Canada
How Manitoba's First Nations gaming model works — and why it underperforms
Three secondary-market properties, outside management contracts and a 63-way split: an anatomy of Canada's weakest First Nations gaming framework.
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.
Three secondary-market properties, outside management contracts and a 63-way split: an anatomy of Canada's weakest First Nations gaming framework.
Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun have four years and one asset New York licensees cannot replicate: Connecticut's tribal iGaming exclusivity.
The Gamehost close moved Indigenous Gaming Partners from market participant to market leader — without a single change to the Criminal Code.
Wisconsin's second-largest casino opens next month with 1,500 machines and a hotel deferred to 2027 — a border play aimed squarely at northern Illinois.
Seven months without a confirmed chair has left IGRA's chair-specific powers — certifications, ordinances, closures — with no one authorized to exercise them.
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.