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What a Municipal Services Agreement Does for a Tribal Casino
How tribes and host cities negotiate payments for roads, police and fire — the intergovernmental deal behind most new casinos.
News, policy, and the complete directory of tribal casinos across the U.S. and Canada — a $41 billion industry, covered with the depth it deserves. From Seminole sports-betting compacts to Saskatchewan SIGA operations, we cover all 245+ tribal gaming operations.
How tribes and host cities negotiate payments for roads, police and fire — the intergovernmental deal behind most new casinos.
Interior's Vallejo rejection shows how a tribe's proven tie to a parcel — not just trust status — increasingly gates new gaming.
From Fort Mojave onward, Sacramento's newest deals collect regulatory fees but no share of the win — a quiet reversal of the 1999 bargain.
A late-August Gambling Commission vote will decide whether to forward higher-limit table-game amendments for three tribes to the governor.
The Pomo band's resort plan stalls on a historical-connection finding, but its Class II preview hall keeps spinning while litigation looms.
Every federally recognized tribe operating a gaming facility in the United States, plus First Nations operators in Canada — verified, categorized by IGRA class, and searchable by state, nation, and property.
Operator of seven Hard Rock-branded properties in Florida and controlling interest in the global Hard Rock International brand. Holder of a 2021 federal compact granting exclusive statewide sports betting.
Operates WinStar World Casino & Resort — the largest casino in the world by gaming floor — plus 22 other gaming properties statewide.
Owner-operator of Foxwoods Resort Casino, long one of the largest integrated resort casinos in North America.
Operates Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula — the largest resort casino on the West Coast.
A nonprofit consortium of 74 First Nations operating seven casinos under provincial framework agreement.
Everything operators, regulators, journalists, and tribal leaders need to know about what is — and is not — permitted under IGRA, state compacts, and the Canadian Criminal Code. Updated quarterly. Reviewed by Indian-law attorneys.