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 170
GM: Randy Williams

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
ELWHA RIVER CASINO
631 Stratton Rd.
Port Angeles, WA 98363
Phone: 360-452-3005
www.elwharivercasino.com
Casino size: 7,000 sq. ft.
Slots 150
GM: Damonn Safranek

Puyallup Tribe of Indians
EMERALD QUEEN CASINO I-5
2024 E. 29th St.
Tacoma, WA 98404
Phone: 253-594-7777
Toll Free 888-831-7655
Fax: 253-573-0514
www.emeraldqueen.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (100 Rooms)
Slots 1,680
Table Games 57
GM: George Robinson

Puyallup Tribe of Indians
EMERALD QUEEN HOTEL & CASINO
5700 Pacific Hwy. East
Fife, WA 98424
Phone: 253-922-2000
Fax: 253-922-3550
www.emeraldqueen.com
Emerald Queen Hotel (140 rooms)
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.  
Slots 1,820
GM: George Robinson

Squaxin Island Tribe
LITTLE CREEK CASINO
91 W. State Route 108
Shelton, WA 98584
Phone: 360-427-7711
Toll Free: 800-667-7711
Fax: 360-427-7868
www.little-creek.com
Casino size: 21,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,073
Table Games 21
Bingo 300 seats
CEO: Michael Starr

Skokomish Tribe
LUCKY DOG CASINO
19330 N. Hwy. 101
Shelton, WA 98584-9781
Phone: 360-877-5656
Fax: 360-877-9395
www.theluckydogcasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots 200
Table Games 9
GM: David Owens

Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
LUCKY EAGLE CASINO
12888 188th St. Southwest
Rochester, WA 98579-9643
Phone: 360-273-2000
Toll Free: 800-720-1788
Fax: 360-273-2366
www.luckyeagle.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 975
Table Games 16
Bingo 600 seats
GM: John Setterstrom

Colville Confederated Tribes
MILL BAY CASINO
455 Wapato Lake Rd.
Manson, WA 98831-9577
Phone: 509-687-2102
Toll Free: 800-648-2946
Fax: 509-687-4501
www.colvillecasinos.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots 613
Table Games 8
Tribal Chair: Michael Finley

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
MUCKLESHOOT CASINO
2402 Auburn Way South
Auburn, WA 98002-6370
Phone: 253-804-4444
Toll Free: 800-804-4944
Fax: 253-939-7702
www.muckleshootcasino.com
Casino size: 328,000 sq. ft.
Slots 3,100
Table Games 120
Bingo 1,200 seats
GM: Conrad Granito

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN BINGO
2117 Auburn Way South
Auburn, WA 98002
Phone: 253-735-2404
www.muckleshootbingo.com
Slots 400
Bingo seats 1,000
GM: Ray Jerry

Nisqually Tribe
NISQUALLY RED WIND CASINO
12819 Yelm Hwy. Southeast
Olympia, WA 98513-9111
Phone: 360-412-5000
Toll Free: 866-946-2444
Fax: 360-412-8275
www.redwindcasino.com
Casino size: 95,000 sq. ft.
Slots 975
Table Games 10
GM: Cheebo Frazier

Nooksack Indian Tribe
NOOKSACK NORTHWOOD CASINO
9750 Northwood Rd.
Lynden, WA 98264
Phone: 360-734-5101
Toll Free: 877-777-9847
Fax: 360-734-5106
www.northwood-casino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 400
GM: Ron Magill

Nooksack Tribe
NOOKSACK RIVER CASINO
5048 Mount Baker Hwy.
Deming, WA 98244-0248
Mailing: PO Box 248
Deming, WA 98244-0248
Phone: 360-592-5472
Toll Free: 877-935-9300
Fax: 360-592-5542
www.nooksackcasino.com
Casino size: 20,160 sq. ft.
Slots 269
GM: Gary Kitner

Kalispel Tribe
NORTHERN QUEST RESORT & CASINO
100 N. Hayford Rd.
Airway Heights, WA 99001-1300
Mailing: PO Box 1300
Airway Heights, WA 99001-1300
Phone: 509-242-7000
Toll Free: 888-603-7051
Fax: 509-343-2163
www.northernquest.com
Casino size: 195,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,700 
Table Games 37
Bingo 250 seats
COO: Kent Capuo

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
OKANOGAN BINGO CASINO
41 Apple Way Rd.
Okanogan, WA 98840-9689
Phone: 509-422-4646
Toll Free: 800-559-4643
Fax: 509-422-7488
www.colvillecasinos.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
Bingo 250 seats
GM: Randy Williams

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
THE POINT CASINO
7989 Salish Lane Northeast
Kingston, WA 98346
Phone: 360-297-0070
Toll Free: 866-547-6468
Fax: 360-297-8929
www.the-point-casino.com
Casino size: 52,400 sq. ft.
Slots 65
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Table Games 12
GM: Leo Culloo

Tulalip Tribes
QUIL CEDA CREEK NIGHTCLUB & CASINO
6410 33rd Ave. Northeast
Tulalip, WA 98271
Mailing: 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd.
Tulalip, WA 98271
Phone: 360-651-1111
Toll Free: 888-272 -1111
Fax: 360-651-4165
www.qcccasino.com
Casino size: 52,000 sq. ft.
Tulalip Resort & Spa (370 rooms)
Slots 1,192
Table Games 12
President: Ken Kettler

Quinault Tribe
QUINAULT BEACH RESORT & CASINO
78 State Route 115
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
Mailing: PO Box 2107
Ocean Shores, WA 98569-2107
Phone: 360-289-9466
Toll Free: 888-461-2214
Fax: 360-289-7779
www.quinaultbeachresort.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Quinault Beach Resort (159 rooms)
Slots 501
Table Games 14
COO: Warren Shale   

Shoalwater Bay Tribe
SHOALWATER BAY CASINO
4112 Hwy.105
Tokeland, WA 98590
Mailing: PO Box 560
Tokeland, WA 98590
Phone: 360-267-2048
Toll Free: 888-834-7312
Fax: 360-267-0198
www.shoalwaterbaycasino.com
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (15 rooms)
Slots 318
Table Games 4
GM: David McGee

Lummi Nation
SILVER REEF CASINO
4876 Haxton Way
Ferndale, WA 98248
Phone: 360-383-0777
Toll Free: 866-383-0777
Fax: 360-312-0504
www.silverreefcasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (105 rooms)
Slots 1,200
Table Games 20
GM: Harlan G. Oppenheim

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
SKAGIT VALLEY CASINO RESORT
5984 N. Darrk Lane
Bow, WA 98232
Phone: 360-724-7777
Toll Free: 877-275-2448
Fax: 360-724-0222
www.theskagit.com
Casino size: 64,000 sq. ft.
The Skagit Valley Resort (132 rooms)
Slots 909
Table Games 12
GM: Rick Swanson

Snoqualmie Tribe
SNOQUALMIE CASINO
37500 Southeast North Bend Way
Snoqualmie, WA  98065
Phone: 425-888-1234
www.snocasino.com
Casino size: 187,602
Gaming Machines 1,700
Table Games 50
CEO: Jon Jenkins

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
SWINOMISH NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO  
12885 Casino Dr.
Anacortes, WA 98221-8363
Phone: 360-293-2691
Toll Free: 888-288-8883
Fax: 360-293-1273
www.swinomishcasino.com
Casino size: 73,000 sq. ft.
Slots 703
Table Games 11
Bingo 600 seats
GM: Jay Ellenberger

Tulalip Tribe
TULALIP BINGO
2911 Quil Ceda Blvd.
Tulalip, WA 98271-7413
Mailing: 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd.
Tulalip, WA 98271
Phone: 360-651-1111
Toll Free: 888-272-1111
Fax: 360-653-5068
www.tulalipcasino.com
Casino size: 22,000 sq. ft.
Slots 188
Bingo Seats 850

Tulalip Tribe
TULALIP RESORT CASINO
10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard
Tulalip, WA  98172-7413
Phone:  360-716-6000
www.tulalipresort.com
Casino size: 222,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 2,150
Table Games 37
Bingo Seats 870
COO: Ken Kettler

Spokane Tribe
TWO RIVERS CASINO & RESORT
6828 B Hwy. 25 South
Davenport, WA 99122-9300
Phone: 509-722-4000
Toll Free: 800-722-4031
Fax: 509-722-4015
www.two-rivers-casino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (101 rooms)
Slots 150
Table Games 3
GM: Richard Garry

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
YAKAMA NATION LEGENDS CASINO
580 Fort Rd.
Toppenish, WA 98948
Phone: 509-865-8800
Toll Free: 877-7COME11
Fax: 509-865-6336
www.yakamalegends.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,375
Table Games 20
GM: Kristin Lumley

WISCONSIN
Class II & III

Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
BAD RIVER LODGE & CASINO
73370 US Hwy. 2
Odanah, WI 54861
Mailing: PO Box 8
Odanah, WI 54861-0008
Phone: 715-682-7121
Toll Free: 800-777-7449
Fax: 715-682-7149
www.badriver.com
Casino size: 74,000 sq. ft.
Bad River Lodge (50 rooms)
Slots 30
Bingo seats 440
GM: James Reiter

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
CRYSTAL PALACE BINGO HALL
Interstate 277 Highway 47/55
Duquaine Road
Keshena, WI 54135
Phone: 715-799-3600
Slots 30
Bingo 440 seats
GM: James Reiter

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
GRINDSTONE CREEK CASINO
13394 West Trepania Road
Hayward, WI 54843
Phone: 715-634-2430
www.lcocasino.com
Slots 88
GM: Kimm Martinsen

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
HIGHWAY 54 CASINO
W180 Sate Hwy. 54
Oneida, WI 54155
Phone: 920-869-2228
www.oneidabingoandcasino.net
Casino size: 7,359 sq. ft.
Slots 115
GM: Louise Cornelius

Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING BLACK RIVER FALLS
W9010 Highway 54 East
Black River Falls, WI 54615
Phone: 715-284-9098
www.ho-chunkgaming.com
Casino size: 38,000
Gaming Machines 1,111
Table Games 10
Bingo Seats 480
GM: Greg Garvin

Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING MADISON
4002 Evan Acres Rd.
Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608-223-9576
Toll Free: 888-248-1777
Fax: 608-224-1110
www.ho-chunkgaming.com
Casino size: 22,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,100
GM: Daniel Brown

Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING NEKOOSA
949 County Rd. G
Nekoosa, WI 54457
Phone: 715-886-4560
Toll Free: 800-782-4560
Fax: 715-886-4551
www.rbcwin.com
Casino size: 16,650 sq. ft.
Slots 650
Table Games 12
GM: Brian Decora

Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING TOMAH
27867 State Highway 21
Tomah, WI 54660
Phone: 608-372-3721
www.dejope.com
Casino size: 1,890 sq. ft.
Slots 95
GM: Craig Garbin

Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING WISCONSIN DELLS
US3214 Hwy. 12
Baraboo, WI 53913
Phone: 608-356-6210
Toll Free: 800-746-2486
Fax: 608-355-1507
www.ho-chunk.com
Casino size: 94,480 sq. ft.
Ho-Chunk Casino
Hotel (315 rooms)
Slots 2,775
Table Games 45
Bingo 600 seats
GM: Casey Fitzpatrick

Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING WITTENBERG
N7214 US Hwy. 45
Wittenberg, WI 54499
Phone: 715-253-4400
Fax: 715-253-3291
www.ho-chunkgaming.com
Casino size: 14,000 sq. ft.
Slots 500
GM: Casey Fitzpatrick

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
LAKE OF THE TORCHES BINGO
424 Little Pines Road
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone: 800-447-4688
Bingo 510 seats
CEO: William Guelcher

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
LAKE OF THE TORCHES RESORT CASINO
510 Old Abe Rd.
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone: 715-588-7070
Toll Free: 800-258-6724
Fax: 715-588-9508
www.lakeofthetorches.com
Casino size: 56,000 sq. ft.
Lake of the Torches Hotel (101 rooms)
Slots 820
Table Games 11
CEO: William Guelcher 

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
LAC COURTE OREILLES CASINO & LODGE
13767 W. County Rd. B
Hayward, WI 54843
Phone: 715-634-5643
Toll Free: 800-526-2274
Fax: 715-634-8110
www.lcocasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Lac Courte Oreilles Lodge (75 rooms)
Slots 650
Table Games 10
Bingo 600 seats
GM: Lee Harden

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
LEGENDARY WATERS RESORT & CASINO
88705 Pine Tree Lane
Highway 13
Bayfield, WI 54814
Mailing: PO Box 1167
Bayfield, WI 54814-1167
Phone: 715-779-3712
Toll Free: 800-226-8478
Fax: 715-779-3715
www.wisconsingaming.com/islevista.html
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots 250
Table Games 5
Bingo 500 seats
GM: Robert Pokorney

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
MENOMINEE CASINO RESORT
N277 Hwy 47/55
Keshena, WI 54135
Mailing: PO Box 760
Keshena, WI 54135-0760
Phone: 715-799-3600
Toll Free: 800-343-7778
Fax: 715-799-1325
www.menomineecasinoresort.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Menominee Hotel (150 rooms)
Slots 830
Table Games 8
Bingo 220 seats
GM: James Reiter

Sakaogon Chippewa Community
MOLE LAKE CASINO
3084 State Hwy. 55
Crandon, WI 54520
Mailing: PO Box 277
Crandon, WI 54520-0277
www.molelake.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Mole Lake Lodge (75 rooms)
Slots 410
Bingo 300 seats
Table Games 5
GM: Dean Moes

Stockbridge-Munsee Community
NORTH STAR MOHICAN CASINO
12180 County Rd. A West
Bowler, WI 54416
Phone: 715-793-4090
Toll Free: 800-775-CASINO
Fax: 715-787-3129
www.mohicannorthstar.com
Casino size: 70,100 sq. ft.
Slots 1,115
Table Games 18
Bingo 360 seats
GM: Brian VanEnkenvoort

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
ONEIDA CASINO
2020/2100 Airport Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54313
Mailing: PO Box 365
Oneida, WI 54155-0365
Phone: 920-494-4500
Toll Free: 800-238-4263
Fax: 920-496-2019
www.oneidabingoandcasino.net
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Radisson Hotel (408 rooms)
Slots 850
Table Games 26
Bingo 834 seats
GM: Louise Cornelius

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
ONEIDA CASINO TRAVEL CENTER
5939 Old 29 Drive
Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-865-7919
www.oneidacasino.net
Casino size: 23,060
Slots 115
GM: Louise Cornelium

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
ONEIDA MASON STREET CASINO
2522 W. Mason St.
Green Bay, WI 54313
Mailing: PO Box 365
Oneida, WI 54155
Phone: 920-494-4500
Toll Free: 800-238-4263
Fax: 920-496-3745
www.oneidabingoandcasino.net
Casino size: 41,798 sq. ft.
Slots 665
Table Games 8
GM: Louise Cornelius

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
ONEIDA IMAC GAMING CENTER
2100 Airport Drive
Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-494-4500
www.oneidacasino.net
Casino size: 76,578 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 505
Bingo Seats 858
GM: Louise Cornelius

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
ONEIDA ONE-STOP PACKERLAND
3120 South Packerland Drive
Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-496-5601
www.oneidacasino.net
Casino size: 14,905 sq. ft.
Slots 81
GM: Louise Cornelium

Forest County Potawatomi Nation
POTAWATOMI HOTEL CASINO
1721 W Canal St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: 414-645-6888
Toll Free: 800-729-7244
Fax: 414-847-7727
www.paysbig.com
Casino size: 780,000 sq. ft.
Slots 3,117
Table Games 109
Bingo 1,354 seats
GM: Mike Goodrich

Forest County Potawatomi Community
POTAWATOMI CARTER CASINO & HOTEL
618 State Hwy. 32
Carter, WI 54566
Mailing: PO Box 430
Wabeno, WI 54566-0430
Phone: 715-473-2021
Toll Free: 800-487-9522
Fax: 715-473-6104
www.cartercasino.com
Casino size: 68,000 sq. ft.
Indian Springs Lodge (99 rooms)
Slots 506
Table Games 9
Bingo 250 seats
GM: Frank Shepard

St. Croix Tribe of Chippewa
ST. CROIX CASINO DANBURY
30222 Hwy. 35 & Hwy. 77
Danbury, WI 54830
Mailing: PO Box 98
Danbury, WI 54830-0098
Phone: 715-656-3444
Toll Free: 800-238-4946
Fax: 715-656-3178
www.holeinthewallcasino.com
Casino size: 22,500 sq. ft.
Hole in The Wall Hotel (41 rooms)
Slots 500
Table Games 12
GM: Dino Oustigoff

St. Croix Tribal Chippewa of Wisconsin
ST. CROIX CASINO HERTEL EXPRESS
4384 State Rd. 70
Webster, WI 54893-9249
Phone: 715-349-5658
Fax: 715-349-5538
www.hertelexpress.com
Slots 148
GM: Debra Reynolds

St. Croix Tribal Chippewa of Wisconsin
ST. CROIX CASINO TURTLE LAKE
777 US Hwy. 8 & 63
Turtle Lake, WI 54889
Phone: 715-986-4777
Toll Free: 800-UGOUWIN
Fax: 715-986-2800
www.stcroixcasino.com
Casino size: 95,000 sq. ft.
St. Croix Hotel (179 rooms)
Slots 1,150
Table Games 26
GM: Leroy Buck  

WYOMING
Class II

Northern Arapaho Tribe
789 CASINO & BINGO HALL
10369 Highway 789
Riverton, WY  82501
Phone: 307-856-9942
www.windrivercasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 255
GM: Jim Conrad

Northern Arapaho Tribe
LITTLE WIND CASINO
690 Blue Sky Hwy.
Ethete, WY 82520
Mailing: PO Box 1989
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: 307-438-7000
Casino size: 1,920 sq. ft.
Slots 176
GM: Jim Conrad

Eastern Shoshone Tribe
SHOSHONE ROSE CASINO
5068 Hwy. 287
Lander, WY 82520
Mailing: PO Box 399
Lander, WY 82520
Phone: 307-335-7529
www.shoshonerosecasino.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Slots 700
GM: Bria
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Northern Arapaho Tribe
WIND RIVER CASINO
10269 Hwy. 789
Riverton, WY 82501
Mailing: PO Box 1989
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: 307-856-3964
Fax: 307-857-2707
www.windrivercasino.com
Casino size: 46,000 sq. ft.
Slots 785
Table Games 10
Tribal Chair: Harvey Spoonhunter
CEO: Jim Conrad

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CANADA

ALBERTA

Cold Lake First Nation
CASINO DENE
Route 28 and Highway 897
Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 1P4
Mailing: PO Box 1859
Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 1P4
Phone: 780-594-7900
Fax: 780-594-7902
www.casinodene.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots 180
Table Games 10
Tribal Chief: Brent Boulrice

Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
EAGLE RIVER CASINO & TRAVEL PLAZA
Highway 43 and Highway 32 North
Whitecourt, Alberta T7S 1P7
Mailing: PO Box 10
Whitecourt, Alerta T7S 1N3
Phone: 780-779-2727
Toll Free: 888-913-2727
Fax: 780-706-7451
www.eaglerivercasino.ca
Slots 250
Table Games 18
Tribal Chief: Cameron Alexis
GM: Eris Moncur

Tsuu T’ina First Nation
GREY EAGLE CASINO & BINGO
3777 Grey Eagle Dr.
Calgary, Alberta T3E 3X8
Phone: 403-273-3200
www.greyeagle.ca
Casino size: 84,000 sq. ft.
Slots 600
Tables Games 59
Bingo 550 seats
Tribal Chief: Sanford Big Plume
GM: Martin Brickstock

Enoch Cree Nation
RIVER CREE RESORT & CASINO
Whitemud Drive and Winterbum Road,
Enoch, Alberta T7X 3Y3
Mailing: PO Box 179
Enoch, Alberta T7X 3Y3
Phone: 780-484-2121
Toll Free: 877-377-7774
Fax: 780-930-2716
www.rivercreeresort.com
Casino size: 62,600 sq. ft.
Edmonton Marriott (249 rooms)
Slots 850
Table Games 51
GM: Jennifer Bell-Fields

Stoney Nakoda First Nation
STONEY NAKODA RESORT & CASINO
Highway 40 and Highway 1
Morley, Alberta T0L 1N0
Mailing: PO Box 1500
Morley, Alberta T0L 1N0
Phone: 403-881-2830
Fax: 403-881-2831
www.stoneynakodaresort.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Stoney Nakoda Resort (111 rooms)
Slots 300
Table Games 18
GM: Andrew Shephard
 
MANITOBA

Cree Nations
ASENESKAK CASINO
Highway 10 Opaskwayak
The Pas, Manitoba R0B 2J0
Mailing: PO Box 10250
Opaskwayak, The Pas
Manitoba R0B 2J0    
Phone 204- 627-2250
Toll Free: 877-627-2267
Fax: 204-627-2255
www.bestlittlecasino.ca
Casino size: 20,500 sq. ft.
Slots 160
Table Games 7
GM: Jason Agecoutay

Swan Lake First Nation
FIRST NATION GAMING CENTER
4818 Portage Ave.
Headingley, Manitoba R4H 1CH
Phone: 204-832-1849
Fax: 204-832-1759
Slots 30
Tribal Chief: Francine Melches
GM: Donna M’lot

Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation
ROSEAU RIVER FIRST NATION COMMUNITY HALL
Highway 201
Ginew, Manitoba R0A 2R0
Phone: 204-427-2193
Fax: 204-427-2254
Slots 50
GM: Marilyn Nelson

Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
SOUTH BEACH CASINO & RESORT
One Ocean Drive
Scanterbury, Manitoba R0E 1W0
Phone: 204-766-2100
Toll Free: 877-77-LUCKY
Fax: 204-766-2266
www.southbeachcasino.ca
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
South Beach Resort (93 rooms)
Slots 600
Table Games 16
Tribal Chief: Deborah Chief
GM: Faysal Tur

ONTARIO

Waushushk Onigum Foundation
GOLDEN EAGLE CHARITABLE CASINO AND GAMING CENTER
Golf Course Road
Mailing: PO Box 2860
Kenora, Ontario P9N 3X8
Phone: 807-548-1332
Fax: 807-548-5831
www.casinokenora.com
Bingo 450 seats
Tribal Chief: Ken Snead
GM: Patrick Brett

Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation
GREAT BLUE HERON CHARITY CASINO
21777 Island Rd.
Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1B6
Phone: 905-985-4888
Toll Free: 888-294-3766
Fax: 905-985-9154
www.greatblueheroncasino.com
Slots 545
Table Games 72
GM: Arnold Block
Tribal Chief: Tracy Gauthier

Six Nations of the Grand River
SIX NATIONS BINGO HALL
2585 Chiefswood Rd.
Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0
Mailing: PO Box 5000
Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0
Phone: 519-753-3574
www.sixnationsbingo.ca
Casino size: 39,500 sq. ft.
Bingo 1,600 seats
Tribal Chief: William Montour
GM: Lana Smith

SASKATCHEWAN

White Bear Indian Community
BEAR CLAW CASINO
Highway 9, White Bear First Nation
Mailing: PO Box 1210
Caryle, Saskatchewan S0C 0R0
Phone: 306-577-4577
Fax: 306-577-4899
www.siga.sk.ca/bearclaw
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (35 Rooms)
Slots 142
Table Games 4
Tribal Chief: Lawrence Joseph
GM: Edward Littlechief

Whitecap Dakota First Nation
DAKOTA DUNES CASINO
204 Dakota Dunes Way
Whitecap, Saskatchewan S7K 2L2
Phone: 306-667-6400
Fax: 306-667-6403
www.dakotadunescasino.ca
Casino size: 84,000 sq. ft.
Slots 620
Table Games 29
Tribal Chief: Darcy Bear
GM: Gary Daniels

First Nations of Saskatchewan
GOLD EAGLE CASINO
11902 Railway Ave.
North Battleford,
Saskatchewan S9A 3K7
Phone: 306-446-3833
Fax: 306-446-7184
www.siga.sk.ca/goldeagle
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots 285
Table Games 6
GM: Kelly Atcheynum

File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council
LIVING SKY CASINO
1401 N. Service Rd. East
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
S9H 3X6
Phone: 306-778-5759
Fax: 306-778-5788
www.livingskycasino.ca
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots 150
Table Games 8
GM: Trevor Marion

First Nations of Saskatchewan
NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO
44 Marquis Rd. West
Prince Albert, SK S6V 7Y5
Phone: 306-764-4777
Fax: 306-922-1000
www.siga.sk.ca/northern_lights
Casino size: 42,000 sq. ft.
Prince Albert Inn (105 rooms)
Slots 525
Table Games 13
GM: Richard Ahenakew

First Nations of Saskatchewan
PAINTED HAND CASINO
510 Broadway St. West
Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N OP3
Phone: 306-786-6777
Fax: 306-786-7774
www.siga.sk.ca/painted_hand
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots 225
Table Games 8
GM: Johnathan Pasap

Can We Just Get Along?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

Late last year, the American Gaming Association announced that the Seminole Tribe of Florida had joined the group, the first Native American organization to become a member.
   
John Eder, senior vice president of finance for Seminole Gaming, says the arrangement will be good for the tribe and the industry.
   
“As part of this, we will have a voice in determining what’s the best road or path that we can take for gaming—not just Seminole Gam-ing but gaming in general—that will allow us to do business and be the most beneficial,” he said.
   
According to Geoff Freeman, the president and CEO of the AGA, “Our goal is to elevate the AGA’s ability to advocate for the entire gaming industry—in Washington, in the media and in communities across America.”
   
The addition of Native American tribes that offer gaming makes sense. There are a raft of issues that impact the overall gaming industry—FinCEN regs, labor rules, compliance issues, iGaming legalization and responsible gaming, just to name a few. By merging the two sides of the same industry into one voice, the gaming industry in the U.S. is strengthened. In this case, the sum of the parts is much greater than they would be individually.
   
Nonetheless, there were some segments of tribal gaming that were disturbed by the development. Some are worried that it will diminish the importance of the National Indian Gaming Association. Not likely. NIGA will always address tribal-specific issues that will not be part of the AGA’s purview. The commercial AGA members don’t really care about Carcieri, state compacts, the National Indian Gaming Commission or other strictly tribal issues. NIGA will still be the force that represents these issues before Congress.
   
Others just think that the constituencies of each part of the industry are too diverse. Commercial casino companies are more interested in investors, they say, while tribal casinos benefit members of the specific tribes. While that is true, the issues that challenge both commercial and tribal casinos could impact both constituencies negatively, so a unified voice benefits both investors and tribal members.
   
Under Freeman’s leadership, the AGA has recently begun to proactively address issues that are always controversial in the U.S. by presenting facts and not anecdotes. The AGA’s Get To Know Gaming campaign quantifies the impact of the industry on communities where it is located. For the first time, the AGA has included statistics on tribal gaming (where available) to present a far more complete picture of gaming’s impact. This not only makes the case for commercial casinos, but gaming as a whole, shining a positive light on casinos of all sorts.
   
With a series of reports by Oxford Economics, the AGA has identified why gaming jobs are not low-level, minimum-wage jobs, but they are the start of a career and the gateway to the middle class. In addition, the reports have revealed that minorities hold almost half of all gaming jobs, a larger percentage than most major industries in the U.S.
   
These positive reports have drawn attention from the mainstream media and have begun to influence decision-makers. To speed that process, the AGA has launched a “Gaming Votes” campaign that is designed to educate politicians on the facts of the gaming industry, and to show members of the industry the facts about the positions of candidates as they relate to gaming.  
   
Tribal gaming is almost half of the gaming industry in the U.S. It doesn’t make sense to make distinctions between tribal and commercial gaming; to the communities, the customers and politicians, it’s often the same issues.
   
So not only can the AGA and NIGA coexist peacefully, there is a role where the two organizations can cooperate for the good of the industry and all its constituents. Does every gaming tribe need to join the AGA? Probably not, but the larger gaming tribes with revenues approaching $1 billion or more should certainly consider becoming a strong part of the AGA, just as they most likely are a strong part of NIGA. Together we’re much stronger than we are apart.

Commitment to Excellence

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

In fall of 2005, the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation endowed the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming (SITG) at San Diego State University (SDSU). The SITG has pursued three mandates since then: 1) developing and offering the nation’s first four-year degree program in tribal casino operations management; 2) producing and supporting academic research on tribal gaming; and, 3) informing the public policy debate around tribal government gaming and its impacts on communities.
   
In the last decade, dozens of students have graduated from SDSU with a B.S. in hospitality and tourism management with an emphasis in tribal casino operations. Our students and alumni are working in a range of positions in tribal and commercial gaming properties. Graduates of our program can be found in positions around the country, working for tribal governments directly and extending their understanding to non-tribal communities, including Las Vegas.
   
With the support of our gaming industry partners, the institute is demonstrating a shared commitment to the long-term goal of developing a professional class of gaming experts who will enhance the tribal government gaming industry across the U.S.
   
After a decade of development and growth on our campus in San Diego, however, the institute is extending its reach off campus and into Indian Country, both in person and online. At the invitation of the Arizona Indian Gaming Association (AIGA), the institute developed and offered our first Tribal Gaming Executive Training Program (ETP) at the Arizona Indian Gaming Association (AIGA) Expo 2014 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The institute invited top gaming faculty to present two unique tracks during the AIGA Expo.
   
Track 1, Casino Operations and Integrated Resort Management, covered operations issues. Track 2, Tribal Human Resources: Developing a Local Workforce through Hiring and Training, addressed human resources in Indian Country.
   
The ETP was heavily attended and universally embraced, and the institute, at the invitation of AIGA, has agreed to create and deliver another ETP program for Expo 2015. Over time, we hope to be able to serve gaming professionals in other regions of the United States as well.
   
As a complement to our direct industry outreach through the ETP, last fall the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming began offering fully online classes in tribal gaming as part of a new Certificate in Tribal Casino Operations Management. The certificate program was developed in direct response to tribal gaming industry requests for access to higher education in casino operations, marketing and regulation.
   
The certificate program consists of 12 units across five courses. The five courses required for the Tribal Gaming Certificate include Tribal Casino Operations, Tribal Casino Marketing and Public Relations, Tribal Gaming Legal and Regulatory Issues, History and Culture of Tribal Gaming and Cross-Cultural Interpretations of Gambling Addiction. All five courses are now being offered fully online by SDSU and can be completed in nine months.
   
In addition to offering formal academic courses and the ETP, the Sycuan Institute has also invested significant time and effort in building an academic research arm that solicits research proposals and offers grants to researchers who can contribute to the creation of an intellectual community investigating tribal government gaming. During its first decade, the Sycuan Institute funded several major research projects treating such diverse issues as responsible gaming, employee diversity and orientation strategy, cultural revitalization through language recovery and traditional gambling among the California tribes, among others.
   
Several institute-funded research projects have been published in peer-reviewed journals, and at least two more are due to be published in 2015. For example, in 2013, the institute published a comprehensive study on the national impacts of tribal government gaming in the UNLV Gambling Research and Review Journal.
   
The study, titled “Economic Evidence on the Effects of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act on Indians and Non-Indians,” covers the substantial growth and myriad positive impacts of the first 20 years of tribal gaming under IGRA, and reveals the ways the federal regulatory framework laid out in the law resolved numerous legal dilemmas that had plagued tribal gaming expansion.
   
In December 2014, the institute published a study addressing the impacts of tribal government gaming in California over the past 20 years. This study, titled “Social and Economic Changes on American Indian Reservations in California: an Examination of 20 Years of Tribal Government Gaming,” was also published in the UNLV Gambling Research and Review Journal and finds that while there has been phenomenal growth and recovery on many American Indian reservations in California, there are still large discrepancies in comparison to the rest of the U.S. Both studies are available at http://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/grrj.
   
As we begin our next decade, the Sycuan Institute is poised to strengthen our partnership with the tribal government gaming industry by supporting the development of best practices for both tribal governance and tribal casino operations. Our research agenda has extended into tribal casino operations with the funding of analysis of free play in tribal casinos, and we will continue to respond to the needs of Indian Country, both in person and online.
   
The institute remains committed to the vision of the Sycuan Band and SDSU, which is to create an improved business and social environment while supporting better gaming policy.
   

Why Exceptional Creative Matters

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

Back in my more rowdy days, when I was risking precious beer money at my favorite Mississippi casinos, I didn’t really give much thought as to why I went to a particular property. At first, it was just about the experience of going, but after I had stepped in enough Biloxi establishments and the initial mystique and allure wore off, I started gravitating to only a couple of properties.
   
Then it dawned on me. I wasn’t playing at these casinos because of the atmosphere, the perceived level of “payback” or because of an outstanding loyalty program—I was playing at these places because it felt like I should be there. All the external marketing spoke to me. Whether it was the billboards along I-10 or the mailers I received, I was drawn to the brands with the strongest creative aesthetics.
   
Fast forward several years, and not much has changed in my thinking, except maybe I’ve swapped out beer for gin. But while running an ad agency that specializes in casino clients, I’ve had an up-close view of the rapid expansion of gaming throughout the U.S. in the past 10 years.
   
It’s been fascinating to see regional markets emerge, buoyed by tribal gaming entities and revenue-seeking states willing to allow commercial, land-based casinos, and then quickly approach a saturation point. From Pennsylvania to northeast Oklahoma to my home state of Alabama, the drive-for-a-night casino can no longer rely on convenience as a marketing solution.
   
In my opinion (and of course I’m biased), the casinos standing out in crowded regional markets are the ones doing creative work that gets talked about. Whether it’s a memorable TV spot that doesn’t get skipped on the DVR or a special direct mail piece that won’t end up in the trash, good creative gets noticed.
   
This is inherently subjective, but when I say “good creative” I’m talking about the sum of all parts. From the copy platform and tone, to the color palette and mood, to the production value and execution, it all has to add up and make sense.
   
When we work on a client creative brief at my agency, the most important thing we need to understand as a team is what we refer to as “the one thing.” This is the pivotal idea that forms the bedrock of the work, and all tactics flow cohesively from this idea. Without strategic glue underpinning the creative, it’s just words and pretty pictures.
   
And while a good majority of casinos understand this, it’s surprising that only a few put it into consistent practice. Com-mercial casino operators often benefit from an established brand presence and familiar iconography, thus influencing tribal gaming operators in the same market to be nimble and inventive. By adapting quicker to market conditions and adjusting creative output as need be, tribal casinos have proven formidable competitors.
   
For example, I’d suggest checking out some of the advertising produced by Northern Quest Resort & Casino outside of Spokane, Washington. I’ve admired its work for some time, as it seems to effortlessly balance humor, playfulness and authenticity in both its commercial advertising and internal back-of-house marketing.
   
I’m apparently not the only one that has noticed the tremendous efforts from Northern Quest, as the property recently received the Barona/VCAT Award for Excellence in Indian Gaming Marketing. I’m not privy to Northern Quest’s financials, but I really don’t have to see the numbers to know that great creative has a positive effect on the bottom line. I’ve been able to witness this firsthand, especially with our tribal casino clients.
   
It’s funny that, for an industry that attracts customers who love risk, casino advertising has long been affiliated with traditional, risk-averse strategies. I think that’s more a symptom affecting mostly larger casino brands, as our tribal clients deal with fewer decision-making rungs and push innovative ideas to market with alacrity.
   
This happened last year with our client, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, owned and operated by Cherokee Nation Entertainment. Located in the dense tribal gaming market of northeast Oklahoma, Hard Rock Tulsa needed a way to stand out while supporting its Halloween promotion, the largest and most important promo of the year.
   
Early on in the creative process (probably back in February or March 2014), we identified an opportunity to integrate social mobile games that would thread together all the thematic elements of the promo. When we went to pitch our initial collateral looks, we included our idea about the mobile games, sharing a general overview of proposed game mechanics along with a few storyboard sketches.
   
Without hesitation, our client told us to move forward with developing the games. We delivered the games for launch at the end of September, concluding a streamlined, collaborative process that essentially hinged on the client trusting us. The result was impactful for the Hard Rock Tulsa, as it became first in its market to extend the brand online in a fun, interactive way.
   
Exceptional creative matters today more than ever, and the casinos that embrace innovative ideas while holding true to fundamental principles of advertising will be well-positioned to hold or increase their market share in a packed field.

Under Pressure

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

The dreaded “S” word—saturation—has been cropping up with increasing frequency over the past couple of years. With new states approving casino gaming and current gaming states expanding their offerings, existing casinos have a choice to make: compete or disappear.

But of course, it’s not that easy. There is no magic bullet to upgrade your appeal to your customers and potential customers. And the vagaries of the different markets add to that conundrum. So what’s a marketing executive to do?

Tribal Government Gaming asked five marketing experts—individuals and companies whose very livelihood depends upon giving good advice to casino executives about how to increase business—what a casino marketing executive can do that will have a true, immediate and positive impact on a casino’s business.

The answers are as prescient as they are effective. Take a few home with you.

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BACK TO BASICS
by Ben Gordon

Walk the aisles at the latest industry trade show and you’ll be bombarded with apps and software that will deliver information on everything your guests desire… from the food they want to eat, to the entertainment they want to experience, to the games they want to play. It’s all there. Some of it is free just for the asking. Competition is fierce and everyone wants to sell you the latest and greatest marketing magic.

At least for that day.

Let’s acknowledge that there is a “race to the bottom” via increasing free play and giving away buffets—so what’s next? Bulletin: You can’t cheat the process. Every house has to be built by first laying a solid foundation for success.

Here’s the good thing—no problema. It’s amazing how many of your fellow marketing execs aren’t covering their assets—you know, like:

Realizing that revenue comes from many different sources. That’s right, it’s more than just slot machines. What are you doing to drive revenue from every direction?

Using data to make decisions. It’s still shocking to see how often people simply do not take the time to see what something did before continuing to do it or to change it. With all the tools at our fingertips, with new technologies to tell us where and when guests are making their buying decisions, our ability to collect and have timely and meaningful data impact our minute-to-minute strategies has never been better or more focused. Make sure you get you some data!

Eliminating unnecessary expenses.“Oh sure—we’ve already done that.” No, you haven’t. You’ve told somebody else or a whole bunch of somebody elses to do it.

Challenge your team daily with one simple question: “Is it nice or is it necessary?” Once people get focused on what they actually need to do their jobs, and the fact you’re going to hold them accountable for that, a lot of “fluff” goes away.

Reinforcing your brand. Your brand is more than a slogan and a logo. It’s your face to the world, and you must find ways to reinforce it throughout your organization.

As a good friend of mine, a marketing mind I respect and shall go unnamed, says, “Your front line must live it in order for your marketing team to say it.”

Having fun. This industry will chew you up and spit you out if you cannot find ways to make a 24/7/365 job fun. And if you think about it, what is more fun than a casino? Great food and entertainment, guests with fun and quirky personalities, gambling, fun and rewarding promotions, developing consistent and fair offers to get them to come back…

If you cannot have fun working in this environment, where can you have fun?

Ben Gordon is the owner and principal of Tribal Resource, LLC. After a successful 30-year career in advertising and marketing, he now works with tribal and casino executives in mentoring and developing tribal talent across the many disciplines of each enterprise. For more information, visit TribalResource.com.

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A COMMODITY OR A SERVICE?
by Michael A. Meczka

In competitive casino environments, the marketing team has the most difficult task of differentiating what is quickly becoming a commodity experience. Casinos offer the same exact games with the same exact titles, with essentially the same exact pay-tables from the same exact manufacturers. How can a casino executive motivate a patron to gamble at one casino over another?

Simply learn what the patron wants, and deliver.

Begin by implementing a program to clarify the basic four elements of determining the gaming patron’s wants and needs. The following may seem elementary, but far more casinos opt to ignore than learn about their market or their patron.

First, conduct a market profile to decide the current competitive set as defined by the patrons, not by non-gambling casino executives.

Second, segment the existing database to determine which segments are profitable and which segments are wearing out more carpeting than they are worth.

Third, conduct a competitive analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats among the patron-defined competitive set of properties. This would include a comparative shop—actually playing at the primary competitor(s)—to discover firsthand their reinvestment, loyalty building and rewards strategies, to name a few.

Fourth, review all and outline your own unique tactics that will deliver the highest perceived values to your most valuable gaming patron segments. Conduct qualitative immersion sessions with targeted patrons to be certain that what has been developed is what these patrons expect. This will ensure loyalty from the 20 percent who generate 80 percent of the gambling revenue. Be willing to “fire” those patrons in your database who are discovered to bring little or no value.

The above four exercises will help define what the gaming patron expects and provide a path to meet those expectations. When done properly in a competitive market, a casino will develop more loyal customers and understanding from its database through word-of-mouth, and do so by simply meeting their modest expectations.

Gaming patrons do not expect to be overly rewarded. They expect to stay in play for a reasonable amount of time proportionate to their gambling budget for that specific casino gambling experience. Time and again, we hear the plea, “Let me play for a while. Let my $100 last me an hour or two. Don’t take it in the first 10 minutes!”

We also hear the lament of winning too quickly. When experiencing a relatively big win (under $1,199) in the first 10 minutes of play, patrons continue to play even though they have more than doubled or tripled their starting gambling budget. Why?

“I am not ready to go home. I am here to relax and escape. Just let me play. I’ll give you all my gambling budget, but let me play for the time allotted to be entertained.”

It is the entertainment of gambling they expect. Remember Ace Rothstein in Casino:
In the
casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and keep them
coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose. In the end, we get it all.
Let’s keep them coming back.

Michael A. Meczka is president of Meczka Marketing/Research/Consulting, Inc. During the company’s 35-year history, it has completed numerous projects focused on improving the total gaming experience. For more information, visit mmrcinc.com.

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SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE
by Mark Elmore

As an ad guy, I’ve always remembered a quote by Robert Woodruff, the founder of Coca-Cola, who said, “I’ll put a Coke within an arm’s reach of desire.” It was advertising and marketing’s job to create the desire, and distribution’s job to get the product out there, everywhere.

Today is different. In the digital age, every product is literally within arm’s reach. Pull out the mobile phone, and find anything you want, whenever you want to. And therein lies the opportunity.

Our customers are gamblers, after all. Their desire to experience the rush of playing and winning games of chance and skill can now be fulfilled by us whether they are in our establishments or not, by playing our tribal online social casino games.

We can develop deeper, more fulfilling, more rewarding relationships by keeping them connected to us. They are with us even when they are not actually with us—thus underscoring that in this day and age, successful brands (relationships) must be totally interactive and immersive; customers are loyal only when they can engage with us on their terms, whenever they wish, so that we become an always-available, pleasurable part of their lives.

Online social casino gaming can and should be an extension of your brand. It gives us new tools for player acquisition and player reactivation—more ways to increase player engagement, increase loyalty, and most importantly, generate incremental visits and increased spend at the property.

By offering our own online casino games and social gaming, current customers and potentially new customers to the property can play for fun and for virtual credits. (It’s important to note that the thrill of winning exists even if the prize is only virtual, because it satisfies our primal need to play and be rewarded.)

The goal is twofold:

Engage customers—own their “time on device” when they desire to play outside the casino, whether it be on their desktop, tablet or mobile (in fact, more than half of all social gaming is now done on mobile), understanding that they’re going to play somewhere, and the last thing you want is for your good players to start playing a competitor’s online games. And secondly, turn those online visits into property visits.

Do that by rewarding free online play with virtual credits for food and beverage, lodging, entertainment and/or other discounts that they must redeem in your property. Plus, you can tailor the redemption periods for credits won online to increase player visits on “off” days, difficult times of the year, entertainment acts that are not selling, or to increase awareness or boost volume at new property amenities like restaurants, lounges, spa, etc.

Here’s some compelling info that’s available for public consumption: Data from Maryland Live! casino’s play-for-free site indicates that 12 percent of the online free-play database came into the casino to play for real money. Of these, 40 percent came more frequently, were worth 20 percent more per visit, and stayed 10 percent longer than other customers.

Let me repeat that: more frequency, more worth and longer stays than other customers. That is social behavior we can all get excited about.

I’ll close with a paraphrase of Mr. Woodruff’s old maxim: “We’ll put a game within an arm’s reach of desire,” and keep the hearts and minds of our current customers and win new ones.

After all, hasn’t it always been about “time on device?”

Mark Elmore is CEO of Gaga, a full-service advertising and marketing firm creating and executing marketing and advertising solutions across all media disciplines. Prior to founding Gaga in 2007, he directed advertising and marketing for Trump Plaza and the Isle of Capri casinos. For more information, visit Gaganation.com.

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SUPERCHARGING PLAYER REVENUE GROWTH
by Gary Border

Here are six steps to immediately begin to increase gaming revenue:

1.) All casinos should invest in aggressive player development departments. To jumpstart growth and build both revenue and market share, enlist your player development staff to create player appreciation events.

Use personalized campaigns to target your inactive premium-level players and any defecting customers. It’s relatively inexpensive, and since the results can be measured in as little as a few weeks, there’s not a lot of risk. Personal touches are powerful loyalty builders, and your property can use the slower midweek space to lavish benefits on these player segments.

2.) Research your better players. It’s important to understand what keeps bringing them back, and it’s helpful to know what it would take to bring them in more—especially since it’s a safe bet they’re sharing their gambling dollars with your competition. You may be surprised how few of them are driven solely by comps. Sometimes they just like to feel “safe,” and the difference can be your entertainment, dining options, or even a favorite server or dealer.

3.) Step back and take a fresh look at your brand positioning relative to your competition. It’s important that your messaging and services be different. Your brand needs these three components to stand out:
a. Uniqueness from your competition in the market;
b. Relevance to the gambler audience you want to attract; and,
c. Clearly defined service and product benefits you can
deliver on.

A great position defines your brand so precisely that it simultaneously defines your competition. We once ran billboards that read:

• “Sure, you could earn a comp someplace else, but then
you’d actually have to eat there!”

• “Nowadays every casino has a theme. Ours is gambling!”

Our client indisputably offered both the best dining and gaming differentiation in all categories. Understanding the market starts with thoroughly understanding yourself.

4.) Use social and mobile media to accelerate your brand exposure. Mobile apps and websites can deliver clear calls to action considerably faster than mail and more personally than advertising. Not only does it keep your customers informed about coming attractions, but the applications give players instant point redemption, event registration, offer redemptions and more.

One of our regional casinos did away with mailers entirely in dealing with their most important gamblers. The same information was delivered instantaneously through applications. They drew higher response rates, eliminated print and postage expenses, and could be tracked instantaneously.

Granted, we tested this shift prior to making wholesale changes. I’d recommend you proceed cautiously as to avoid disenfranchising existing players who prefer traditional mail. Also, consider the benefits of geo-fencing, which is emerging as a powerful tool to reach gamblers precisely when they’re most susceptible to your message.

5.) Plan mass-market events that support your position and attract new players with big purses. Tournaments targeted to slot and table players can be very effective. Events should be designed to entice the three big markets: past players, current players and prospects who gamble with your competitors.

6.) Prospecting ensures a future with fresh players who will counter those you may lose to competitors or strains in the economy. Fish for new players using third-party databases with specific player information. Big data enhancements can increase targeting accuracy and response, but beware of the tendency to over-reward, as creating unrealistic future expectations is ultimately damaging to the brand.

Gary Border is president of Marketing Results, the first agency devoted to database marketing and brand development solely for the casino industry. He has worked in the past for Harrah’s Entertainment, the Trump Organization and Horseshoe Gaming. Marketing Results has more than 100 casino clients. For more information, visit marketingresults.net.

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THERE’S NO ‘I’ IN TEAM
by John Mangini

When executives look at what makes a casino successful, both external and internal engagements are taken into account to identify how it will impact a property’s bottom line. The external engagements with players are critical points for all properties, since this is the source of the property’s identity and player loyalty that creates the revenue opportunities.

But how engaged will your players be if your staff is completely disengaged from the direction of your property?

To make guests feel welcome, you must first make your staff feel welcome. We have proven that an engaged workforce leads to higher customer satisfaction and higher RevPar that goes beyond the gaming revenue. In an industry that counts on player loyalty, it makes sense to put an equal focus on employee loyalty.

One of the primary components of building an engaged workforce is a dynamic employee recognition and rewards program. Recognized employees have been shown to work harder, stay with an organization longer and have more success than those working in an environment without a recognition program.

When designing a recognition and engagement program, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, choose a partner that fully understands organization goals and what executives are looking to accomplish with a program.

Second, find a partner that understands micro-targeting strategies and has the brand relationships to motivate employees with desirable merchandise. And third, design a program strategy that recognizes and engages employees through multiple touch points within the organization.  Strategies can include anything from group recognitions for goals achieved to individual recognitions for milestones achieved.

Additionally, the program must include a peer-to-peer recognition component. Employees recognized by peers feel like they’re part of a team, with a common goal pushing them to work harder, unlike those who are not recognized by their peers. It’s your budget, and the rewards that are offered should be self-liquidating, as they are funded through the lift in the business.

As for player engagements, your loyal players want to feel valued beyond transient players, and there is no better way to demonstrate this than hosting an event that’s exclusive to your most loyal players.

Create customized reward events tailored to players’ need of feeling valued, and that personalize the experience today’s players are seeking. Shopping spree events allow multi-generational players to redeem their hard-earned points for tangible products across multiple product categories that will leave them satisfied and eager to get more involved.

Today’s players and employees want to be appreciated, want aspirational rewards and most of all, want choice.

Give them what they want, and watch your revenue and business grow year over year.

John Mangini, CRP, is marketing manager for Rymax Marketing Services/Brainstorm Logistics. Mangini is a Certified Recognition Professional with over 20 years experience in marketing for both brands and agencies whose contributions to Rymax have helped the organization see significant growth in revenue. For more information, visit rymaxinc.com.

Betting on Bingo

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

A small California American Indian tribe and its online business partner want federal regulators to weigh in on a potentially landmark lawsuit with state and federal prosecutors over an online bingo website.
   
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel and Great Luck LLC are asking the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) to affirm the partnership is adhering to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) in launching a bingo website taking off-reservation wagers.
   
Without NIGC action, tribal officials contend future determinations on the legality of gambling on Indian lands could be left to federal and state officials, seriously eroding tribal government sovereignty.
   
NIGC officials say they are investigating the Desert Rose Bingo website, which was shut down in December by a federal judge acting on a temporary restraining order requested by California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
   
Harris contends Desert Rose Bingo violates federal law, IGRA and a tribal-state regulatory compact.
   
Harris claims IGRA restricts gambling to Indian lands and that online wagers occur where both the gambler and server are located.
   
Santa Ysabel and Great Luck contend the web-browser-enabled bingo game is conducted by “proxy” players through an internet server on tribal land. Great Luck is not named in the complaint.
   
The partnership also claims online bingo under IGRA is a Class II game not subject to state jurisdiction and tribal-state gambling compacts.
   
Harris contends internet bingo is a “facsimile” of a Class III casino-style game subject to the compact.
   
The case is expected to wind its way through the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
   
The tribe has not yet been served in the U.S. Department of Justice case, which alleges the website violates the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. The DOJ does not allege a violation of IGRA.
   
“The NIGC is currently looking at the full range of IGRA compliance issues implicated by the gaming that was being conducted by Santa Ysabel and Great Luck,” NIGC spokesman Mike Odle says.
   
The NIGC investigation includes whether the partnership violates regulations requiring that most of the revenues go to the tribe.
   
“Our goal is to ensure that the regulatory requirements of IGRA are met and that the tribe is the primary beneficiary of the gaming activity,” Odle says.
   
Tribal and Great Luck officials say they adhere to IGRA sole proprietary guidelines. The tribe’s financially plagued 349-machine casino was shut down last year, putting 115 people out of work.
   
Odle says Santa Ysabel and Great Luck did not ask for a game classification opinion from NIGC prior to launching the website.
   
“Often, tribes will contact the NIGC for a game classification opinion prior to offering a new game,” he says. “The NIGC offers this assistance to avoid risk, uncertainty and costly litigation.”
   
Santa Ysabel Chairman Virgil Perez says the tribe is seeking affirmation from NIGC that Desert Rose Bingo is legal Class II gaming designed to conform with NIGC minimum internal controls and in accordance with an NIGC-approved tribal gaming ordinance.
   
“We are hopeful the NIGC will not stay silent,” Perez says.
   
The simmering dispute between the tribe, Great Luck and the NIGC strikes at growing sentiment among tribal officials and regulators that the federal agency needs to take a more proactive leadership role on internet gambling.
   
“Tribes are going to move on internet wagering. It would be much more beneficial if they could do it in conjunction with NIGC,” says Sharon House, counsel for the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators. “Instead of making opinions to provide guidance, they wait until it becomes a real issue. By then the matter is too far gone.”
    
NIGC officials did not respond to the tribe’s suggested February 13 deadline to affirm the website is in compliance with IGRA.
    
Some tribal officials believe acting NIGC Chairman Jonodev Chaudhuri would likely not engage in the litigation before his pending Senate confirmation. Tribal attorney Graydon Luthey says the NIGC “needs to consider jurisdiction issues when you have a state regulator—namely, the attorney general of California—asking a federal court to interpret IGRA.”
   
“If I were the NIGC, that would make me uncomfortable because I’m the congressionally appointed regulator,” Luthey says. “I’ve got some elected state official in California doing what Congress has told me to do.”—Dave Palermo

iPoker Hiccup in California

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

When American Indian tribal leaders gathered last February at Harrah’s Rincon Resort, nestled in the quiet, picturesque, rolling hills outside San Diego, much of the talk centered on the need to reach consensus on internet poker.

Agreement among a handful of politically influential tribal governments is believed crucial to efforts to legalize online wagering in California, which with a population of 38 million people is expected to be the country’s most lucrative statewide online poker market.
    
“California represents the plum when it comes to internet gaming,” Lee Acebedo, executive director of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, told delegates to the annual Western Indian Gaming Conference.
    
But when tribal leaders took to the microphones to address the approximately 350 conference attendees, the message was far from optimistic.
    
And the backroom debate among tribal leaders was not nearly as quiet as the countryside.
    
An at times heated, closed-door gathering of leaders from nine politically powerful tribes left Sacramento legislators skeptical a bill legalizing internet poker will come out of the 2015 session, if ever.
    
“We thought we had a lot of support, a lot of momentum last year,” Chairman Bo Mazzetti of the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians said of failed efforts by a 13-tribe coalition to get compromise legislation voted out of committee.
    
“Things have changed,” the chairman said, and a much smaller group of tribes seemed hopelessly deadlocked on key issues, primarily licensing parimutuel racetracks and “bad actor” language.
    
“If tribes don’t get together, there won’t be a bill,” Mazzetti said. “If we don’t do a bill this year, there will not be internet poker in California.”
    
Robert Martin, chairman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians—partner with another tribe, three Los Angeles area card rooms and Amaya/PokerStars in a coalition seeking online wagering—was even more pessimistic.
    
“All of the tribes are not going to get together,” Martin said. “It is just not going to happen.”
    
Assemblyman Mike Gatto, sponsor of one of two pending bills to legalize online poker, says the word out of Rincon led him to roll back his earlier prediction that his legislation stood a 50-50 chance of success.
    
“I’m less optimistic that it will get done this year,” Gatto says.
    
What tribal attorney Stephen Hart calls the “very complicated mosaic” of internet politics in California has for nearly seven years been the focus of state officials, congressional leaders, tribes, card rooms, race tracks and gambling companies both in the United States and Europe.

Bingo Blast

But the future of online gambling in Indian Country may not be shaped in the state legislature. It may rest in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia.
    
The Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, a small, indigenous community in San Diego County, is waging what may prove to be a landmark legal battle with state and federal officials over efforts to run an online bingo website. (See related story, page 32.)
    
The tribe believes it can under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) offer internet Class II bingo regardless of whether tribes, card rooms and most likely the racing industry is successful in legalizing commercial online poker.
    
The Santa Ysabel lawsuit, which is expected to wind its way through the federal courts, may eventually pave the way for an explosion of online wagering in Indian Country.
  
Or it could prove a disaster for major Class II gambling markets in Oklahoma, Alabama and elsewhere.
    
“This can be a milestone case,” says independent consultant Norm DesRosiers, a former commissioner with the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). DesRosiers has been retained by the tribe’s partner, Great Luck LLC, as an expert witness in the litigation.
    
“If the tribe prevails it will not only enable other tribes to engage in bingo with the internet as a technological aid, but poker, which is also Class II gaming. Tribes will be able to get into the internet gambling business with no state or federal regulations.”
    
But there are risks for tribes operating the roughly 35,000 Class II machines (8 percent to 12 percent of the tribal casino inventory nationwide) if the courts find the devices are facsimiles of Class III, casino-style games which require tribal-state regulatory agreements, or compacts.
    
Economist Alan Meister, author of the Indian Gaming Industry Report, estimates Class II machines generate 14 percent of the tribal casino industry’s $28 billion in annual revenue.
    
“I don’t appreciate Great Luck putting us all out there,” says John Tahsuda, a tribal attorney and lobbyist for the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association. Oklahoma tribes operate roughly half the nation’s Class II machines.

Long-Shot Gamble

It came as little surprise at the Rincon conference that some prominent tribes were in angst over the delay in getting an internet poker bill out of the legislature.
    
The Rincon and Pala bands of Luiseño Indians and United Auburn Indian Community were reportedly being pressured by their online partnerships.
    
Rincon has a management agreement with Caesars Entertainment; Pala’s enterprise, Pala Interactive, was launching a website in New Jersey; and United Auburn has a longstanding agreement with Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment.
    
Tensions increased when it was learned New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may have been delaying the Amaya/PokerStars launch at the bequest of billionaire Sheldon Adelson. The casino mogul has been urging Congress to outlaw online gambling.
    
In a letter to pending bill sponsors Gatto and Reginald Jones-Sawyer, the three tribes and more than 20 card rooms said they were willing to accept extending licenses to parimutuel racing associations and agreed to softening “bad actor” and “tainted asset” provisions.
    
Bad-actor provisions were drafted to prohibit the licensing of foreign companies that accepted U.S. wagers after passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA).
    
The provisions were apparently targeted to online giant PokerStars, which before being purchased by Amaya Gaming last year paid $730 million to settle a Department of Justice investigation.
    
Rincon is in partnership with Caesars Entertainment, which last week said it believes Amaya/PokerStars should at least be considered for licensing in the United States, a U-turn from its prior position on the issue.
    
The shifting position on the two issues riled some tribal leaders at the closed-door meeting, particularly Chairman Mark Macarro of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians of Temecula. Pechanga and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians of Palm Springs have been steadfast in their opposition to licensing racetracks and easing bad-actor provisions in bill language.
    
Pechanga officials said they were “ambushed” when informed at the meeting of the Feb. 10 letter to Gatto and Jones-Sawyer. Leaders from nine tribes attended the session, which did not include Morongo and San Manuel, though they were invited.
    
Macarro and Rincon Councilman Steve Stallings at one poin
t got into a heated exchange.
    
“This was an ambush, plain and simple, under the pretense of consensus-building,” a tribal official said.
  
“Unfortunately, the letter, which tribes did not know of until arriving at the meeting, effectively capitulates on principles of great importance for tribal rights and future tribal generations,” Macarro said.
    
“The ploy was disingenuous and disrespectful toward most tribes attending today’s meeting. Clearly we have a long way to go to resolve the outstanding issues.”

Future Looks Dim

Officials with Rincon, Auburn and Pala contend Pechanga has dominated closed-door discussions on internet poker, which they believe have not been progressive.
    
In seven years of legislative debate, an internet poker bill has never made it out of committee.
    
“We just got tired of years of endless, unproductive meetings,” said a tribal leader who requested anonymity.
    
The two tribes, with support from a few other Indian governments, have the political clout to block a bill, industry and capital observers said.
    
“Without Pechanga, there will be no bill,” said one state official who requested anonymity. The official said it would not be difficult to block a tax bill requiring a two-thirds vote for passage.
    
“Without Pechanga and Agua on board, it’s going to be tough sledding,” said another high-ranking official who also requested anonymity.
    
In addition to backing off his prediction that online poker had a 50-50 chance of passing, Gatto objected to characterizations by the tribes that he and bill sponsor Jones-Sawyer were “overwhelmingly supportive” of proposed amendments offered by the Rincon and Pala bands of Luiseño Indians, United Auburn Indian Com-munity and more than 20 card rooms.
    
Gatto’s AB 9 limits website licenses to tribes and card rooms. It also prohibits licensing companies that took U.S. wagers after passage of UIGEA.
    
“I welcome the letter,” says Gatto. “This is exactly what is supposed to happen in the legislative process. People who have an interest are supposed to submit their comments on how we can improve any legislation. Do I welcome it? Yes. Do I embrace it? No. Do I agree with everything in it? No.”
    
Jones-Sawyer, whose AB 167 extends license eligibility to tracks and includes no bad-actor or tainted-assets language, did not respond to requests for comment.
    
Macarro and Agua Caliente Chairman Jeff Grubbe are not likely to budge on their opposition to tracks and softening bad-actor language.
    
Expanding gambling in the state, they believe, would encroach on tribal casino exclusivity and jeopardize the industry’s sustainability for future generations.
    
“No iPoker in California is the clearly preferable option” to legislation licensing tracks and bad-actor companies, Grubbe says.    
    
“We’re not doing iPoker in a vacuum,” Macarro says. “There’s a public policy that not only can’t be ignored, it has to be addressed.”
    
Parimutuel racing, a broad-based, largely agricultural industry that includes tracks, breeders and labor unions, would expand the internet coalition throughout the state. But few believe it would generate a two-thirds vote this year. And they are more skeptical it will get through the legislature in 2016, an election year.
    
Chairman Martin has long contended that the agenda for a number of California tribes was to block legislation. He finds the position of Macarro, Grubbe and others to reinforce that belief.
    
“It’s not going to happen,” he says.

Shop ‘Till You Drop

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

How does a wallet compare with a tout sheet? Or jewelry with a slot machine ticket?

They are symbols of action at different ends of the red-hot gaming-amenity spectrum. Shoppers and horse players, coming from opposite vantage points, direct tribal gaming’s next financial break from the gate.

The $120 million Tanger Outlets, connected on either end by a casino at Foxwoods in Connecticut, opens May 21. It is projected to spike the casino’s visitation totals from nine million to 12 million, provide nearly 1,000 jobs and bring about $10 million tax revenue to the state.

In New York, an estimated $100 million, high-end shopping lineup called “The Next Big Thing” breaks ground this spring at Turning Stone Casino. It will be completed next year.

Both projects should attract new revenue and extend hotel visitation, via shopping excellence. Each has the signature of the Gordon Group, the distinguished developer of the Forum Shops that diversified Las Vegas’ amenities menu.

Outlet patrons have become a built-in revenue stream for gaming operators who accommodate them. They represent a lightly tapped customer base and can even “shop ‘till they improve the drop” by adding gambling to their activity.

It’s a different story for horse racing, an ailing industry that became a reclamation project for new investors. Tribal ownership has stabilized tracks in Oklahoma, Texas and Washington. Multimillion-dollar cash infusions, coupled with on-site gaming devices, have rescued tracks and brought money into tribal coffers. They have also relieved horse-racing purists who worry about new owners closing down their facilities.

The outlet customers and racing diehards play a prominent role in gaming’s future. Each represents a revenue ideal: Bling is cha-ching. Or, its po$t time.

‘Tanger-ble’ Asset

Foxwoods makes a big play with the Tanger Outlets, an enclosed quarter-mile corridor with 82 retail shops that customers can enter only by walking through one side or the other of Foxwoods Resort Casino. One side of the Outlets is connected to the casino floor by the Fox Tower and the other is near the Grand Pequot Casino.

The May 21 grand opening becomes a timely, early-summer season kickoff.

Annette DeBois, vice president of retail and development operations for Foxwoods, cites the synergy between gaming and shopping facilities posted near each other. Foxwoods gains a link connecting two of its gambling areas. Tanger, in the rare role of being an interior property, obtains gaming to spike its foot traffic.

“It opens up the opportunity to make a full day or full weekend out of your visit,” DeBois asserts. “Gaming customers can bring others with them who do not want to game but do wish for something else to do.”

Neither shopping nor gaming has to be finite. A person can combine both activities, using each as a break from the other.

“One of the biggest downfalls in outlet-mall shopping is that you have to ask yourself afterward whether you can get lunch or whether you can sit down and have a drink,” DeBois says. “Well, for our existing customers who come to Foxwoods for gaming, we now have this beautiful mall connecting two properties, and when you walk into the casino, you can have wonderful entertainment, food and beverage options.”

Not to mention an intangible, like bonus spending. Nail a nice payout in the casino and celebrate with an unanticipated purchase in the outlets. Casino reward dollars also will be honored in most Tanger shops, DeBois confirms.

Gaming and shopping could hardly be more interlocked.

The investment underscores reaction to nearby competition in Rhode Island, the advent of casinos in Massachusetts and the presence of gaming in New York. All have been feeder regions for Connecticut-based Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods, which have lost a share of all those markets. Although Foxwoods and Mohegan have about $3.5 billion in combined debt, they remain committed to priming the financial pump.

Mohegan Sun, already featuring abundant shopping and a major sports arena that hosts everything from professional basketball to major championship fights, added indoor lacrosse in January. It obtained the Philadelphia Wings and renamed them the New England Black Hawks, placing them in the 9,500-seat arena.

From the Foxwoods perspective, DeBois retains a full-steam-ahead approach.

“We always have to up our game and reinvent ourselves,” she indicates. “We are never in a static environment, never going to reach the end of the journey. You have to love the challenge. What we’ve done is exciting. We have become a shopping destination and we have created so many jobs.”

Turning Stone would like to make similar projections next year.

“The Next Big Thing,” so dubbed until a permanent name is found, will be an expansive 250,000-square-foot enclosed venue. It will feature a mix of 60 luxury brand retailers, 15,000 square feet of varied dining options, a six-screen movie theater, a deluxe bowling alley, and designer features including fountains that captivate guests with daily water shows.

Ray Halbritter, CEO of Nation Enterprises, says the luxury outlet and entertainment venue will create more than 1,100 new jobs. That could mean tens of million of dollars for surrounding counties and state tax coffers.

The Oneida Indian Nation estimates the addition will result in another 5 million visits a year after it opens in the fall of 2016, roughly doubling the number of visits it receives now. ?

Retail Has Emerged

Minnesota-based Cuningham Group, sparked by principal Tom Hoskens, witnessed a retail evolution in small, medium and large sizes over recent years.

The small size, represented by a retail concourse and restaurant section tucked inside a project of about half a billion dollars for the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina a couple years ago, provided a complementary gaming piece. The medium space can be seen as an attached outlet shopping section adjacent to a property for Viejas casino near San Diego. The Viejas Outlet Center has more than 40 shops, a bowling alley and restaurants across the street from the casino, a partner to the facilities. It has operated since the late 1990s.

The colossal retail statement can be made at Las Vegas-based SLS, which opened last August and will ultimately have a 200,000-square-foot retail offering, Hoskens says. The Cuningham Group is part or that effort to glamorize non-gaming amenities.

“When you talk about retail, you get everything from bargains to bling,” Hoskens says. “Retail was once just an accent piece, but you can now expand that to become a huge generator of income if you have more stores. This is the wave of the future, something that can really help companies expand their economic base.

“It was not long ago that people were saying $1,000 per square foot of gaming was solid,” he recalls. “Now that number is up over $2,000 in many places—I recently saw that it was $2,289 in Macau. My goodness, that’s gorgeous. At the same time that gambling revenue is going down, retail is going up, sometimes 15 percent a year.

“When you build a shopping complex, it gives different people things to do. One will spend on retail, another will spend money gambling. Does the shopping option help extend visiting days? You bet it does. They will stay longer because there are enough activities.”

Hoskens says the average demographic age for Las Vegas visitors is 46. The younger population savors the nightclub and restaurant experience either as a gaming alternative or a complement to it.

“In Las Vegas, the non-gaming revenue is about 64 percent of the total mix now,” he indicates. “Las Vegas is continuing to grow. They had 41 million visitors, the highest ever last year. The draw is not just gaming, it is everything else. This is the direction that casino resorts and towns needs to follow. They just have to figure out a way to do this on the retail end.”

SLS certainly will. It plans to open a 22,000-seat basketball arena next May, add movie theaters and light shows, and create an overall phenomenon Hoskens equates with Times Square.

Food for Thought

Memphis-based Hnedak Bobo Group has a long, prosperous relationship with tribal gaming. On a grand scale, it helped with the development of WinStar, one of the world’s largest casinos for gaming space. WinStar is located in Oklahoma near the Texas border.

Drilled down to a smaller scale, HBG works with properties on how they present amenities.

 Dike Bacon, principal for HBG, says the craft/experimental food trend remains a compelling intersection that joins the technology-enabled and informed customer with the strong localized farm-to-table movement. This trend is weighted toward healthy eating, high-quality preparation and unique, locally sourced ingredients. It is driving an artisan aesthetic that impacts designs in many ways, he contends.

“We’re doing more chef’s tables, large community tables and open-display kitchens where guests are entertained by the artful preparation of food while they dine,” Bacon says. “One important key to this design aesthetic is having many different experiences within a single space.

“We are creating amenity spaces that are more timeless, fresh, and specific to a point of view. Transformative ‘experience’ is often found in the peeling back of layers that tell a story or unfold in creative and differentiating ways,” Bacon adds. “To the potential peril of some national brands, this is the exact opposite of the rubber-stamped, formulaic product. Today’s customers demand an amenity product that is real and often grounded in a local or regional context. We’re combining ideas that may have some nostalgia or eclecticism to them, but are paired with unlikely or unexpected design details that give the environment a less convoluted or scripted feel.”

Many of the food and beverage spaces HBG designs for the West Valley Resort in Arizona follow these design hallmarks. Industrial influences are paired with high-tech modern amenities in some of the F&B venues, while others are open to expansive views to the outdoors and connect farm to table in an authentic way.

“Rather than transporting the guest to another place or time thematically, we are celebrating the unique, local culture and authenticity of the food and environment,” Bacon says.

While food excellence remains a staple of customers, the shopping will ideally be linked to a property.

Tribes Keep Pace

The most literal intersection of shopping and racing occurs at Chickasaw-owned Remington Park in Oklahoma City.

It was built in 1988 by the late Edward DeBartolo Sr., a shopping mall developer who also owned Thistledown in Cleveland and Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana. The horse-racing industry had varied partnership visions between racing, shopping and the advent of simulcasting. Most of those plans faded, giving way to the racing concept that combined casino slots with racetracks.

Into that realm stepped Global Gaming Solutions, the gaming arm of the Chickasaw Nation. It has owned and revitalized Remington Park since 2010. The Cherokee-owned Will Rogers facility outside Tulsa, Oklahoma has been in operation several years longer.

Remington sports a second floor with approximately 750 gaming devices, while Will Rogers offers 250 on its first floor. Tribal influence has forged a wire-to-wire success story at these establishments, according to Constantin Rieger, executive director of the Oklahoma Racing Commission.

“The Chickasaw ownership of Remington is going quite well,” Rieger says. “The gross revenues are up, the race quality is up and the tracks are pretty proud of their product. It’s real nice when a track adds gaming devices but remains a track. The racing benefits from the gaming and gaming benefits from the racing. By law there would be no gaming without the races because they can’t turn the machines on without them. You can’t gobble up one to make the other work.”

There was no gobble-up here. The tribe anted up, purchasing the facility for about $80 million and pouring $15 million of improvements into the clubhouse, parimutuel windows, spectator-viewing areas and a four-story, high-definition infield screen. Armed with gaming devices to complement racing, Remington became a destination.

Rieger says the tribes show sound philosophy. They set up the racing/gaming business model, let racing people handle that genre and reap the benefits.

“The formula I believe they have used is a gaming sense complemented with what they have been able to learn within this industry,” Rieger contends. “Look, they operate WinStar, not far away from here, so you know they have to be doing something right. When you combine all the acumen they bring from the gaming side and then their ability to get the right people into the racing end, they were bound to be successful, and they have been.”

Remington and Will Rogers combine for approximately 180 racing dates throughout the year. Remington Park also annually hosts the richest race in Oklahoma, the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity in May.

Global Gaming Solutions ventured to neighboring Texas and purchased Lone Star in 2011. The well-known facility hosted the prestigious Breeders Cup Championships—horse-racing’s version of the Super Bowl—in 2004. It prospers under the new ownership, averaging about 1 million fans per race season.

In Washington state, tribal connections with racing remain paramount. The Muckleshoot Tribe marks 2015 as its operational debut of Emerald Downs Race Track near Seattle. The tribe announced the purchase in November 2014 and expects to complete the ownership transition early in 2015.

Acquiring the track was long considered a logical step for the Muckleshoot Tribe. It has been Emerald Downs’ landlord since 2002, when it obtained the 157-acre property, and contributed more than $11 million in purse enhancements to keep the track afloat.

The sale renewed speculation that the Muckleshoot group will seek permission to install casino-style gambling at Emerald Downs. It already operates the successful Muckleshoot Casino, the state’s largest tribal property, about five miles southeast of Emerald.

Tribal officials have not confirmed long-term plans. Under state law, the Emerald site would have to be converted to trust land before the tribe could open a casino there. That’s a potentially lengthy process requiring federal approval.

Regardless of the time frame, its purchase of Emerald could, yet again, provide the financial injection to save a struggling track.

Is The NIGC Relevant?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by -

Congressional criticism of the National Indian Gaming Commission, which is responsible for federal oversight of American Indian casinos, erupted again last July when the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discussed a pending government audit of the agency.

“One of my primary concerns continues to be the performance and legal limitations of the National Indian Gaming Commission as the chief federal regulator for Indian gaming,” NIGC critic Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) told the committee.

McCain, who has long pressed for greater federal authority over the $28 billion tribal gaming industry, joined with committee Chairman Joe Barrasso (R-Wyoming) and anti-gambling advocate Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) in seeking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit.

A preliminary GAO report says NIGC enforcement “decreased significantly” since 2009 due to an emphasis on technical assistance and training rather than disciplinary action to achieve compliance with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). The final audit is due this spring.

Acting NIGC Chairman Jonodev Chaudhuri, a Muskogee Creek awaiting Senate confirmation, assured the committee the so-called ACE (assistance, compliance and enforcement) initiative has not resulted in lax enforcement of gambling laws.

“Nothing about our enforcement and oversight responsibilities has in any way diminished by the recognition of the benefits of working with tribal regulators on the front end,” Chaudhuri said.

Some senators remain skeptical.

“Effectiveness of the ACE initiative is the key point of this whole thing, so we look forward to that additional GAO follow-up report,” Barrasso said.

Balancing the need for federal oversight of Indian casinos with the U.S. Supreme Court 1987 ruling giving tribes sovereignty over gambling on Indian lands has been a source of debate since IGRA was enacted the following year.

Positive Feedback

Tribal governments and regulators have embraced NIGC’s tribal-friendly policies under President Obama, contending they adhere to IGRA mandates that 247 gambling tribes have primacy for the regulation of the nation’s approximately 450 casinos in 28 states.

Many tribes spend $8 million or more a year on security and surveillance and a small army of accountants, technicians and specialists, often to regulate a single casino. The National Indian Gaming Association says tribes annually spend $319 million to regulate gambling.

The industry has been virtually free of scandal. But there have been a handful of tribal disputes resulting in at times volatile takeovers of Indian casinos.

There was much tribal criticism of NIGC under Chairman Phil Hogen, an Oglala Lakota and Bush administration appointee who was accused of being heavy-handed and failing to adequately consult with tribes.

“The current NIGC policy is more in line with the legislative intent of IGRA,” Oklahoma Cherokee Jamie Hummingbird, chairman of the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners and Regulators (NTGCR), told Pechanga.net.

“The agency was not intended or designed in IGRA to be an active regulator, but to provide oversight; to be an educator, a trainer. The agency was intended to work with the tribes, not ride roughshod over the tribes.”

NIGC in 2013 held 194 workshops providing 754 hours of training and technical assistance to 2,751 participants, most of whom praised the programs, according to GAO’s preliminary report.

Most agree with Hummingbird’s assessment of NIGC policy, including 10 current and former tribal regulators and others surveyed by Tribal Government Gaming magazine for this article.

“What (the Obama NIGC) did was transfer authority to where it belongs, which is with the tribal commissions,” says former NIGC commissioner Teri Poust, a member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama.

“The NIGC was not intended and it does not have the statutory authority, the structure nor the resources under the law to be this be-all everything regulatory agency,” says John Tahsuda, a Kiowa-Comanche and principal of Navigators Global, a Capitol Hill consulting firm.

“Twenty years ago maybe a bigger, more expansive federal regulatory agency would have been appropriate,” he says. “The gap has, in the meantime, been filled by the tribes.”

Big Blowback

But there is increasing fear in Indian Country that the regulatory pendulum is swinging too far in the wrong direction—that easing NIGC enforcement is generating a political backlash and eroding the regulatory integrity of the tribal casino industry.

Major areas of concern raised by those consulted by Tribal Government Gaming include:

• NIGC’s failure to take action against the Bay Mills Indian community of Michigan for pursuing a casino on non-trust lands, an act of defiance that led to a potentially damaging U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

• NIGC’s lack of leadership on internet gambling as tribes launch social gaming websites and, in California, a potentially landmark real-money bingo operation that has prompted federal and state lawsuits.

• NIGC’s inability to prevent casino takeovers by factions of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians and Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians in California, at times violent confrontations that embarrassed the industry.

Lacking a proactive regulatory approach to these and other issues, critics say, could render the agency meaningless.

“If the agency doesn’t engage on key issues in Indian gaming, largely as it relates to things like the internet and enforcement of its regulations, I think NIGC runs a real risk of becoming irrelevant,” says Rosebud Sioux Joe Valandra, a consultant and former NIGC chief of staff.

“The NIGC is not fulfilling the intent of IGRA,” says a former tribal regulator who requested anonymity. “It’s not about training. It’s about oversight. It’s about enforcement.”

“Unless and until tribes sense that if they do something wrong and they don’t fix it there’s going to be an adverse consequence—whether it’s a fine, closure or whatever—the regulatory body is going to lose the posture it’s got to have,” Hogen says.

“The NIGC made a policy decision that they’re going to regulate with a light hand, or a lighter hand,” Hogen says. “The jury is still out on that. I hope that Indian Country is no worse for that.”

Chaudhuri defends the ACE initiative and denies NIGC is abdicating its enforcement role, despite GAO findings that agency notices of violations (NOVs) have nose-dived since 2009.

“I want there to be the optimal sweet spot between respect for tribal sovereignty and doing our job as regulators, to make sure that the industry is protected,” Chaudhuri says. “I think we can do both. The pendulum can’t go too far in either direction.

 “You can’t just tick off NOVs and think you’re doing your job as the regulator. That is absolutely disrespectful to tribal regulators. It’s repugnant to notions of sovereignty.

“Further, it runs the risk of missing out on opportunities to leverage active communication with the more than 5,400 tribal regulators in the field.

 “At the same time you can’t just wash your hands of the hard calls in Indian Country and say, ‘We’ll just completely leave it up to our partners and look the other way.’ We can’t take a completely hands-off approach to enforcement.

“There is a sweet spot between the two, and I think that’s where we’re going.”

Looming Study Spells Controversy

Some fear McCain and others will use the GAO audit to seek greater federal regulation of tribal casinos, possibly by amending IGRA.

The preliminary GAO report says NOVs fell from 45 in 2009 to three each in 2010 and 2011, one in 2012 and none in 2013. Of the 45 2009 NOVs, 38 were for late “quarterly statement or fee submission,” six for delayed audits and one for improper per-capita payments.

Regulations limiting the use of NOVs were enacted after Hogen left the agency.

“Based on the preliminary findings the GAO will certainly show that enforcements are down,” says Jana McKeag, an Oklahoma Cherokee and president of Lowry Strategies, a Washington consulting firm. “Critics will use that to seek greater federal regulations.”

NIGC was established largely to maintain the integrity of the industry through oversight functions—monitoring the work of tribal commissions, enacting regulations, auditing operations and approving management compacts and tribal ordinances.

But its ability to promulgate minimum internal control standards (MICS) for casino-style, Class III gambling was crippled by a 2006 federal court ruling involving the Colorado River Indian tribes. Class III gambling constitutes the bulk of the industry. Roughly 300,000 of the 350,000 slot machines in Indian country are Class III devices.

IGRA requires that tribes seeking to operate Class III gambling enter into tribal-state regulatory agreements, or compacts, with states in which they are located. McCain supports amending IGRA to expand NIGC jurisdiction over Class III gambling.

Hogen pressed for Class III MICS, which many believe saved the tribal industry more than $1 billion during its infancy, a period when it may have been preferable to have an assertive NIGC rather than risk a scandal that could have crippled a fledgling industry.

“When you look back, it was kind of frightening,” Hogen recalls. “There were tribal councils that served as gaming commissions and didn’t know the difference between the function of one and the other. It caused a concern.

“Tribal commissions have improved, matured. There’s been an evolution.”


Tribes ‘Lucky’ In Bay Mills Decision

NIGC was criticized for failing to act in 2010, when Bay Mills opened a casino on land not held in trust for gambling, prompting a potentially damaging U.S. Supreme Court review.

NIGC had opined it could not close Bay Mills because its jurisdiction was limited to Indian lands, a position that ignited the ire of the National Congress of American Indians and other tribal groups.

Fortunately, justices last year in a Bay Mills ruling upheld tribal sovereignty, ending a string of anti-Indian decisions.

“I was very proud of our team at the NIGC in their efforts to coordinate with the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior to submit an amicus brief in support of sovereign immunity,” Chaudhuri said in a telephone interview during which he mostly read responses hurriedly supplied by an NIGC attorney.

Others are more critical.

“The NIGC should have dealt with Bay Mills within the administrative process and avoided the litigation,” says NTGCR attorney Sharon House, a Wisconsin Oneida.

“Bad law is often made when policymakers don’t take the bull by the horns,” Valandra says. “We got lucky in Bay Mills. No one expected that outcome.”

Internet Action Needed

Tribes have pressed NIGC to take the lead in internet gambling, beginning in 2010 with NIGC Chairwoman Tracie Stevens, a Washington Tulalip and Obama appointee who stonewalled Indian Affairs Committee attempts to discuss NIGC’s ability to regulate online wagering.

NIGC has refused to revisit a 2000 opinion on off-reservation wagers.

It has also declined to weigh in on the Ipai Nation of Santa Ysabel’s effort to launch a Class II bingo website on its San Diego County reservation. The tribe is locked in potentially landmark federal and state lawsuits over the shuttered website.

“Tribes are moving on internet wagering,” House says. “It would be much more beneficial if they could do it in conjunction with NIGC. Instead of making opinions to provide guidance, NIGC waits until it becomes a real issue. By then the matter is too far gone.”

“They have tiptoed into the internet,” says Tom Foley, former NIGC commissioner. “They are afraid to take any leadership in that area.”

Chaudhuri says the agency, “through our training and technical assistance,” provides guidance on the internet.

“In light of the various types of proposed activities being developed, it is impossible for me or anyone at the agency to weigh in on the viability of a given game or operation without a thorough review,” he says.

“Providing a general statement on the various types of games would not only be impractical, it would be largely unhelpful to people who seek clarification of a given game.”

Slow Dispute Response

Both the Paskenta and Chukchansi disputes resulted in violent confrontations. Paskenta’s Rolling Hills Casino has reopened. But the Chukchansi Gold Casino & Resort remains closed following an October court order requested by state and NIGC officials.

Chukchansi, it was learned, had not submitted an audit to NIGC for more than two years.

“Two years with no audits. That should have been a warning sign,” McKeag says.

Paskenta failed to get an NIGC shutdown of the facility “because there were allegations millions of dollars were going out the back door,” McKeag says. “There was certainly the potential for violence.”

“It isn’t bad policy if you have a tribe engaged in some turmoil—where you know there’s nothing terribly wrong—that you give them time to file financial statements,” Valandra says. “But in the case of Chukchansi there was a serious problem.”

“The agency was very active in its response to both” tribes, Chaudhuri counters. “As to Chukchansi, multiple NOVs were issued and prior to those NOVs multiple letters of concern were sent to the tribe.”

Chaudhuri and NIGC counsel did not elaborate.

Protecting Tribal Assets

Tribes hailed Stevens as a refreshing alternative to Hogen. She increased tribal consultations, launched the ACE initiative, streamlined regulations and limited NOVs for late audits and fees. She also merged audit and enforcement divisions into a single compliance unit.

Stevens also promulgated new Class II regulations and machine standards that promoted the industry and made it easier for tribes to self-regulate bingo-style gambling.

But Stevens, one of the few non-lawyer chairs of NIGC, lacked regulatory and legal experience. She was the first NIGC chair to hire an in-house counsel to assist her in answering regulatory questions.

She also was criticized for blurring the distinction between regulating and facilitating the industry. Her tribal-friendly approach earned her a standing ovation from tribal leaders attending a 2011 gaming conference, an unusual response to an industry regulator.

Chaudhuri has at least partially backed off from Stevens’ pro-industry position.

“We have a statutory mission to ensure the integrity of gaming,” he says. “I don’t think it would be accurate to say any of our actions would be geared to marketplace considerations.”

Virtually all the testimony in dozens of hours of tribal consultations conducted by Stevens was focused on means of streamlining regulations to the benefit of tribal regulators and elected officials.

There was no discussion of means by which regulations could better ensure the protection of casino resources for tribal citizens.

“The first thing anybody working with the federal government on behalf of Indian tribes needs to know, and remember, is they have a trust responsibility to the Indians,” Hogen said shortly after stepping down as NIGC chairman.

“That doesn’t mean tribal leaders or casino regulators or the folks sitting across the table, but the walk-around Indians: the young people out there going to school on scholarships; the sick needing dialysis treatment.

“That’s the priority, to make sure gaming dollars don’t walk out the back door.”

Fearing Fallout

Attorney House contends much of the controversy over the need for federal oversight could be allayed if tribal commissions did more to promote the work they do in regulating the industry.

“The regulators know how to regulate,” she says. “But their work goes unnoticed.”

Tahsuda is optimistic the GAO will come out with a final report favorable to the tribes.

But Hummingbird is not so sure.

“It could be very damaging,” he says. “Tribes have worked hard to develop regulations and build their reputation. If the report paints the NIGC as not providing adequate oversight, it may take years to get that trust back.”