Tribal Government Gaming 2023
FEATURES
16 Tribes Online
As online gaming and sports betting spread through the commercial gaming world, tribes in various markets, headed by California, contemplate how to proceed.
By Marjorie Preston22 Higher Education in Indian Country
For 17 years, the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at San Diego State University has assured educational opportunities for the tribal government gaming market.
By Dr. Kate SpildeCOLUMNS
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The New Model
Tribal casinos have come a long way from the days of makeshift gaming floors in Sprung Structures. The tribal gaming model today is a new generation of integrated resorts, as tribes reinvest in their gaming businesses and branch out to new revenue streams outside of their casino properties.
By Roger Gros and Dave Bontempo26 Shining Sooner State
Oklahoma has long been one of the epicenters of the Indian gaming industry. Here’s a look at one of the powerhouse markets of tribal gaming.
By Chris IrwinDEPARTMENTS
34 Tribal Tech
Tribal casinos have always been at the forefront as early adopters of new technologies from payments to AI, and the pioneering continues.
By Frank Legato74 Bright Future
Chief financial officers in the tribal gaming market are optimistic about the coming year.
By Grant EveGrowth, Success and Prosperity-the Right Way
Since the start of 2022, the U.S. gaming industry has experienced a revitalization of epic proportions, posting record revenues despite constant fears related to lingering pandemic impacts and economic uncertainty.
Much of the conversation, however, has revolved around big-name commercial operators and bookmakers, and while they have certainly experienced growth, they’ve also made some headline-grabbing mistakes, and one cannot tell the full story of this record-breaking resurgence without admiring the steady role that tribal gaming has played in that success.
Indeed, it’s hard to detail all of the victories that tribal operators have enjoyed in the last 15 or so months, but they encompass nearly all aspects of U.S. gaming, from land-based casinos to sports betting and everything in between.
Perhaps the most notable example came from California this past November, when commercial bookmakers flamed out in epic fashion, setting hundreds of millions on fire in a brazen attempt to disrupt what has long been the biggest tribal market in the U.S. The extremely public defeat of Prop 27 was easily the biggest reminder in recent memory that tribal gaming is a force to be reckoned with, both now and in the future.
And not even six months later, those same sentiments were echoed in Washington state, when U.S. District Court Judge David Estudillo quickly dismissed Maverick Gaming’s lawsuit that challenged the tribal monopoly on sports betting in the market.
The comments given by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson after the ruling were, I believe, extremely indicative of what regulators and patrons all over the country are starting to realize, and that is that tribal outfits are incredibly well-run organizations whose track records are becoming increasingly more impressive, especially as commercial operators continue to fall over themselves in a scramble to expand everywhere, at any cost.
Ferguson called the ruling “a significant victory for tribal sovereignty,” and noted that “Washington law strikes the right balance by permitting sports betting and confining it to tribal casinos, where tribes have experience carefully regulating gambling where individuals must be
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Such endorsements are almost impossible to find in today’s industry, and although Maverick and most of the larger commercial bookmakers have vowed to continue their respective quests, their initial losses were sizeable, and may serve as a boon for other battles, such as the legal gridlock that is currently preventing the Seminole Tribe from launching sports betting in Florida, another tribal hotspot.
Earlier this month, the American Gaming Association celebrated the fact that commercial gaming revenues surpassed $60 billion in 2022, which represented a new record for the U.S. Tribal revenues were notably absent from that report, but as CNIGA Chairman James Siva said during a presentation at the recent ICE London conference, the tribal market “now represents 44 percent of the total gaming market in the U.S.”
I’m no mathematician, but based on that percentage, one can deduce that tribal operators brought in at least $40 billion last year. The number itself is eye-popping, but what makes it even more impressive is that it came quietly—no scandals, no regulatory gruff and no controversy.
That goodwill is now starting to pay off in a big way, especially as tribes look to expand into new markets. Take Las Vegas for example—the once-impenetrable commercial mecca now has a multitude of tribal developments, from the San Manuel Band’s new-look Palms to the Seminoles’ takeover of the Mirage via Hard Rock International. Both examples were welcomed with open arms by Nevada regulators, who are notoriously scrupulous and hard to impress.
So, as we enter the newest phase of tribal gaming, one defined by full-scale integrated resorts, international investments and tens of billions in revenues, it’s important to remember that no matter how big and flashy tribal operators may become, their insistence on doing things the right way is and always has been the catalyst behind their unprecedented growth.
Our goal for this year’s edition of Tribal Government Gaming is to shed some light on the latest and greatest innovations that tribal gaming has to offer, while also highlighting the figures most responsible for setting that impressive standard. And if the sector continues its current trajectory, it’s hard to imagine we’ll be saying anything different come next year and beyond.
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Official Publication
Voluntary Compliance and the Letter of Concern
Stamping out small regulatory infractions before they become big problems
When tribes think of the National Indian Gaming Commission’s compliance efforts, they might only think about the Notice of Violation (NOV) and assume it is the agency’s go-to enforcement tool to obtain compliance with IGRA. As I have written previously, any enforcement action I take is based on an exhaustive investigation and analysis of the unique circumstances involved, and it is not something I take lightly.
When NIGC must take enforcement action, we do so to preserve the integrity of the industry and protect the valuable tool Indian gaming represents for many tribes. But it is critically important for the Indian gaming community to understand that the majority of NIGC compliance efforts do not result in the issuance of an NOV and a subsequent Civil Fine Assessment that may result in an operation’s closure or a daily penalty of over $57,000 for each violation.
NOVs are rare. It is far more likely that noncompliance is addressed first with technical assistance efforts followed by a Letter of Concern (LOC). The agency uses the LOC to alert tribes to concerns regarding compliance with IGRA or NIGC regulations that have not been resolved through technical assistance efforts. The LOC identifies the concern(s) and provides a time period for the tribe to respond with corrective actions. Often, the LOC process results in resolution of the matter without penalty.
NIGC’s record usage of LOCs in recent years underscores the agency’s dedication to engagement in its oversight responsibilities and to a collaborative resolution of potential enforcement matters. In FY2022, NIGC issued 22 LOCs— only one resulted in an NOV. Of those remaining, 70 percent have been satisfied and 30 percent are working through their corrective action plan.
This voluntary compliance approach is NIGC’s proactive and collaborative handshake with gaming tribes to meet IGRA’s mandates. The agency is committed to providing gaming
tribes with the best resources to help them successfully operate and regulate their gaming in a manner that sustains for generations what has become the lifeblood for many tribes’ communities.
Below is a short journey into aspects of the agency’s compliance environment. These highlights point out that the agency would rather use voluntary compliance than enforcement actions when possible.
NIGC and Regulatory Compliance
First, while tribes’ regulatory bodies and NIGC may have distinct oversight responsibilities, there is a shared interest in protecting tribal assets derived from gaming. Through NIGC’s Division of Compliance, the agency monitors tribal gaming operations, provides technical assistance and training, cultivates local-level relationships and supports the work of more than 6,000 tribal gaming regulators.
The division includes eight regional offices, an Audit Program and an Environmental Public Health and Safety (EPHS) Program. The Region Offices are comprised of compliance and audit staff, who conduct routine site visits and assessments at tribal gaming facilities, and perform audits and investigations to monitor compliance with the IGRA, NIGC regulations and tribal gaming ordinances or resolutions approved by the NIGC chair.
In addition, other NIGC components, including the agency’s Finance, Technology, Public Affairs and General Counsel divisions, regularly provide a variety of assessment, advisory, planning and communication tools in coordination with the NIGC Compliance Division to encourage tribes’ proactive efforts at compliance.
When technical assistance and training, intermediate communications and the LOC do not result in compliance with IGRA, NIGC regulations or the tribal gaming ordinance, the NIGC will undertake enforcement action. Enforcement actions may include imposing appropriate sanctions for violations, such as civil penalties, issuing orders for temporary closure and referring criminal matters
By E. Sequoya Simermeyerto appropriate tribal, federal and state entities. Fortunately for both patron and operator alike, these measures are few and far between. A majority of the time, once alerted to a violation, gaming tribes and NIGC work with a tribe’s regulatory staff and their gaming operations to correct the problem. This is what NIGC calls “voluntary compliance.”
The Letter of Concern
NIGC has historically approached IGRA violations with the mindset that once alerted, tribes will remediate a violation in a reasonable time if given a chance to correct it. Voluntary compliance is the agency’s goal. The first step to voluntary compliance is to alert the tribe to a potential violation; the agency codified that approach in 2012.
Set forth in 25 C.F.R. 573, an LOC describes the available facts and information, includes a preliminary assessment regarding the incident or condition and provides a tribe with a time period for its response. Voluntary compliance is often achieved when a tribe and the NIGC staff are able to resolve any potential enforcement issues prior to the chair issuing an enforcement action.
Over the past 10 years, LOCs have been used to address concerns such as a tribe not maintaining sole proprietary interest in and responsibility for the conduct of any gaming activity; entering and operating under contracts that contain management provisions which have not been submitted and approved by the NIGC chair; using net gaming revenues for purposes other than those set forth in IGRA (commonly called a misuse of revenue); instances where the construction, maintenance and operation of the gaming facility is conducted in a manner that does not adequately protect the environment, public health and safety of employees and patrons; failing to submit timely audits; failing to submit required licensing notices for facilities or employees; and instances where internal controls do not protect the integrity of gaming and
Celebrating Native Women
Native women recognized at the National Congress of American Indians winter event
Indian Gaming Association (IGA) Chairman Ernie Stevens Jr. and several IGA board members joined the 27th annual National Indian Women’s “Supporting Each Other” luncheon hosted in conjunction with the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Executive Council Winter Summit at the Capital Hilton on Wednesday, February 22, 2023.
Honorees included Marilynn Malerba, chief of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut and the first Native American to serve as U.S. Treasurer, and Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, who also serves on the executive board as the treasurer of NCAI.
Chairman Stevens said, “I always look forward to joining in on this recognition yearly. It sets the stage to recognize and celebrate the outstanding contribution of these honorees as our Indian Country Warriors, always ready to stand and defend tribal sovereignty and our people.
“For over two decades, I have been honored to participate in this fantastic luncheon, where we have recognized and celebrated the leadership of many outstanding Native women leaders. It’s a natural place for me as I have grown up in this industry and worked side-byside with these amazing women.”
He added, “Our women are our strength and our resilience and ensure our future. Without a doubt, Treasurer Malerba and President Holsey are two of the truest examples of the strength of leadership in Indian country. These great women leaders have been strong advocates for not only the tribal communities they represent but are the greatest example of leaders who have dedicated their lives to advancing all of Indian country.”
Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan presented the luncheon keynote. Flanagan was recently elected to her second term and is the first Native American to be elected to that post in Minnesota. She served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
The event was sponsored by the Indian Gaming Association, Tulalip Tribes, Indigenous Pact, Pechanga Tribe, National Indian Health Board, Seattle Indian Health Board, the Lummi tribe, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Emily’s List and AD PRO.
protect tribal assets.
Recently, NIGC investigations revealed two tribes did not have an internal audit function for their Class II gaming operations. Internal audits as well as independent financial reviews are often the most effective tools to ensure a tribe is fully aware of how its licensed gaming operates and makes decisions impacting the tribal community’s access to gaming resources. For that reason, Part 543 of the NIGC Minimum Internal Control Standards (MICS) requires internal auditor(s) perform gaming operations audits for each department (at least annually) to review compliance with tribal and operational internal controls and NIGC MICS.
The agency issued an LOC in both instances, requiring the tribes to submit a plan of action to establish an internal audit function within a given time. Both tribes submitted an appropriate and timely plan and were able to successfully address the concerns. As a result, the NIGC issued LOC Satisfaction Letters and did not recommend further enforcement action.
NIGC Resources
Both the tribes in the example and similar past results demonstrate that the LOC approach works. As a fellow regulatory body in this process, NIGC provides tribes with the resources to keep compliant with IGRA and NIGC regulations. The agency maintains resources and processes in place to address compliance concerns that includeoffering tribes legal opinions and declination letters, management contract reviews, training materials, inperson and virtual technical assistance and training, site visits, required ordinance audits, Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) audits and reviews, Internal Control Assessments (ICA) and EPHS assessments—all at no additional cost.
Since many tribes are well under way in their fiscal year operations, I encourage gaming leaders at all levels to take advantage of the tools and decades of regulatory expertise from a national perspective that NIGC has to offer. Again, by working proactively with NIGC, gaming tribes can quickly and efficiently resolve potential issues before they become major violations and help all of us protect the hard-fought reputation for integrity Indian gaming has earned over the past 35 years.
In 2021, the NIGC launched the NIGC’s Report A Violation campaign so the NIGC could more easily receive any information about potential violations of federal law or regulations in the Indian gaming industry. You may access the tab by isiting www.NIGC.gov. E. Sequoyah Simermeyer is chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
Tribal Casinos 3.0
By Roger Gros and Dave BontempoThose of us who can remember the birth of tribal government gaming recall the rudimentary buildings that housed the slot machines or a few table games. Some tribes used converted community centers. Others rented trailers and lashed them together, so finding your favorite machine was something like the Yellow Brick Road. Still others erected Sprung Structures, which were essentially large tents crammed with slots.
It didn’t take long for tribes to realize that these temporary facilities were holding them back, and they began to build more elaborate casinos, sometimes with small hotels and a few restaurants. As quickly as they upgraded, the market showed up, and those facilities were deemed outdated.
That happened quickly to the casinos nearest the most populated areas. Take Foxwoods, for example, the gaming effort of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe. It started out as a bingo hall, and has expanded several times over the years. In 1990, the tribe won a high-profile legal ruling that held tribal gaming halls could offer the same gaming options that were permitted elsewhere in Connecticut. Since “casino nights” were a staple of charities in the state, that meant Foxwoods could install the table games that were the centerpiece of such events.
Instantly, Foxwoods added several buildings that would house the tables. But then-general manager Mickey Brown had higher aspirations. Visitors to the under-construction casino area were shown electrical conduits beneath the carpets, a sure sign the place was being wired for slots. And in just a year or so, Brown negotiated a deal with the state where the tribes (Mohegan Sun had begun
its journey) would pay a 25 percent share of the slot revenue to the state— please don’t call it a “tax”—and the race was on.
It was something of an arms race between Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, as expansion at one property led to another at the competing property.
And even now, with fierce and abundant competition, the building goes on. Last summer during Foxwoods’ 30th anniversary, officials announced an $85 million expansion project that they call the “next-generation casino.” It includes:
• 50,000 square feet of gaming space to include both table games and slot machines
• A 13,000-square-foot celebrity chef branded restaurant to be revealed later this year
• New high-limit slot area
• An expansive 40-seat bar featuring over 35 slot machines
• New Grand Pequot Cage that will support both casinos
• A new 15-seat public bar
While this is modest compared to previous expansions, which included hotel towers and separate boutique hotels, meeting space, a zip line attraction, an outlet mall and many other amenities, it shows Foxwoods’ management understands that it must keep up with the new competition to maintain their market share.
And that’s not all. In February, Foxwoods broke ground on a $300 million Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor-outdoor waterpark with families as the primary target market. The partnership, similar to its deal with the Tanger Outlets, will expand the attractions that today reach far beyond gaming.
“For us at Mashantucket, it’s always been a vision of ours to have a resort beyond gaming, and councils long before any of us who are standing here today were dreaming about having an indoor waterpark here,” said Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
The facility will include over 550 family-friendly rooms, a 91,000-squarefoot waterpark and a 60,000-square-foot dry entertainment center with things like a ropes course, mini bowling, restaurants and an arcade, and is expected to bring more than 500 jobs to the region.
Loaded Gun
The Gun Lake Casino was just a glimmer in the eye of Michigan’s Match-EBe-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, better known as the Gun Lake Tribe, when the Mashantucket Pequots opened Foxwoods in the early 1990s. In fact, at that time, the Gun Lake Tribe had only just applied for federal recognition, often a long and drawn-out process. But the tribe had all the required history and could back it up, so five years later, it achieved recognition and began the equally arduous process of taking land into trust for a reservation.
Five years after that, the process was concluded and the tribe hired Station Casinos to build and operate the Gun Lake Casino, which opened in 2011, ushering in a new era of economic prosperity. Station built a serviceable casino for the tribe but it quickly realized something larger would be necessary, and the first expansion was under way. Now in phase five of its expansion project, led by current President and CEO Sal Semola, who was hired following the
end of the Station management contract, the Gun Lake Casino is about to add a hotel and an “Aquadome,” an indoor swimming space with multiple pools and areas for banquets and entertainment.
Semola came on board at the end of phase four and is enthusiastically supporting the fifth. But even phase five is playing catchup, as the two closest competitors will still have larger properties than Gun Lake.
“When I first came on, I came on midway through what was characterized as the phase three expansion, which was rather modest in the sense it was maybe 100 slot machine additions to the casino floor,” Semola says. “But it was really about a connector building for a parking garage that was needed in anticipation of meeting the needs of future expansions due to the increased traffic and also the depletion of existing surface parking.
“And then phase four, which we just completed in September 2021, consisted of three new F&B outlets and began to set the table for phase five.”
Paul Bell, the lead architect for HBG Design, says the expansion was a reaction to the desires of Gun Lake tribal leadership.
“The Gun Lake owners have set their sights on creating a premier entertainment destination resort in the Midwest,” says Bell. “They want to expand their catchment zone to include larger cities as far away as Chicago and Detroit. I think this fifth phase will create that true super-regional resort with an expansion program designed to drive that traffic in from both of those metropolitan areas.”
Semola explains the location of Gun Lake Casino and why it has been necessary to constantly grow.
“We are just outside of Grand Rapids located off highway 31, which is the north-south artery for Western Michigan,” he says. “So it’s highly trafficked, and we’re equidistant between Grand Rapids, which is the secondlargest city in the state, and Kalamazoo, Michigan as well.”
Semola says that the area is growing quickly.
“Our area is somewhat rural—we’re in the town of Wayland—but in just the time that I’ve been here, we’ve seen a lot of growth and development in the area. Even the airport—Grand Rapids International Airport—is undergoing an expansion. And Grand Rapids itself is kind of moving south towards where the casino’s located. So, they’ll continue to benefit from that growth as well.”
Although phase five is the first project that HBG, which has 40-plus other tribal clients, is doing with the Gun Lake tribe, Bell is already impressed with the leadership.
“I and many of my colleagues here at HBG Design we’ve realized that competition in most markets continues to be intense,” he says. “Progressive owners are always elevating their amenity offerings to keep up with that. While the casinos will always have their bread-and-butter patrons at the resort, we also see a continuing trend of owners working to attract more diverse,
multi-generational customers through unique out-of-the-box non-gaming amenities, the Aquadome being a prime example of this.
“In addition, retail, other non-gaming entertainment brings in all ages of people to fit this goal. Owners create through this, these opportunities, a lot more revenue and continue to stay relevant and top-of-mind in the market.”
Bell praises tribal leadership for bringing their vision to the tribal economy. They are currently developing a non-gaming mixed-use development on tribal land that will diversify the economy.
Semola agrees about the foresight of tribal leadership.
“The tribal leaders are extremely forward-thinking,” he says. “I think that when you take into account that they’ve only been on their own, outside of the umbrella of a management company for four years, they’re much further along in terms of that cycle of evolution, in terms of how they look at business and the future. So, as tribal gaming enterprises become more mature over time, they realize that there’s economic opportunities that they can comfortably participate in outside of the sovereignty umbrella, and they become more comfortable investing in that area.”
Bell also credits Semola as being a driving force behind the gaming expansion.
“He has been an absolute joy to work with,” says Bell. “He is a very fun, energetic leader. He’s extremely passionate, an entrepreneurial leader for Gun Lake. He has been engaged in the design process from the beginning. He’s really a key driver in Gun Lake’s long-term development vision.
“I believe beyond what we’re working on with him right now, the current phase five project, as he is constantly looking ahead for new opportunities to identify the next big thing that will attract the market to Gun Lake Casino Resort and maintain a cutting-edge position across the industry and marketplace.”
Semola says the idea for the Aquadome came to him while he was at a conference at Harrah’s Atlantic City, which has a similar facility, a dome over several pools and hot tubs. But the Aquadome is different, he says.
“The Aquadome is designed to be a multi-purpose atrium, and it has three pools. It has a family-oriented pool which is located adjacent to a concession snack bar and some locker rooms. It also has an adult pool that is tiered with a VIP-level pool with a swim up-bar. That creates this great vibrant environment during the day—hot or cold seasons—where their guests can come and enjoy the aqua elements.
“But at night, this facility then converts over to an entertainment facility that is able to provide live performances as well, and sell VIP cabanas and so forth around the pool for those live concerts or DJ dance events, whatever type of entertainment we would choose to engage in based upon their market feasibility and entertainment preferences.”
The tribe chose the right designer for this kind of element—Bell says that
“As tribal gaming enterprises become more mature over time, they realize that there’s economic opportunities that they can comfortably participate in outside of the sovereignty umbrella, and they become more comfortable investing in that area.”
—Sal Semola, President and CEO, Gun Lake Casino
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Gun Lake Casino Aquadome and Hotel Wayland, Michigan Eagle Mountain Casino Porterville, California Four Winds Casino Resort South Bend, Indianaalthough the idea for the Aquadome came from the tribe, HBG has lots of examples.
“We have done massive atriums in the past for Gaylord resort properties,” Bell says. “One in Orlando, the Gaylord Palms, and we did another one in Grapevine, Texas called the Gaylord Texan. Those were much larger than this. So we have learned through those project experiences how to design a dynamic atrium environment.
“Now while those were designed for a completely different purpose than what this one is designed for, we went to the school of hard knocks on both of those projects. The shape of the Aquadome really is derived from all the sun angles and site analysis to create an optimal environment for indoor swimming and aquatic activities during the day.”
Semola wanted more from the Aquadome than just swimming, however.
“We were focused on building a hotel convention space and the Aquadome, all three of those pieces, from a construction standpoint, from a financial performance standpoint, and without question, the Aquadome modeled the best,” Semola says. “But what it didn’t give us was that even playing field as it pertains to some of the other casinos in the area, where they could do a sit-down concert or a large banquet. We needed a 2,000-capacity event type of space. So looking at the Dome, the challenge was how, do we get as much versatility in that space as possible?
“Ultimately working with the HBG design team, we came up with the idea of the pools being pushed out of the center, not just one pool, but multiple pools pushed out, which opened up the center. So now we can have that sight line for those types of concerts, or we can just make it a party with a DJ—your typical nightlife. For banquets, we built a production kitchen where we can easily accommodate up to 800 people. We are just looking to try to create as much versatility and utility value out of the space as possible. And I’m really happy with the way that it’s evolved thus far.”
Muckleshoot Magic
The Seattle area is very competitive when it comes to tribal gaming. Lots of the reservations where the casinos are located are land-constrained, but recently, there has been a rush of expansions on the books, including the Muckleshoot casino. And this one will be worth the wait.
Muckleshoot’s four-year, multi-phased expansion project speeds toward a fall 2023 completion. The final piece will be a transformative 18-story resort tower, rising to a prominent 198.8 feet with a definitive glass exterior.
The elevated vantage point will provide a priceless view, including a panoramic look at Mt. Rainier, the Olympic Mountains and the Seattle skyline.
Design changes that pushed back the opening from 2022 to 2023 will enable the property to make a more grandiose entry into the marketplace—and it will be
grandiose indeed.
The new tower will be the tallest building between Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, according to company officials. The casino is located in the Seattle suburb of Auburn.
The immense glass edifice will be adorned with several cutting-edge features, such as:
• A steakhouse on the roof of the building
• An indoor-outdoor pool
• A spa with 5,500 square feet, including 10 private rooms
• Numerous restaurants
Along with the building’s height, it will represent the Muckleshoot Tribe’s growing presence in the gaming world.
It will be similar in profile to the statement made in Connecticut over the years by the aforementioned Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casino expansions. The new buildings are a sign of economic health, vitality and the intent to accommodate larger gambling throngs.
Officials hail the finished expansion project as an inducement for adult getaways that span attending a concert, eating at high-level restaurants and getting a massage, all with a view that won’t quit.
Once the tower is completed, Muckleshoot will have 157,000 square feet of continuous gaming, 29,000 total square feet of event space and almost a dozen dining choices.
The hotel is the final phase of construction in a huge expansion project announced in February 2019. The expansion plan included a redesigned casino floor with 10,000 additional square feet of gaming space, three new restaurants and a new center bar, a 20,000-square-foot Events and Conference Center, a new exterior facade and a Muckleshoot Tribe History Cultural Center.
It celebrated the grand opening of its new Caesars Sportsbook just two days before the Cincinnati Bengals played the Los Angeles Rams in the 2022 Super Bowl.
The impact accelerated during the 2022-23 season, as the book operated for the entire season. That meant six months of substantial weekly betting action on professional and college football, sports wagering’s two highest revenue sources during that time.
Features at Caesars Sportsbook at Muckleshoot include:
• Video wall (12-by-24-feet) showing multiple games
• 20 big-screen TV monitors
• Seating capacity for 92 guests
• Four live betting windows and nine self-service betting kiosks
Tribal officials say that Muckleshoot also offers the largest smoke-free gaming area in Washington state.
Online Gaming: Risk & Reward
Tribal operators grapple with the ups and downs of iGaming and mobile sports betting
By Marjorie PrestonOn Super Bowl Sunday, some 50 million Americans placed $16 billion worth of bets on the big game—an all-time high, more than double the $7.5 billion wagered in 2022, according to the American Gaming Association.
But sports fans in California were out of luck. Though the state has 69 casinos, there are no sportsbooks, online or retail. That’s because the tribes who run those casinos don’t want sports betting—not without a guarantee that it’s theirs alone to offer.
The most populous state in the U.S., home of 16 major league sports teams, is also the biggest untapped sports betting market. But for tribal operators, the promise of a new industry comes with considerable risk: the specter of competition from out-of-state commercial operators.
Last November, competing propositions—a retail sports betting bill from the tribes, and an online and mobile version from FanDuel, Draft Kings, BetMGM and others—failed at the polls, despite an onslaught of advertising (the two sides spent a combined $460 million to push their proposals).
Jacob Mejia, vice president of public affairs for the Pechanga Development Corporation, told CalMatters.com that tribes were less interested in introducing retail sportsbooks than they were in blocking mobile betting. The online measure, he said, was “the biggest threat to Indian gaming in a generation.”
The issue is tabled for now, but it’s sure to be back. At G2E last fall, Mark Macarro, chairman of the Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, suggested mobile sports betting in California could be the first domino that kicks off full online casino gaming, which could become “a disaster,” he warned.
“Thank goodness that’s not going to happen this cycle,” Macarro said, in comments made weeks before voters cemented that decision at the polls. “But it’s going to repeat in two years.”
Define ‘Online’
In California, online casino games are still prohibited by the state penal code, under the theory that online bets don’t exist only at the location of a casino server, but wherever the gambler is, and in the vast “out-there” of the internet.
In 2014, when an enterprising California tribe asserted its right to offer online bingo, the Ninth District Court of Appeals stepped in. While the servers were located on tribal land, which presumably made the bets permissible, the court ruled that online bets placed by people not physically on the reservation would violate the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
That decision meant the end of gaming by the Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel, whose remote location and limited slot inventory made it hard to compete with larger, more centrally located venues. Shortly after the tribe’s online casino closed, the retail gaming hall followed (it is now a marijuana dispensary).
And then there’s Florida. In 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe agreed to a “hub-and-spoke” sports betting model, whereby the tribe would offer mobile bets throughout the state via servers on Seminole lands. But Judge Dabney Friedrich called a halt to the launch.
“Tribes need to speak with a unified voice when it comes to legislative matters, to maintain exclusivity around online gambling of all forms.”
—Brian Wyman, Senior Vice President of Operations and Data Analytics, The Innovation Group
He said the model was “legal fiction” for the reasons stated above: the bets would take place beyond tribal land, in the hands of statewide bettors as part of the virtual ether. Two years later, the two sides remain at an impasse.
Double Jeopardy
Tribes have two good reasons to be skeptical of online and mobile betting. One is the potential impact of online business on casino foot traffic. While commercial casinos face the same challenge, it could be harder to navigate for smaller operations, which may not have the reach of, say, a Caesars or an MGM. But how much does online gaming actually threaten land-based?
“To some extent, it’s an unanswered question,” says Brian Wyman, gaming analyst and senior vice president of operations and data analytics for The Innovation Group (TIG). “Most operators agree that in the long run, online gaming will at least partially cannibalize land-based—some people will save the trip and stay home, and others may play online on Tuesday, then say, ‘Oh, that was my budget, I won’t go to the casino on Friday.’”
Big operators work around it by using online as a “hook,” with appbased rewards to be redeemed at the land-based venue or sister resorts around the country. In that way, online gaming gives broader-based operations “the ability to optimize their reach and their brand,” says Chris Irwin, TIG’s senior vice president of Native American Services. “If you’re an online gambler in North Jersey, you can get points to go down to Atlantic City and stay for a weekend. Or you can go out to Vegas to stay, or other properties around the country. It’s really incentive-driven. Not many tribes can capitalize on that.”
Creeping Commercialism
The second reason and the larger concern among tribes is the possibility that online gaming will be thrown open to commercial operators or operating partners, creating competition that was unimaginable when many tribal compacts were written.
That possibility is already a reality in some states. If California voters ultimately approve online and mobile gaming, they must also decide whether to restrict it to reservations or make it available statewide. In the latter case, the licenses could be up for grabs by behemoths like FanDuel and DraftKings—and lawmakers would like nothing more than to dip into those deep pockets. Needless to say, that kind of competition could siphon off revenues that tribal nations rely on.
“In a lot of markets, gaming and the exclusive access to gaming is the lifeblood of tribal governments, supporting hospitals, supporting police and fire departments,” says Wyman. “It’s no exaggeration to say this is a matter of life and death.”
As Sheila Morago, executive director of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, recently pointed out, “This is actually money for higher education, for health care, for infrastructure.” In comments to GamingToday.com, Morago said, “They’re not making decisions on whether or not you get a new yacht or enough money to buy a new Mercedes. It’s about making sure that our kids have money to go to school.”
Despite the longstanding ties between tribal and state governments as well as the jobs and revenues that tribes have added to local and state economies, the big guns of commercial gaming are “willing to pay big taxes and fees that historically haven’t come from tribes,” says Irwin. “Tribes may pay exclusivity fees, but not at the level of what commercial operators might pay in taxes.”
“At this point, it’s expected—if you can buy coffee with your mobile phone, why can’t you play your favorite casino game or make a sports bet?”
—Anika Howard, President and CEO, FoxPlay
While the industry was slow to take off, it’s been accelerating ever since. In 2022, online casinos in (New Jersey) brought in more than $1.6 billion in revenue, up 21.6 percent over 2021 and a 13-fold increase over nine years. Those figures, with all those zeroes, have lawmakers salivating.
As a result, “tribes would rather not have sports betting at all than jeopardize any part of the business they’re doing right now. It’s opening a Pandora’s box that could lead to commercial gaming not previously in the market.”
High Stakes
For casinos, iGaming wasn’t a possibility until 2011, when the U.S. Department of Justice ruled that the federal Wire Act applied only to sports betting, not iGaming in general. The potential for widespread sports betting didn’t follow until 2018, when the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), opening the door to a legal industry on a state-by-state basis. While iGaming and mobile sports betting go handin-hand, they’re different animals, with different profit margins.
New Jersey, for example, legalized iGaming in November 2013; in the first year, operators generated $124 million in gross gaming revenue, “a drop in the bucket compared to what they were making on brick-and-mortar facilities,” says Irwin.
While the industry was slow to take off, it’s been accelerating ever since. In 2022, online casinos in the state brought in more than $1.6 billion in revenue, up 21.6 percent over 2021 and a 13-fold increase over nine years. Those figures, with all those zeroes, have lawmakers salivating.
For all the hype about sports betting and the many billions of dollars in play, the profit margin is pretty meager compared to casino gaming— typically less than 5 percent. It could be argued that tribes aren’t missing much by sitting out that game.
But revenues aside, they must take into account consumer demand. Could tribal operators risk alienating customers who expect or demand mobile and online options?
In 2021, Connecticut lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for a bill to legalize online casino games, mobile sports betting and an online lottery. It was the first overhaul of the state’s gaming laws since the 1990s, when the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes opened Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun, respectively.
Connecticut’s agreement “preserved our tribal sovereignty and allowed us to still operate from a point of exclusivity,” says Anika Howard, president and CEO of FoxPlay, the online gaming arm of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
A Workable Model
Wondr Nation (formerly Mashantucket Pequot Interactive) manages Foxwoods’ social casino and collaborates with DraftKings on cobranded Foxwoods iGaming and sports betting offerings. The subsidiary’s stated goal is to create “maximum opportunities, profitability and impact for industry partners,” expand the tribe’s online footprint and enable it to partner with other Native American tribes and tech firms.
Howard acknowledges concerns that, as legal online gaming proliferates, “the powers-that-be could use it as an opportunity to roll back some of the provisions made in tribal compacts.
“We made a slight compromise on sports” in Connecticut, she says, “because we felt like the bigger opportunity was in online gaming. And so it starts with the strategy. What do you really want to accomplish?”
For Foxwoods, “the goal is to increase revenue, increase opportunities and increase player satisfaction by providing something that people are already doing—playing online, in the legal market or not.
“We’ve entered a mobile-first society,” Howard continues. “At this point, it’s expected—if you can buy coffee with your mobile phone, why can’t you play your favorite casino game or make a sports bet on your mobile phone? Taking out some of the political dynamics, you have to start with the players who make up your customer base. You want to create an experience that works for your player.”
She disputes the notion that online casinos are a direct threat to land-based patronage: “The reality is more nuanced. Some players are very distinctly online players—just because you don’t have an online offering doesn’t mean they’re going to come to the casino and play. Ironically, in remote locations, this can be an opportunity to increase the player base if
“Tribes would rather not have sports betting at all than jeopardize the business they’re doing right now. It’s a Pandora’s box that could lead to commercial gaming.”
—Chris Irwin, Senior Vice President of Native American Services, The Innovation Group
Wild
there are challenges with going there physically. Give people an opportunity to play remotely, and you’re capturing an audience you didn’t have before.”
Some Michigan tribes, too, have made their peace with online gaming. In 2020, when mobile sportsbooks and online casinos became legal there, Bryan Newland, then chairman of the Bay Mills Indian Community, said Detroit’s three commercial casinos—MotorCity, Greektown, and MGM Grand— plus the state’s iLottery were “eating our lunch year after year.”
Newland told Pechanga.net, “We were faced with the prospect of evolve or die when it comes to internet gaming.”
Bay Mills teamed with DraftKings to run its online and retail sportsbooks and online casino, reportedly with positive results. Another Michigan tribe wasn’t as lucky. The Hannahville Indian Community, which operates the Island Resort & Casino in the state’s Upper Peninsula, partnered with TwinSpires, a unit of Churchill Downs, on iGaming. But in 2022, TwinSpires ditched its online gaming business (except for horse racing), leaving the tribe high and dry.
“We were kind of shocked,” Tony Mancilla, Island Resort’s general manager, told the New York Times. “We had our prom dress on, and we didn’t have a date.”
In the aftermath, Hannahville’s iGaming revenues took a dive, dropping almost two-thirds from $16.7 million in 2021 to $5.8 million in 2022. The tribe has since joined with 888 and Sports Illustrated to offer online sports betting, but hasn’t resumed online casino games. According to the Times, it’s now focusing on investments in real estate and golf courses as revenue generators.
Cutting a Path
David Bretnitz is senior director of sales for Kambi, a provider of sports betting technology to tribal and commercial operators. He says the mobile industry can drive “greater share of wallet and future-proof tribes’ businesses” by bringing in a new customer demographic. But how to get the pieces in place, while safeguarding tribal rights along the way?
“First, I think we can all agree that tribes have the wherewithal to do this on their own,” says Bretnitz. “So there are two options: going the B2C route, where you partner with one of those larger commercial groups to get to market, or utilizing a company that provides B2B services.”
There are advantages and drawbacks to both, he says. “Partnering with a B2C company provides national brand recognition that lets tribes compete a bit more and hand off those day-to-day management responsibilities. For the tribe that’s very well-versed on the gaming side but has zero experience in sports betting, they get a guaranteed revenue stream, albeit less than if they
were to partner with a B2B provider.”
In such deals, he says, the bigger slice of the revenue pie goes to the commercial group, “which bears the brunt of the responsibility as far as risk, the on-property buildout for a sportsbook if that’s in play, or setting up that online sportsbook. So they’re taking on more of that exposure.”
On the B2B side, “the strength of the sportsbook product itself will allow tribes to ultimately operate on their own. A high-performance sportsbook enables them to go out and compete with the FanDuels and DraftKings, while retaining full control of their brand, maintaining their (league) partnerships, and controlling the vision going forward. And the lion’s share of the revenues stays with that tribe. So—more risk, more reward.”
Tribes don’t need to compete from a marketing perspective, he adds, offering $2,000 sign-on bonuses just to build a database, like the big names in the space. “They can measure success in driving long-term sustainable revenues versus just saying, ‘We acquired a customer.’”
‘A Unified Voice’
To date, only six U.S. states have iGaming, while mobile sports betting has spread to 26 states and counting.As the rollout continues, expect mixed results depending on the market.
Meanwhile, California remains the holy grail for commercial operators. Last fall at G2E, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said Prop 27—the sports betting initiative supported by commercial sportsbooks and a handful of tribes— will be back, and “more than likely” will pass in 2024.
But maybe not—Prop 27 didn’t just fall short at the polls last November, it flamed out, rejected by more than 82 percent of voters (Prop 26, the tribal measure, lost by 67 percent, but the tribal coalition behind it was more intent on defeating 27 than passing 26). James Siva, chairman of the California Nations Indian Gaming Association and a member of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, slammed the commercial measure as “a massive explosion of gaming that (would) directly undercut tribal sovereignty and self-sufficiency.” Siva added that having online betting “dictated” to sovereign nations is “unacceptable.”
“Whether online gaming is three years down the line, five years down the line, if it’s 10 years down the line,” he said, “it needs to be a tribal decision.”
For that reason, Wyman says, tribes must “structure legislation so all the tribes support it; otherwise, they’ll have to fight about it every time it comes up. They need to do what they can, year in and year out, to make sure they control the conversation and speak with a unified voice when it comes to legislative matters, making sure they maintain exclusivity around online gambling of all forms, casino and sports.”
“A high-performance sportsbook enables tribes to compete with the FanDuels and DraftKings, and the lion’s share of the revenues stays with the tribe.”
—David Bretnitz, Senior Director of Sales, Kambi
Advancing Tribal Gaming Through Higher Education
A history of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at SDSU
By Dr. Kate SpildeThe Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming (SITG) was established in the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) at San Diego State University (SDSU) by the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in 2006 for two primary purposes.
First, the Sycuan Band created the SITG to assure quality educational opportunities on tribal government gaming and to support professional development for gaming employees who wanted a career in the thriving tribal gaming industry. At that time, Sycuan leadership was disturbed that there were a number of training courses around the country of dubious quality that were being presented by people unfamiliar with what differentiated tribal government gaming from other industry segments.
This lack of access to quality programs meant that employees of tribal gaming facilities were likely to have been trained in a “Las Vegas model” of casino operations and regulation or not trained at all. The Sycuan Band decided to take the lead in order to maintain a credible and professional presence for tribal government gaming, ultimately benefiting employees, customers and the industry as a whole.
Secondly, the Sycuan Band was interested in creating a research center that would focus on the social and economic impacts of the tribal gaming industry, including its effects on tribal and non-tribal communities, governments, employees and guests. By supporting the creation of a clearinghouse on independent academic research about tribal government gaming, the Sycuan Band committed to collaborating, funding and promoting the academic research produced and supported by the SITG.
The institute’s first public event was held in San Diego in April 2008, at the annual meeting of the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) to evaluate and honor the first 20 years of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA).
The SITG has pursued three mandates based upon feedback from that first event: 1) developing and offering the nation’s first four-year degree program (B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management) 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 individuals and communities.
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 United States.
The Sycuan Institute at Present
San Diego County is home to 17 federally recognized tribal governments and hosts 10 tribal gaming facilities with a range of amenities. Therefore, the SITG has a unique position in the contemporary gaming and educational environment. Because of our location, the SITG, through its relationship with the Sycuan Band, other local tribes and the tribal government gaming industry, has access to world-class tribal and casino staff, lawyers and lobbyists, marketing and public relations experts, gaming regulators, gaming commissioners and other experts.
This local pool of talent provides a wealth of knowledge from an experiential, rather than simply academic, perspective. The SITG’s relationship with SDSU, and its location in the HTM Program in particular, provides additional access to academic experts and industry leaders in
hospitality, cultural heritage tourism, event planning, food and beverage and hotel management, among others.
These connections have resulted in the building of a new field of academic research into tribal gaming. The SITG research agenda is always driven by tribal government and industry needs, input and collaboration. For example, tribal compact negotiations and legislative efforts require indepth analysis and description of the economic, social and cultural impacts of tribal gaming including investments in language revitalization, educational gains, repatriation and self representation in tribal museums, best practices in tribal responsible gaming, and employee engagement and retention, as well as tribal philanthropy and nation (re)building efforts generally.
The SITG has also created a new field of tribal casino operations research with deep dives into topics ranging from the return on free play investments, the impact of slot hold percentages and the effects of non-smoking constraints on tribal gaming revenues. This research supports the industry but also supplements the course work in the academic program.
The five courses developed by the SITG cover a range of topics unique to tribal gaming, such as:
AMIND/HTM 370 Tribal Gaming: Cultural and Political Contexts
HTM 371 Tribal Gaming: Casino Operations Management
HTM 372 Tribal Gaming: Legal and Regulatory Issues
HTM 373 Tribal Gaming: Casino Marketing and Tribal Public Relations
HTM 381 Cross-Cultural Interpretations of Gambling Addiction
Certificate In Tribal Casino Operations Management Moves Online
After more than a decade of development and growth on our campus in San Diego, the SITG began offering fully online classes in tribal gaming during the pandemic shift to remote learning. This expansion of the program’s geography has resulted in creation of a separate SITG Certificate in Tribal Casino Operations Management, in addition to the bachelor of science degree program completed on campus.
The certificate program was developed in direct response to tribal gaming industry requests for access to higher education training in casino operations, marketing and regulation.
Partnership with the Online AIS Degree Completion Program
The pandemic move to remote learning revealed academic gaps across disciplines and geographies. At SDSU, the SITG has addressed these gaps by
partnering with the American Indian Studies Department and Global Studies to embed the Tribal Casino Operations Management Certificate into the new American Indian Studies Degree completion program offered fully online.
This new bachelor of arts in SDSU’s American Indian Studies major is a self-paced degree-completion program designed to be completed within 24 months. The use of an online modality facilitates program completion in two years or less and the number of units required will vary based on each students’ total units transferred into the program.
The program was designed specifically with tribal nations in mind since many tribal students have access to community and tribal college-level education but are unable to attend a university in a face-to-face capacity due to location and distance. In many parts of Indian Country, geographic isolation inhibits student’s ability to earn a bachelor’s degree and earn a respective bachelor’s level income.
Extending Tribal Education Partnerships into Indian Country
In order to extend the reach of the certificate program developed by the SITG into Indian Country, the Sycuan Band and the SITG created our first memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Red Lake Nation College (RLNC)
in Minnesota. The goals of this affiliation are to provide a combination of breadth, depth and quality of curriculum, experience and purpose that neither institution could achieve on its own, and to expand opportunities for students in both regions and at both institutions.
This partnership was forged through a combination of tribal leadership, academic partners and industry executives, including Sycuan Tribal Chairman Cody Martinez, RLNC President Dan King, Red Lake Nation Gaming CEO Angela Dauphinais, SITG Endowed Chair Kate Spilde and AIS Chair David Kamper. The timing of the launch was symbolic since the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay celebrated the inauguration of their new tribal council in San Diego on Saturday, January 28, and met with leaders of the Red Lake Nation and RLNC in their council chambers first thing Monday morning, January 30, to learn more about the ways this partnership can support both nations and all of Indian Country.
Signed on campus at SDSU later the same day, the MOU is intended to accomplish a number of concrete objectives. In the short term, faculty in AIS and the SITG will support the RLNC to facilitate student participation in the online AIS degree completion program at SDSU to include the Certificate in Tribal Casino Operations Management offered by the SITG.
In addition, the RLNC will work with AIS and SITG to determine tribal gaming education and training needs specific to Red Lake Gaming in order to
(l to r): Tami Niswander, CFO of RLNC; Nadine Bill, director of assessment and institutional effectiveness, RLNC; Mandy Schram, vice president of operations and academic affairs, RLNC; Dan King, president, RLNC and hereditary chief of Red Lake Nation, RLNC; David Kamper, chair and professor, American Indian studies, SDSU
assess whether current offerings are meeting industry, student and workforce development needs. We will also work together to provide exchange opportunities for students at each institution to visit and/or work at other tribal gaming properties to appreciate the diversity of tribal gaming facilities across Indian Country.
In the long term, our shared goal is to create a self-perpetuating pathway that allows for students graduating from RLNC to complete their B.A. at SDSU fully online while they are able to live and work in their chosen community. Ultimately, we plan to collect and distribute data about this successful education collaboration that can be mobilized for public consumption and in ongoing public policy debates related to tribal gaming education, research and improved gaming operations.
Future partnership exploration includes curriculum development in indigenous-focused education and food sovereignty that bridges Indian County community needs, indigenous foods and the tribal gaming industry in partnership with groups like the North American Indigenous Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) organization.
Conclusion
Leaders at tribal nations like Sycuan and Red Lake and educational institutions like SDSU and the RLNC are demonstrating that strategic partnerships like this one can improve business performance through strengthening gaming management resources. Affiliation also increases the depth and breadth of the academic research component of the gaming industry, including the SITG’s ability to fund independent research that addresses marketing, operations and regulation of current and future gaming opportunities across Indian Country.
Finally, this affiliation supports tribal students and communities by bridging the geographic divide between tribal nations and facilitating deep and enduring knowledge sharing and success.
Dr. Kate Spilde is a professor and endowed chair of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at San Diego State University. She has worked with tribal governments on economic development and gaming for more than 20 years and serves on the Board of Directors for the International Center for Responsible Gaming.
More Than OK Gaming In (and Outside) the Sooner State
By Chris IrwinOklahoma is home to one of the largest casino industries in the United States, with well over 100 tribal casinos located throughout the state. These casinos play a significant role in the state’s economy, supporting nearly 76,000 jobs and generating $1.69 billion in tax revenue and tribal revenue share payments to all levels of government, per the American Gaming Association’s 2022 State of the States report.
In this article, we will examine the current state of the casino industry in Oklahoma, the long history of Oklahoma gaming compacts and the future outlook for tribal gaming in Oklahoma and beyond.
Market Overview
The Oklahoma casino industry is a major contributor to the state’s economy, providing significant amounts of revenue, jobs and entertainment to the citizens of the state. The Sooner State is home to 142 casinos and gaming enterprises, making it one of the largest gaming markets in the United States. The industry started in the early 1990s when the state government passed a law allowing for the development of gaming facilities. This led to a surge in the number of casinos, which now range from large, resort-style casinos to smaller, local gaming centers.
The National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) reports annual revenues by region. Oklahoma is split between two separate regions—Oklahoma City and Tulsa—as seen in the map at right. Unfortunately, these two regions encompass three different states, bleeding north into Kansas and south into Texas.
By using deductive reasoning, we estimate that of the $6.2 billion of revenue generated by these two regions, approximately $5.5 billion was generated by Oklahoma in FY 2021. This is roughly a 45 percent increase over FY 2020, which is to be expected given pandemic-related impacts. Interestingly, this makes Oklahoma one of the top five largest gaming markets in the country, including both commercial and tribal states.
Several Oklahoma tribes have gotten into commercial gaming, with the Cherokee Nation purchasing the Gold Strike Casino Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi, and the Chickasaws owning Remington Park Racetrack in Oklahoma City
According to the FY 2022 annual report of the Oklahoma Gaming Compliance Unit (OGCU), “the State of Oklahoma collected over $191.5 million in tribal gaming exclusivity in fiscal year 2022… based on over $3.19 billion in Class III electronic games and non-house-banked card games.”
This represents an increase over the previous year of 18 percent, outpacing the commercial market growth rate of 14 percent. The NIGC report represents total gross gaming revenue (GGR), while the OGCU only identifies the revenues on which exclusivity fees are paid—Class III revenue. Therefore, the difference between the NIGC figure and the OGCU figure is the Class II revenue generated by the state.
Oklahoma is a unique gaming market with regards to the significant amount of Class II gaming machines compared to Class III. Historically, Class II machines have been utilized to backfill markets that have surpassed their allotment of Class III machines, or to offer a different style of machine to the gaming patron. In Oklahoma, tribes have used Class II machines to help reduce exclusivity fees paid to the state while maintaining a quality gaming product, a model that has not been as successful in other gaming markets around the country.
Like the rest of the country, Covid-19 impacted the Oklahoma gaming market to the tune of 16 percent. While not the largest impact seen across U.S. gaming markets, it was significant enough to create job loss and decrease critical funding for non-gaming businesses as well as services offered to tribal members. Larger Oklahoma tribes like the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations have been at the forefront of recovery and growth, and continue to invest heavily in their casino operations, build new facilities and expand existing ones.
These tribes have been successful in attracting new customers, increasing their market share and growing their revenue. The strong recovery in FY 2021 (32 percent) and FY 2022 (18 percent) indicates a resilient market and a trend that the Oklahoma market should continue to see moving forward.
The Compact Chronicle
Following the 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians and the 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act passed by Congress, a framework for regulating tribal gaming activities was installed in the form of a compact.
Compacts are government-to-government working agreements on issues of mutual interest. This could cover any topic from services, land use and taxes to the use of natural resources or, in this instance, gaming. A gaming compact is a legal agreement between a Native American tribe and a state government that allows the tribe to operate certain types of gambling activities on their tribal lands in the state. Tribal gaming compacts are required by federal law for Class III gaming, which includes slot machines, casino-style games, and certain types of parimutuel betting.
The first compact in Oklahoma was signed in 1992 with a more substantial statewide compact being enacted in 2004 by state legislature and voter approval. This included significant expansion of the types of Class III games being offered as well as an agreement from the tribes to pay a Class III exclusivity fee in exchange for the prohibition of non-tribal gaming in the state. That compact expired in 2019, but was extended for another 15 years following a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
Shortly following, the state and Governor Kevin Stitt negotiated new compacts with four tribes in a multifaceted effort to: 1) increase tax revenue to the state, which is used to support education; 2) bring Oklahoma more in line with what other states receive in exclusivity fees; and 3) allow some of the state’s smaller tribes to benefit from new and more lucrative casino locations.
Signed in the months after the majority of tribes in Oklahoma believed the Model Gaming Compact had automatically renewed, these compacts with the Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Comanche Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians and Kialegee Tribal Town were controversial from the beginning, and by 2021 the Oklahoma Supreme Court had ruled them illegal. With that decision, Oklahoma tribes have reverted back to the original compact that was extended for an additional 15 years, now set to expire December 31, 2034.
Commercial Expansion of Oklahoma Tribes
Historically, tribes with extra resources generated by casino revenues often have focused on diversification outside of gaming. According to a piece by Michael Soll and Jeff Hartmann published in last year’s edition of Tribal Government Gaming, “many had ownership positions in a variety of businesses, but investment capital was limited and risk was quite measured.” This has led tribes to look in a different direction, a direction they are much more familiar with—the gaming industry.
In recent years, tribes have recognized the value they bring to the industry after being such a vital part of it for so long. Most tribes have compacts that limit the number of casinos they are allowed to have or the number of machines they are able to operate. Further, in many cases, opening a neighboring casino would simply cannibalize existing revenue streams instead of creating new ones. The obvious next move? Redirect much of the investment money previously used for outside investment back into the gaming industry, and more specifically, into the commercial gaming market.
As mentioned in the same article by Soll and Hartmann, “the road to commercial gaming investment by tribes dates back more than 15 years, having gained momentum following the Mohegan Tribe’s entry to the Poconos market in 2005, followed closely by the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s acquisition of Hard Rock International in 2006.” The Mohegan and Seminole Tribes paved the way for what has become a much more common outlet for tribes across the country, and Oklahoma is no exception.
In the early 2000s, the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations entered the commercial market with the renovation of the Will Rogers Downs racetrack and casino in Claremore, Oklahoma, and the Remington Park racetrack and casino in Oklahoma City. Since then, the commercialization of Oklahoma
tribes had cooled off until recently.
In today’s U.S. gaming environment, new markets are relatively rare. Areas of the country that accept gaming already have legalized casinos, while the ones against it have made their stance clear, even going so far as to enact legislation to prevent it in some cases. Accordingly, tribes looking to enter the commercial gaming environment must either: 1) purchase an existing commercial operation; or 2) wait for existing markets to expand.
Acquisition has been a major driver over the past several years, most notably with the Poarch Brand of Creek Indians’ purchase of Sands Bethlehem and the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s purchase of the Mirage in Las Vegas. Earlier this year, the Cherokee Nation became Oklahoma’s first tribe to enter the fray, finalizing their purchase of the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi from MGM Resorts International. Chuck Garrett, president and CEO of Cherokee Nation Entertainment, told Business Wire, “This acquisition is a natural evolution for our company. Building our business outside of Oklahoma is a huge step that strengthens our ability to boost the Cherokee Nation economy while also building on our reputation of being a strong community partner and industry leader.”
Though less prevalent, expansion opportunities do occasionally emerge. After a long history of slot operations, Arkansas passed an amendment in 2018 to allow four full-scale casinos in the state. Its Pine Bluff license was awarded to Oklahoma’s Quapaw nation in 2019, marking the tribe’s first venture into commercial gaming.
“The Nation spent over five years working to bring a casino to the Jefferson County area, and to get the support of local government to make this happen made it all the better,” said Quapaw Nation Chairman Joseph Byrd. “The ability for tribes to leverage our level of expertise and grow into new markets is great for tribes as a whole.”
Aside from being awarded the license, Byrd also was extremely satisfied by the nation’s ability to open and operate a casino of this category during the middle of a pandemic: “When so many other businesses were failing, I am proud of our ability to move forward and open this casino.” The Arkansas facility generates nearly $150 million in GGR to support members of the nation.
While the Cherokee and Quapaw Nations are the only two Oklahoma tribes currently operating commercial gaming facilities outside of the state, they may not be the last. The Cherokee and Choctaw Nations both are vying for the final license in Arkansas, and the Osage Nation is exploring an opportunity to build a casino at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The Chickasaw Nation also has partnered with several other entities proposing a $3 billion casino resort in Coney Island, New York. These nations join other large tribes across the United States seeking diversification in the gaming sector versus outside of it, a trend we believe will continue into the foreseeable future.
Conclusion
The Oklahoma gaming market is as unique as any that exists in the country. It creates tens of thousands of jobs, millions of dollars of revenue to the state, and billions in economic impact to direct and indirect entities associated with the industry. It is also a market approaching severe saturation.
To move forward, the state and its tribes must adapt and find new ways to grow to create long-term sustainability for the industry. As we’ve examined, both show a willingness to do so, but how these moves evolve the industry locally and the tribes in the context of a national, and possibly international, gaming industry will be interesting to watch.
Over-Deliver on Expectations
The products and services that tribes offer at their resorts as amenities are wide-ranging and allow tribes to enhance their guests’ experience.
There needs to be a cost-benefit analysis to determine if adding cost to the property’s amenities will enhance the guest experience to meet the owner’s return requirements. Here are some ideas tribes should consider when discussing raising the bar of the amenities at their properties.
In-Room Amenities:
The products offered to guests in the hotel room offer flexibility and opportunities to curate a very localized experience. The best operators in the gaming industry provide guests with amenities that they cannot get elsewhere. If it is high quality bathroom soaps and lotions or locally produced minibar products, a tribe should ask, “What type of experience do we want our guests to have at our property?“ That first question will inform all other decisions. Some of the major categories that can be considered are:
Toiletries and Personal Care Items: This category is a must at every hotel, but the quality of the product and how it is displayed can vary greatly. This product category can be specifically developed for a tribe’s property, or a well-known branded product be used. As always, the cost of custom products must be weighed against the room rates and the competitive set of the tribe’s property.
Minibar Service: Most properties have a mini refrigerator at the very least, but when a guest is used to staying at a luxury resort there is an expectation of a well-stocked minibar. The snacks and drinks must be high quality, larger size, and give the guest a sense of locally sourced products.
Coffee Service: The type of coffee service and glassware in a guest room quickly communicates quality. A high-end coffee maker with glass coffee cups and options for various types of coffees communicates high quality, whereas a disposable cup with a generic coffee maker seems like an
afterthought. If the coffee service is going to appear to be an afterthought, it may be better to not have coffee machines in the room and instead offer it in the lobby.
Turndown and Maid Service: In the postpandemic environment, where labor is a consistent challenge, daily maid service and turndown service is an amenity that can make a strong impression on a guest. Daily maid service maintains the cleanliness of the property and turndown services equal a highend level of service. Walking into a room that is set up for a good night’s sleep is a service amenity that elevates the experience for the guest and differentiates the property from its competition.
Bedding, Robes, and Throw Blankets: We are working with tribes to help develop custom bedding programs with a menu of pillow options and custom linens in their effort to differentiate their property. The owners plan to promote this amenity to their guests as part of their resort wellness identity. High quality bedding and robes invite guests to experience a quality that they may not get at lower-rated properties.
Technology and Wi-Fi Service: A reliable WiFi signal is a necessity and integrating technology in a seamless way is a way to connect the guest to the various offerings, entertainment and amenities available at a tribe’s property. The current traveler is used to using their phones and other devices to connect and track their activities. With streaming services, being able to cast content from their own accounts is an amenity that will likely become more important as younger, digitally savvy travelers emerge as the larger traveling market.
Property-Level Amenities:
Fitness/Yoga/Spa: A fitness center is a bare minimum requirement for most hotels. The higher-end properties have an integrated fitness center and spa experience and may incorporate classes available for guests participation. Offering yoga, dance, athletic training or other wellness-related services is often a deciding factor for some travelers. A wellrun spa that offers different treatments grows the
By Carl Longopportunities for extending stays, and in turn growing revenue.
Coffee/Breakfast Service: Depending on the type of property a tribe owns, a morning breakfast may already be part of the amenity package. This is often a place where amenity creep occurs, and if a property is not careful the full benefit of this amenity can be diluted. In order to raise the quality level of this amenity, the options can be locally sourced and presented in a high-quality way.
If the property has a complimentary coffee service in the public areas, the cups and displays should reflect a high value to the guest through layout and interior design.
Concierge Services and Classes: The presence of a knowledgeable concierge service that can help guests maximize their enjoyment of their time at a tribe’s property is one of the most powerful ways to elevate a guest’s entire experience. Some properties also offer classes and events centered around the restaurants, venues or seasons. These may include cooking classes, guided tours or tickets to local shows and attractions.
Meeting Services and Technology: If a property has meeting facilities, having a meeting planner and technology that is easily used by multiple users is an amenity that will sell many events. The meeting planner service should be able to coordinate catering, internal setup and technology integration.
The decision to raise the bar with amenities opens the door for creatively identifying how to give guests something that they can’t get anywhere else. Tribal communities are uniquely positioned to do that, and can benefit greatly from that effort.
Carl Long, a Choctaw tribal member, is president of PMI-Tribal Services, the leading native-owned FF&E and OS&E procurement company. He is also senior vice president of Purchasing Management International and regularly speaks on topics related to global sourcing and procurement.
Guests expect quality when they stay at a property, but what can happen if you go over and above?
Achieving the Upper Hand
How to establish control in compact negotiations
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is revising its rules for review and approval (or disapproval) of tribal-state Class III compacts. The Rulemaking Announcement began with an extended review of tribal comments on a consultation draft. Comments on the public draft were due by March 1. The proposed rules would add guidelines and guardrails to existing DOI practice by publicly codifying current legal and administrative standards.
Currently, tribes wishing to conduct gaming under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) must negotiate a compact—allocating gaming regulatory responsibility—with the state, then submit that compact for DOI review. The Secretary has 45 days to approve or disapprove the compact. Without any action, the compact is “deemed approved,” meaning that it goes into effect upon publication— but only to the extent it is consistent with law.
Nearly 35 years after the 1988 enactment of IGRA, the tribal-state gaming compact process remains problematic. Early fights concerned the scope of gaming that states must negotiate. When the Supreme Court rejected the Seminole Tribe’s suit to enforce good-faith compact negotiations against the state of Florida, as barred by state sovereign immunity, states seized leverage. Some compacts incorporated provisions that infringed on other tribal sovereign rights, in violation of IGRA. Absent a congressional “Seminole fix” to restore negotiation obligations, the secretary must protect tribes against state overreach.
Illegal Provisions
After a long struggle to achieve a compact, tribes have sometimes accepted questionable concessions, such as impermissible state taxes, allocation of state jurisdiction and non-gaming subject matter, and have asked the secretary to take no action on the compact, allowing it to go into effect as “deemed approved.”
The strategy permitted a tribe to establish a relatively stable basis for Class III gaming, even when some provisions diminished tribal rights protected by IGRA. The proposed regulations contemplate that a guidance letter, issued after the
45-day period, may list all provisions in a “deemed approved” compact found to violate IGRA. Upon publication, the compact is fully effective only to the extent consistent with IGRA. Compacted gaming can begin, but illegal provisions (even if not listed in the guidance letter) remain subject to challenge in court.
Violation of IGRA – But Still Approved?
By law, the secretary may disapprove a compact only if it violates IGRA, any other federal law or the trust obligation of the United States, but disapproval is not required. Sometimes, the DOI affirmatively approves a compact containing illegal provisions. The proposed rules recite the secretary’s discretion to do so.
This practice has and will continue to engender confusion for tribes attempting to negotiate new compacts. For example, in 2012, the DOI rejected a compact that would have governed Mashpee Wampanoag gaming in Massachusetts, detailing a number of violations, including attempts to regulate Class II gaming. But in 2021, the secretary affirmatively approved Arizona compacts that specifically limit tribes’ authority to conduct Class II games, perpetuating earlier compact provisions that included Class II positions in the number of maximum gaming positions permissible.
The proposed guidelines include regulation of Class II gaming in a list of activities that are considered evidence of a violation of IGRA, but this list will be only as helpful as the secretary’s willingness to enforce it.
Revenue Share
The regulations discuss “great scrutiny” of revenue sharing provisions to determine if any amounts in excess of regulatory fees are impermissible taxes, with specific reference to whether the state has provided substantial economic benefits to justify revenue sharing. Revenue sharing provisions have been perennially controversial since they were first approved nearly 30 years ago.
The Rincon Tribe successfully established, in 2010, that California offered inadequate consideration for significant revenue share demands in a
By Judy Shapirocompact amendment. By regulation, such a demand is “evidence of a violation of IGRA” and a basis to demonstrate in court that the state has not negotiated in good faith. Because California had earlier waived its sovereign immunity, Rincon could secure a remedy.
Protecting 21st Century Gaming Expansion
Competition for sports betting is fierce and litigious. The proposed regulations acknowledge tribes’ right to negotiate the conduct of statewide remote wagering or iGaming, provided that either state law or the compact establishes that the wagering take place at a server located on Indian lands, that the tribe regulates the gaming, and the player is not located on another tribe’s Indian lands. Whether approved or “deemed approved,” compacts may still be challenged. In Florida, third-party competitors are seeking to invalidate sports betting provisions of the “deemed approved” 2021 compact for the Seminole Tribe. More recently, in Washington state, a card room seeks to invalidate sports betting provisions by claiming that tribal exclusivity violates Equal Protection.
Each case challenges the DOI directly and leaves out the compacting parties, while the impacted tribes have intervened as the “real party in interest” for the limited purpose of interposing their own sovereign immunity to defeat the challenge, preventing a court from considering the complaint at all. Decades after state sovereign immunity barred tribes from compelling compact negotiation, tribes are deploying their sovereign immunity to protect hard-won compact terms. A variant on the long-sought “Seminole fix.”
While they stop short of a “Seminole fix,” the proposed regulations announce standards to enhance protection of tribal compact rights. It remains to be seen how they will be applied and enforced.
Judy Shapiro is a strategic partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Big Fire Law & Policy. She can be reached via email at jshapiro@Bigfirelaw.com or at 202-257-6436.
Tribes and Tech
By FrankThe gaming industry has always had its technological pioneers— many, like the predecessors to Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts International, have forged new practices that are now standard in the casino business.
But more often than not, first adopters of industry-changing technology are found in Indian Country. Indeed, the very fact of a Class II gaming product that is barely indistinguishable from its Class III cousin is testament to tribal dedication to developing technology—in that case led by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which worked with vendors and won legal battles to develop what is now standard in Indian casinos.
“The Seminoles started with Class II, working with (Reno supplier) Sierra Design Group,” recalls Knute Knudson, vice president of Native American development for slot supplier IGT. “Those products were developed through interpretations of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), and the use of effective technology really became prominent. Now, even internationally, people refer to Class II. It is uniquely tribal in its legal interpretation, but now it’s used as a product for all segments of the industry.”
He adds that Class II technology led to the development of central determinant systems such as those now used in Washington state and New York.
Knudson has been involved in Indian gaming since its start in the early 1990s, when he was vice president of Sodak Gaming, a major supplier to gaming tribes. He says as Indian gaming matured, mastering new technologies was a necessity in overcoming a number of regulatory challenges and achieving success—which, in turn, has strengthened tribal sovereignty.
Over his long career at IGT—which led to his 2021 induction into the American Gaming Association’s Hall of Fame—Knudson has had a ringside seat as new technologies have been pioneered by tribal casinos. He offers ticket-in/ticket-out (TITO) as an example. A tribal casino, the Oneidas’ Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York, proved as early as the 1990s that a slot floor could be run without coins. The Oneidas’ deposit/carded-play system for years stood as a model of cashless casino operations.
It was no surprise, says Knudson, that when cash-out tickets were first deployed in a cash-in/ticket-out setup (to be followed by IGT’s EZ
Native American casinos have historically been at the forefront of deploying new technology
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“This tribal innovation has been driven by tribal government’s desire for economic self-sufficiency, and by the lack of preconceived thoughts on what worked in the past in traditional gaming.”
—Knute Knudson, Vice President of Native American Development, IGT
Pay ticket-in/ticket-out system), it was the tribal casino market where it occurred. “The first time I ever saw a cash-out ticket was in tribal casinos,” Knudson says. “I saw it in Southern California, I saw it in Oklahoma, I saw it in Florida. And it obviously changed the manner in which casino floors are managed.”
Electronic table games (ETGs) are another product area that matured in the tribal casino market, in states such as Arizona, Minnesota and others that initially prohibited live table games. Tribal casinos were among the first to host ETGs, in the early days utilizing video of dealers that were the precursors to today’s live-dealer ETGs.
“From the start of Indian gaming to the present, tribal governments have been leaders in the use of gaming technology,” says Knudson. “This tribal innovation has been driven by tribal government’s desire for economic self-sufficiency, and by the lack of preconceived thoughts on what worked in the past in traditional gaming.”
Buddy Frank, the longtime slot executive who last month was inducted into the EKG Slot Awards Hall of Fame, agrees that tribal casinos have always been among the first adopters of new technology. After establishing himself as a slot executive in Northern Nevada, Frank capped his career in Indian Country in California, first with Viejas Casino and finally as vice president of slot operations at Pechanga Resort & Casino.
Frank says his time at Pechanga brought many pioneering innovations, beginning with the move to electronic communication among the slots on the floor—from serial cable to Cat 5, Cat 6 and ultimately Ethernet highspeed transmission between slot machines. “That opened the door to everything else, from the video screens you see on machines today to the live bonusing and electronic tournaments,” he says.
These days, tribes are more likely to be pioneers in adopting business intelligence, data visualization and the use of artificial intelligence in host programs. There again, says Frank, Indian casinos such as Pechanga led the way. “Pechanga was a leader in first working with EMC and then Dell to build the hardware necessary to have a good artificial intelligence environment,” he says, “and then hiring people skilled in data warehousing and data analytics.”
Quick and Agile
There are any number of inherent reasons tribes have embraced new technologies. “I think it’s a mixed answer, to be honest,” says Victor Newsom, senior vice president, product management and payment solutions for Everi
Holdings. “In some cases what we’ve seen is for specific initiatives, they are better positioned to be more agile. If there’s a tribal initiative, and the council is supportive and working with appropriately qualified partners, yes, they tend to move faster.”
That speed increases once a new technology catches on, he adds. “If in a market where you have many competitive properties, such as Southern California, when you start to see something catch on with patrons, then there’s a fast-follower mindset that takes over, and I absolutely will see it move much more quickly across the regions.”
Knudson says the absence of a large corporate structure, in which there is a quarterly drive to produce results for shareholders, also helps tribes move quickly to new technologies. “It’s much easier for them to make decisions,” he says. “At IGT, we’re in every market in the world, and we’re in regulated gaming segments—the scale of everything is quite large. With that, we inherently have more process when implementing new ideas.
“Tribes, on the other hand, in many instances have been through the battles to get where they are today, and had to be innovative and may be more agile when it comes to new ideas.”
When cash-out tickets were first deployed in a cashin/ticket-out setup (to be followed by IGT’s EZ Pay ticket-in/ticket-out system), it was the tribal casino market where it occurred
“Tribal casinos have always been innovative, and among the very diverse tribal nations, I see real innovation leaders.”
—Andrew Cardno, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Quick Custom Intelligence
“The tribes have always been quick to move into new technology, and adopt early. On the commercial side, they’re needing to make sure that the shareholders are seeing immediate share value, immediate gains in value. And on the tribal side, the shareholders are the tribal members, and they’re looking at generations forward. So how are we making sure that the investments we are making today are going to prepare and set up the organization for the long term, not just for the immediate return?”
—Steve Neely, General Manager, Rolling HillsFrank says the other factor that has placed tribes at the forefront of technology is the use of private testing labs like Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), BMM Testlabs and Eclipse Compliance Testing to certify new equipment, getting new products to casino floors ahead of many staterun labs.
“Almost every tribe subscribed to (the private labs),” Frank says. “Everybody says the Nevada lab was the model and the best, and they’re very good. And then Atlantic City came along and did their own, and they were decent. But GLI got input from everybody. Plus, as opposed to being government, they were for-profit and therefore they attracted better talent... Tribes got ahead of commercial casinos in technology, and some of it was really beneficial.”
But most of all, leaders of tribal casinos have been very open to new ideas, says Andrew Cardno, co-founder and chief technology officer of business software supplier Quick Custom Intelligence (QCI). “Tribal casinos have always been innovative, and among the very diverse tribal nations, I see real innovation leaders,” Cardno says. “Certainly for QCI, the tribal business partners have been right at the front of our business all the way through and are definitely willing to jump in, be great business partners and to innovate with us.”
Hot New Tech
Tribal leadership as first adopters of new technology has continued to manifest itself in today’s fast-moving tech environment, as operators across the industry examine alternatives to cash in the form of digital wallets and other new payment solutions. Business intelligence for marketing purposes has been another huge growth area, as efficient data collection solutions merge with artificial intelligence to create new efficiencies for player development executives in casinos.
John Fernandez, director of player development at California’s Morongo Casino, is one tribal operator known as an early adopter of new technologies—like the QCI Host module, which has streamlined the casino’s player development efforts.
“I’ve got a pretty good-size VIP services team, and it’s a very data-driven sales team,” Fernandez says. “But I know that most of the time, not all hosts are willing to accept the technology because they’re salespeople first, and they’re not analysts. I don’t want to turn my team into a group of analysts. They need to be salespeople first.”
The business intelligence software, in this respect, has simplified the process of utilizing data. “They like the QCI product because it tells them things like, ‘I haven’t talked to Frank in two months. It’s time to.’ And it will send them an email that Frank is here playing and, and it gives you where he is (in the casino). You’re able to go out there and see your customer right away.”
The system also provides actionable alerts in direct response to realtime play. “Without a tool like that, we have over 4,000 machines out there,” says Fernandez. “In the old days, the host would just walk around. How do you figure out who’s playing, and what they’re doing? This tool gives you all that. It tells me one of my hosts has a customer that has played 15 hours and is down $37,000 right now. A host can go out and talk to that player, and intervene (with a comp or a bonus).
“And here’s an unhosted guy that’s played seven hours and is losing $10,400. Either my host or my VIP agents, who are in the VIP lounge, will see that and assign a task to the host to run out there.”
One of the hottest new technologies these days can be found in the Acres Foundation system, which not only provides a gateway for cashless play through a digital wallet, but can draw real-time data from every slot machine on the floor, alerting marketers in real time for any number of interventions to keep the best players playing, while ensuring that they return again and again.
While some major commercial casino operators like Penn Entertainment are spreading the footprint of the Acres Foundation system, there are plenty of first adopters of the technology in Indian Country as well. One of the most recent adopters is the Rolling Hills Casino and Resort in Corning, California.
“Over the last several years, we’ve really put an emphasis on trying to leverage every ounce of technology we can get to make us better and make us more efficient,” says Steve Neely, general manager of Rolling Hills. “Acres really personifies that. What’s available today is really just the tip of the iceberg for what Acres will be able to offer us as this evolves. Foundation really does represent an ever-evolving solution to a wide array of challenges we have at the operations level.”
Neely says Rolling Hills is in the pre-installation phase, and in the coming months will begin installing Acres hardware on its 840 slot machines.
“A number of marketing benefits are in front of us,” he says. “Imag-
ine you have a high-value player whose actual loss is trending so far away from their theoretical loss that they’re just getting crushed, and they’re going to be upset. They’re having a bad day. All of a sudden, something pops up on the screen of the slot machine and tells them to push this button to reveal your bonus, and suddenly, it’s enough to keep them interested... We don’t want our players to leave having had a bad experience.”
Another tribe known to embrace new technology is Minnesota’s Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Robert Sawyer has worked with the tribe’s casino operations, Grand Casino Mille Lacs and Grand Casino Hinckley, for some 25 years. Late in 2021, when he was vice president of gaming at Grand Casino Mille Lacs, Sawyer was tapped as chief operating officer of a new Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures division called SlotCo.
SlotCo acquires slot machines for casinos from major suppliers, but also helps the Mille Lacs and other tribes get the most of all new technology arriving on the floor—including a source of capital for new technology purchases and property improvements. SlotCo also brings state-of-the-art analytics and data networking to help customers better understand patron behavior.
“SlotCo had been a development idea that came from the notion that there are early adopters of technology in the tribal world, and there are some that are maybe a little more challenged,” Sawyer explains. “Our CEO (Joe Nayquonabe) and a few others of us felt that was bad for the industry—there would be young people that would go in for their first casino experience, where they may not see brand new slot machines. They’re seeing equipment that’s 20, 30 years old on floors, and how do we change that? How do we help?
“What can we do to help, maybe bring some of that new innovation and that new technology to those more rural tribes? We came up with a model that helps do that while delivering measurable revenue growth.”
“The tribes have always been quick to move into new technology, and adopt early,” says Rolling Hills’ Neely. “On the commercial side, they’re needing to make sure that the shareholders are seeing immediate share value, immediate gains in value. And on the tribal side, the shareholders are the tribal members, and they’re looking at generations forward. So how are we making sure that the investments we are making today are going to prepare and set up the organization for the long term, not just for the immediate return?”
In the end, the early appearance of groundbreaking technology in Indian Country may come down to the structure of tribal gaming organizations. “For decision-making, there’s no giant corporate board worrying about stockholders’ profits,” comments Frank. “And that makes a difference. Moreover, one thing you would think would slow them down but doesn’t is that most tribes have a long-term view.
They’re not worried about this quarter’s report. They’re worried almost about generational wealth, generational profit. It gives them the feeling that they can try stuff and move ahead. Think agile.”
“Tribal country has seen a lot of growth, and that growth is driving diversification in all the locations,” says QCI’s Cardno.
“I feel privileged and honored, and proud of how we’re able to work with tribal nations. It’s been one of my great pleasures to learn about tribal nations, and to help with economic growth and be a part of that.”
“What can we do to help, maybe bring some of that new innovation and that new technology to those more rural tribes? We came up with a model that helps do that while delivering measurable revenue growth.”
—Robert Sawyer, Chief Operating Officer, SlotCo
NO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES/FIRST NATIONS
STATES AND PROVINCES WITH EXISTING CLASS III & TRIBAL GAMING
STATES WITH TRIBAL PRESENCE. SOME WITH VARIOUS FORMS OF CLASS II GAMING
NO TRIBAL GAMING PERMITTED
Tribal Government Gaming
2023 Directory
ALABAMA
Class II
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
WIND CREEK CASINO
WETUMPKA
100 River Oaks Dr.
Wetumpka, AL 36092-3084
Phone: 334-514-0469
Toll Free: 866-946-3360
www.windcreekwetumpka.com
Casino size: 85,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 2,500
EVP & GM: Kay Simmons
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
WIND CREEK CASINO
MONTGOMERY
1801 Eddie L.Tullis Dr.
Montgomery, AL 36117
Phone: 334-273-9003
Toll Free: 866-946-3360
www.windcreek.com/montgomery
Casino size: 65,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 2,200
GM: Jake Carlton
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
WIND CREEK CASINO ATMORE
303 Poarch Rd.
Atmore, AL 36502
Phone: 251-368-8007
Toll Free: 866-946-3360
www.windcreek.com/atmore
Casino size: 57,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 1,700
GM: Tim Ramer
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
www.qttribe.org
Pull Tab Machines: 10
GM: Carmen Holnberg
Klawock Cooperative Association
KLAWOCK IRA SMOKE SHOP
310 Bayview Blvd.
Klawock, AK 99925
Phone: 907-755-4807
Bingo: 60 seats
Manager: Keri Clark
Metlakatla Indian Community
MIC Gaming Hall
8th and Waterfront
Metlakatla, AK 99926-0008
Phone: 907-886-4266
www.metlakatla.com
Casino size: 6,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines 90
Bingo: 120 seats
GM: Joni Hudson
The following is a list of tribal gaming facilities in the United States and Canada. For a full list of all the tribal casinos of any size in the U.S. and Canada, visit TribalGovernmentGaming.com.
Native Village of Barrow
Tribal Government
NATIVE VILLAGE OF BARROW PULL TABS
1082 Kiogak Street
Barrow, AK 99723-1149
Phone: 907-852-4411
Toll Free: 800-478-4412
https://nvb-nsn.gov/department/gaming
Casino size: 550 sq. ft.
Ground Director: Jennifer Okakok
Sitka Tribe of Alaska
SITKA TRIBAL BINGO
235 Katlian St. Sitka, AK 99835
Phone: 907-747-3207
www.sitkatribe.org
Bingo: 100 seats
GM: Sarah Smith
Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak
SUN’AQ TRIBAL BINGO
312 West Marine Way
Kodiak, AK 99615
Phone: 907-486-6735
https://sunaq.org/bingo/
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Doreen Anderson
Tlingit and Haida Indians of CBJ
JUNEAU TLINGIT AND HAIDA
INDIANS COMMUNITY BINGO
3235 Hospital Dr. Juneau, AK 99801
Phone: 907-463-5680
www.ccthita.org/government/ delegates/chapters/juneaucommunity.html
Bingo: 312 seats
Pull Tabs Available during Bingo Sessions
Bingo Manager: Stacey Bjerkeset
ARIZONA Class II & III
San Carlos Apache Tribe
APACHE GOLD 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
www.apache-gold-casino.com
Casino size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Apache Gold Best Western Hotel (146 rooms)
Slots: 482
Table Games: 3
Bingo: 200 seats
GM: 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
www.bluewaterfun.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Bluewater Resort (200 rooms)
Slots: 532
Bingo: 400 seats
Acting GM: Benjamin Williams
Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe
BUCKY’S CASINO
1500 East Highway 69, Building B
Prescott, AZ 86301-5640
Phone: 928-776-5695
Toll Free: 800-756-8744
www.buckyscasino.com
Casino size: 24,000 sq. ft.
Prescott Resort (160 rooms)
Slots: 321
Poker Tables: 8
Bingo: 150 seats
Table Games: 7
GM: David Sikes
Salt River Pima–Maricopa
Indian Community
CASINO ARIZONA
524 N. 92nd St.
Scottsdale, AZ 85256-5402
Phone: 480-850-7777
Toll Free: 877-724-4687
www.casinoarizona.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 898
Bingo: 1,000 Seats
CEO: John Dinius
GM: Trenni Martinez
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
CASINO DEL SOL
5655 W. Valencia Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85746
Phone: 520-838-6506
Toll Free: 800-344-9435
www.casinodelsol.com
Casino size: 160,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 997
Table Games: 18
Poker Tables: 20
Bingo: 600 seats
CEO: Kimberly Van Amburg
Pascua Yaqui Tribe
CASINO OF THE SUN
7406 S. Camino de Oeste Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85746-9308
Phone: 520-883-1700
Toll Free: 800-344-9435
www.casinodelsol.com/casino-
sun
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,300
Table Games: 22
CEO: Kimberly Van Amburg
Yavapai-Apache Nation
CLIFF CASTLE CASINO HOTEL
555 Middle Verde Rd.
Camp Verde, AZ 86322
Phone: 928-567-7900
Toll Free: 800-381-7568
www.cliffcastlecasinohotel.com
The Lodge at Cliff Castle (202 rooms)
Casino size: 114,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 650
Poker Tables: 6
Table Games: 7
GM: Rojelio Rubio
Cocopah Tribe
COCOPAH CASINO RESORT
15138 S. Avenue B
Somerton, AZ 85350-7648
Phone: 928-726-8066
Toll Free: 800-237-5687
www.cocopahresort.com
Casino size: 24,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 512
Bingo: 350 seats
Table Games: 8
GM: Sheila Howe-Knapp
Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT—SAHUARITA
1100 West Pima Mine Rd.
Sahuarita, AZ 85629-9624
Phone: 520-294-7777
Toll Free: 866-332-9467
www.ddcaz.com/sahuarita
Casino size: 185,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 563
Table Games: 6
Poker Tables: 2
GM: Daniele Chilton
Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT—TUCSON
7350 S Nogales Hwy.
Tucson, AZ 85634
Mailing: PO Box 22230
Tucson, AZ 85734-2230
Phone: 520-294-7777
Toll Free: 866-332-9467
www.ddcaz.com/tucson
Casino size: 55,000 sq. ft.
Lodging (148 rooms)
Slots: 1,016
Table Games: 19
Poker Tables: 13
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Henry Childs
Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT—WHY
Highway 86 Mile Post 55
Why, AZ 85321
Mailing: PO Box 22230
Tucson, Arizona 85734
Phone: 520-294-7777
www.ddcaz.com/why
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 58
OM: Victorina Patel
Tohono O’odham Nation
DESERT DIAMOND
CASINO & ENTERTAINMENT—
WEST VALLEY 9341 West Northern Ave.
Glendale, AZ 85305
Phone: 623-877-7777
www.ddcaz.com/west-valley
Casino size: 75,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,089
Table Games: 52
GM: Joseph Delgado
Ak-Chin Indian Community
HARRAH’S AK-CHIN
HOTEL & CASINO 15406 N Maricopa Rd.
Maricopa, AZ 85239
Phone: 480-802-5000
Toll Free: 800-427-7247
https://www.caesars.com/har-
rahs-ak-chin
Casino size: 65,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,150
Table Games: 30
Poker Tables: 15
Bingo: 470 seats
SVP & GM: Michael Kintner
White Mountain Apache
HON-DAH RESORT CASINO
Gila River Indian Community
LONE BUTTE CASINO
1077 S. Kyrene Rd.
Chandler, AZ 85226
Phone: 520-796-7777
Toll Free: 800-946-4452
https://playatgila.com/gaming/l
one-butte/
Casino size: 120,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 828
Table Games: 17
Poker Tables: 7
Bingo: 750 seats
GM: Denise Pfaff
Tonto Apache Tribe
MAZATZAL HOTEL & 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
http://www.mazatzalcasino.com/
Casino size: 123,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 378
Table Games: 6
GM: Hubert Nanty
Quechan Indian Tribe
PARADISE CASINO ARIZONA
450 Quechan Drive
Yuma, AZ 85366
Phone: 760-572-7777
Toll Free: 888-777-4946
www.paradise-casinos.com
Casino size: 11,613 sq. ft.
Slots: 480
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Charles Montague
Fort Mojave Tribe
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CASINO
MOHAVE VALLEY
8555 S. Hwy. 95
Mohave Valley, AZ 86440-9309
Phone: 928-346-2000
Toll Free: 888-837-4030
https://runtothemountain.com
Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 250
GM: Jack Medrano
Salt River Pima–Maricopa
Indian Community
TALKING STICK RESORT AND CASINO
Navajo Nation
TWIN ARROWS NAVAJO
CASINO RESORT
22181 Resort Blvd.
Flagstaff, AZ 86004
Toll Free: 855-946-8946
www.twinarrows.com
Casino size: 36,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,097
Table Games: 10
Bingo: 100 seats
GM: Bryce Warren
Gila River Indian Community
VEE QUIVA HOTEL AND CASINO
15091 South Komatke Lane
Laveen, AZ 85339
Phone: 520-796-7777
Toll Free: 800-946-4452
https://playatgila.com/resorts/v
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Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 921
Table Games: 22
Poker Tables: 22
Bingo: 366 seats
GM: Myron Sundust
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
WE-KO-PA CASINO RESORT
10438 WeKoPa Way
Fort McDowell, AZ 85264
Mailing: PO Box 18359
Fountain Hills, AZ 85264
Phone: 480-789-5300
Toll Free: 855-957-9467
www.wekopacasinoresort.com
Casino size: 166,341 sq. ft.
Radisson Hotel (246 Rooms)
Slots: 850
Table Games: 22
Bingo: 650 seats
GM: Aaron Moss
Gila River Indian Community
WILD HORSE PASS
HOTEL & CASINO
5040 Wild Horse Pass Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85226
Phone: 520-796-7777
Toll Free: 800-946-4452
www.playatgila.com/gaming/wild-
horse-pass
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Wild Horse Pass Hotel (242 rooms)
Slots: 1,000
Poker Tables: 24
Table Games: 24
GM: Scott O’Gorman
Yavapai—Prescott Indian Tribe
YAVAPAI CASINO PRESACOTT
1505 E. Hwy. 69
Prescott, AZ 86301-5641
CALIFORNIA
Class II & III
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
AGUA CALIENTE
CATHEDRAL CITY
68960 East Palm Canyon Drive
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Toll Free: 888-999-1995
www.aguacalientecasinos.com/pr operties/cathedral-city/
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 530
Table Games: 8
SVP & GM: Michael Facenda
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
AGUA CALIENTE PALM SPRINGS
777 Hwy. 260
Pinetop, AZ 85935
Phone: 928-369-0299
Toll Free: 800-929-8744
www.hon-dah.com
Casino size: 18,600 sq. ft.
Hon-Dah Hotel (128 rooms)
Slots: 829
Table Games: 2
Poker Tables: 4
GM: Brent Kurth
9800 E. Indian Bend Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85256
Phone: 480-850-7777
Toll Free: 877-724-4687
www.talkingstickresort.com
Casino size: 140,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 765
Poker Tables: 49
Table Games: 49
CEO: John Dinius
GM: Trenni Martinez
Phone: 928-445-5767
Toll Free: 800-756-8744
www.buckyscasino.com
Casino size: 6,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 245
GM: David Sikes
401 East Amado Rd. Palm Springs, CA 92262-6403
Toll Free: 888-999-1995
www.aguacalientecasinos.com/pr
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Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 898
Table Games: 22
SVP & GM: Kato Moy
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
AGUA CALIENTE RESORT SPA
32-250 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270-2704
Phone: 760-321-2000
Toll Free: 866-999-1995
www.aguacalientecasinos.com/pr
operties/rancho-mirage/
Casino size: 130,000 sq. ft.
Agua Caliente Resort (340 rooms)
Slots: 1,450
Poker Tables: 10
Table Games: 48
SVP & GM: Kato Moy
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
AUGUSTINE CASINO
84-001 Ave. 54
Coachella, CA 92236-9780
Phone: 760-391-9500
Toll Free: 888-PLAY2WIN
www.augustinecasino.com
Casino size: 42,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 737
CEO: Jef Bauer
Barona Band of Mission Indians
BARONA RESORT & CASINO
1932 Wildcat Canyon Rd. Lakeside, CA 92040-1546
Phone: 619-443-2300
Toll Free: 888-7-BARONA (7227662)
www.barona.com
Casino size: 310,000 sq. ft.
Barona Valley Ranch Resort (400 rooms)
Slots: 2,540
Poker Tables: 15
Table Games: 112
GM: Rick Salinas
Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria
BEAR RIVER CASINO RESORT
11 Bear Paws Way
Loleta, CA 95551
Phone: 707-733-9664
Toll Free: 800-761-2327
www.bearrivercasino.com
Casino size: 13,056 sq. ft.
Bear River Resort (104 rooms)
Slots: 369
Poker Tables: 5
Table Games: 16
GM: Joe Claus
Tuolumne Me-Wuk Tribe
BLACK OAK CASINO RESORT
19400 Tuolumne Rd. N
Tuolumne, CA 95379-9724
Phone: 209-928-9300
Toll Free: 877-747-8777
www.blackoakcasino.com
Casino Size: 65,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,074
Table Games: 22
GM: Lynn Baxter
Blue Lake Rancheria
BLUE LAKE CASINO & HOTEL
777 Casino Way
Blue Lake, CA 95525
Phone: 707-668-9770
Toll Free: 877-252-2946
www.bluelakecasino.com
Casino size: 44,504 sq. ft.
Blue Lake Hotel (102 rooms)
Slots: 611
Poker Tables: 5
Table Games: 11
GM: Jace Baldosser
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
www.cachecreek.com
Casino size: 94,505 sq. ft.
Cache Creek Resort (200 rooms)
Slots: 2,900
Poker Tables: 10
Table Games: 120
GM: Kari Stout-Smith
Cahuilla Band of Mission Indians
CAHUILLA CASINO
52702 Hwy. 371
Anza, CA 92539
Phone: 951-763-1200
www.cahuillacasinohotel.com
Casino size: 14,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 335
GM: John Straus
Morongo Band of Mission Indians
CANYON LANES AT MORONGO
49750 Seminole Dr.
Cabazon, CA 92230-2200
Phone: 888-667-6646
www.morongocasinoresort.com/c
asinomorongo
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 300
Bingo: 400 seats
Dir of Bingo: Barry Connolly
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Morongo Band of Mission Indians
CASINO MORONGO
49500 Seminole Dr
Cabazon, CA 92230
Toll Free: 800-252-4489
www.morongocasino.com
Casino size: 148,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 150
COO: Richard St. Jean
Pauma Band of Mission Indians
CASINO PAUMA
777 Pauma Reservation Rd.
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Phone: 760-742-2177
Toll Free: 877-687-2862
www.casinopauma.com
Casino size: 42,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,039
Poker Tables: 5
Table Games: 18
GM: Jim Thomason
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
www.chickenranchcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 349
Bingo: 400 seats
CFO: Dirk Whitebreast
Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians
CHUKCHANSI GOLD
RESORT & CASINO
711 Lucky Lane
Coarsegold, CA 93614
Phone: 559-692-5200
Toll Free: 1-866-794-6946
Casino size: 56,000 sq. ft.
Chukchansi Gold Resort (400 rooms); Serenity Springs Spa
Slots: 1,800
Table Games: 36
GM: Bryant J. Martin
Tribal Chairwoman: Claudia Gonzales
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians
CHUMASH CASINO RESORT
3400 E. Hwy. 246
Santa Ynez, CA 93460-9405
Mailing: PO Box 607
Santa Ynez, CA 93460
Phone: 805-686-0855
Toll Free: 800-248-6274
www.chumashcasino.com
Casino size: 115,000 sq. ft.
Chumash Casino Resort Hotel
(320 rooms)
Slots: 2,484
Poker Tables: 12
Table Games: 49
Bingo 1,000 seats
Chief Operating Officer: Bill Peters
Colusa Indian Community
COLUSA CASINO RESORT
3770 Hwy. 45
Colusa, CA 95932-1267
Phone: 530-458-8844
Toll Free: 800-655-8946
www.colusacasino.com
Colusa Casino Hotel (55 rooms)
Casino size: 66,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,085
Table Games: 12
Bingo: 700 seats
GM: Victor Fernandez
Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians
COYOTE VALLEY CASINO
77 Coyote Valley Boulevard
Redwood Valley, CA 95470-9663
Phone: 707-485-0700
Toll Free: 800-332-9683
www.coyotevalleycasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft. Slots: 399
Tables Games: 12
GM: Marc Bilodeau
Alturas Rancheria
DESERT ROSE CASINO
901 County Rd. 56
Alturas, CA 96101
Phone: 530-233-3141
https://www.facebook.com/DesertRoseCasino
Casino size: 6,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 128
GM: Shawn Normington
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Susanville Indian Rancheria
DIAMOND MOUNTAIN CASINO
HOTEL & BREWERY
900 Skyline Dr.
Susanville, CA 96130
Phone: 530-252-1100
Toll Free: 877-319-8514
www.dmcah.com
Casino size: 26,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 162
Table Games: 3
Bing: 60 seats
GM: Radley Shipes
Tule River Indian Tribe
EAGLE MOUNTAIN CASINO
681 S Tule Rd.
Porterville, CA 93257
Phone: 559-788-6220
Toll Free: 800-903-3353
www.eaglemtncasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,200
Table Games: 11
GM: Matthew Mingrone
Elk Valley Rancheria
ELK VALLEY CASINO
2021 Elk Ranch Rd.
Crescent City, CA 95531-9241
Phone: 707-464-1020
Toll Free: 888-574-2744
www.elkvalleycasino.com
Casino size: 23,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 300
Table Games: 9
Bingo: 250 seats
GM: Matthew Dodd
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
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
www.featherfallscasino.com
Casino size: 118,112 sq. ft.
Slots: 850
Table Games: 19
GM: Ed Gilbert
Manchester Band of Pomo Indians
GARCIA RIVER CASINO
22215 Windy Hollow Rd.
Point Arena, CA 95468
Phone: 707-467-5300
www.thegaciarivercasino.com
Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 130
GM: Stanley Spencer
Berry Creek Rancheria of the Tyme-Maidu Tribe
GOLD COUNTRY CASINO
4020 Olive Hwy.
Oroville, CA 95966-5527
Phone: 530-534-9173
Toll Free: 800-334-9400
www.goldcountrycasino.com
Casino size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 950
Table Games: 22
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Frank Oppenheim
Campo Kumeyaay Nation
GOLDEN ACORN CASINO & TRAVEL CENTER
1800 Golden Acorn Way
Campo, CA 91906
Phone: 619-938-6000
Toll Free: 866-794-6244
www.goldenacorncasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 750
Table Games: 4
Bingo Seats: 150
GM: Tina Heimerdinger
Federated Indians of Graton
Rancheria GRATON RESORT & CASINO
288 Golf Course Drive West
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Phone: 707-588-7100
www.gratonresortcasino.com
Casino size: 135,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,911
Poker Tables: 20
Table Games: 100
GM: Lana Rivera
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Yumeka Maidu Tribe
HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO SACRAMENTO AT FIRE MOUNTAIN
3317 Forty Mile Road
Wheatland, CA 95692
Phone: 833-337-3473
www.hardrockhotelsacramento.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,600
Table Games: 55
President: Mark Birtha
Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians
HARRAH’S NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA
4640 Coal Mine Road
Ione, CA 95640
Phone: 209-790-4500
Toll Free: 866-915-0777
www.harrahsnorcal.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 750
Table Games: 13
GM: JC Rieger
Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians
HARRAH’S RESORT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
777 Harrah’s Rincon Way
Valley Center, CA 92082
Phone: 760-751-3100
Toll Free: 877-777-2457
www.harrahssocal.com
Casino size: 72,900 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,490
Poker Tables: 8
Table Games: 50
SVP & GM: Jill Barrett
Chemehuevi Indian Tribe
HAVASU LANDING RESORT & CASINO
13145 Havasu Lake Rd. Havasu Lake, CA 92363
Phone: 760-858-4593
www.havasulandingresortcasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 255
Table Games: 4
GM: Darrick Elias
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of Trinidad
THE HEIGHTS CASINO
27 Scenic Dr. Trinidad, CA 95570-9767
Mailing: PO Box 610
Trinidad, CA 95570-0630
Phone: 707-677-3611
Toll Free: 800-684-2464
www.funattheheights.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 294
Table Games: 8
Bingo: 800 seats
GM: Ron Badouin
Round Valley Indian Tribes
HIDDEN OAKS CASINO
76700 Hwy. 162 Covelo, CA 95428
Mailing: PO Box 95
Covelo, CA 95428
Phone: 707-983-6898
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Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
HOPLAND SHO-KA-WAH CASINO
13101 Nokonis Rd. Hopland, CA 95449-9725
Phone: 707-744-1395
Toll Free: 888-746-5292
www.shokawah.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft. Slots: 320
Table Games: 5
GM: Vladimir Lopez
Jamul Indian Village
JAMUL CASINO
14145 Campo Rd.
Jamul, CA 91935
Phone: 619-315-2250
www.jamulcasinosd.com
Casino size: 68,262 sq. ft. Slots 1,635
Poker Tables: 10
Table Games: 39
President & GM: Mary Cheeks
Jackson Rancheria of
Me-Wuk Indians
JACKSON RANCHERIA
CASINO RESORT
12222 New York Ranch Rd. Jackson, CA 95642-9407
Phone: 209-223-1677
Toll Free: 800-822-9466
www.jacksoncasino.com
Casino size: 197,789 sq. ft.
Jackson Rancheria Hotel (86 rooms)
Slots: 1,740
Poker Tables: 6
Table Games: 32
GM: Michael Turngren
Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians
KONOCTI VISTA CASINO, RESORT, MARINA & RV PARK
2755 Mission Rancheria Rd.
Lakeport, CA 95453
Phone: 707-262-1900
Toll Free: 800-386-1950
www.konocti-vista-casino.com
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 350
Table Games: 6
GM: Jorge Garcia
Hoopa Valley Tribe
LUCKY BEAR CASINO
12510 Highway 96
Tsewenaldin Shopping Center
Hoopa, CA 95546
Phone: 530-625-5198
www.facebook.com/lucky-
bearcasino
Casino Size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 84
GM: Jodi Jackson
Smith River Rancheria
LUCKY 7 CASINO & HOTEL
350 N. Indian Rd. Smith River, CA 95567-9525
Phone: 707-487-7777
Toll Free: 866-777-7170
www.lucky7casino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 330
Table Games: 3
Bingo: 130 seats
GM: John Scott
Big Sandy Rancheria Band of Western Mono Indians
MONO WIND CASINO
37302 Rancheria Lane
Auberry, CA 93602-1060
Phone: 559-855-4350
www.monowind.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 349
GM: 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
www.morongocasinoresort.com
Casino size: 150,000 sq. ft.
Morongo Resort (310 rooms)
Slots: 3,073
Table Games: 76
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Bishop Paiute Tribe
PAIUTE PALACE CASINO
2742 N. Sierra Hwy.
Bishop, CA 93514
Phone: 760-873-4150
Toll Free: 888-372-4883 (PAIUTE)
www.paiutepalace.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 344
Table Games: 3
GM: Chad Delgado
Pala Band of Mission Indians
PALA CASINO SPA RESORT
11154 Hwy. 76
Pala, CA 92059
Phone: 760-510-5100
Toll Free: 877-946-7252
www.palacasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000+
Table Games: 70+
CEO: Fred Buro
Pechanga Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians
PECHANGA RESORT & CASINO
45000 Pechanga Parkway
Temecula, CA 92592-5810
Phone: 951-693-1819
Toll Free: 877-711-2946
www.pechanga.com
Casino size 300,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 5,057
Table Games: 161
Bingo: 700 seats
GM: Tjeerd Brink
Pit River Tribe
PIT RIVER CASINO
20265 Tamarack Ave.
Burney, CA 96013-4064
Phone: 530-335-2334
Toll Free: 888-245-2992
www.pitrivercasino.com
Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 158
Table Games: 4
Quechan Indian Nation
QUECHAN CASINO RESORT
525 Algodones Rd.
Winterhaven, CA 92283
Phone: 760-572-7777
Toll Free: 877-783-2426
www.playqcr.com
Casino size: 297,000 sq. ft.
Quechan Resort (166 rooms)
Slots: 990
Table Games: 24
GM: Charles Montague
Karuk Tribe of California
RAIN ROCK CASINO
777 Casino Way
Yreka, CA 96097
Phone: 530-777-7246
www.rainrockcasino.com
Casino size: 36,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 349
Table Games: 8
GM: Michael Rose
Torres-Martinez Desert
Cahuilla Indians
RED EARTH CASINO
3089 Norm Niver Rd.
Thermal, CA 92274
Phone: 760-395-1200
www.redearthcasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 403
GM: Larry Drousé
Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria
RED FOX CASINO
200 Cahto Dr.
Laytonville, CA 95454
Phone: 707-984-6800
Toll Free: 888-473-3369 (RED
FOX)
www.redfoxcasino.net
Casino size: 3,600 sq. ft.
Slots: 75
Casino Manager: Michael Fitzgerald
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
www.redhawkcasino.com
Casino size: 88,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,500
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
www.redwoodhotelcasino.com
Casino size: 2,400 sq. ft.
Slots: 100
GM: Tanya Sangrey
Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians
RIVER ROCK CASINO
3250 Hwy. 128 East
Geyserville, CA 95441
Phone: 707-857-2777
Toll Free: 877-883-7777
www.riverrockcasino.com
Casino size: 35,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,103
Bingo: 130 seats
CEO: David Fendrick
Robinson Rancheria of Pomo Indians
ROBINSON RANCHERIA
RESORT, CASINO & BINGO
1545 E. Highway 20
Nice, CA 95464-8619
Phone: 707-262-4000
Toll Free: 800-809-3636
www.rrrc.com
Casino size: 93,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 350
Table Games: 13
Bingo: 530 seats
GM: Sam Cocharo
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
ROLLING HILLS CASINO
2655 Everett Freeman Way
Corning, CA 96021-9000
Phone: 530-528-3500
Toll Free: 888-331-6400
www.rollinghillscasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 840
Table Games: 12
GM: Steve Neely
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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: 295
Table Games: 6
GM: Joseph Holstine
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
YAAMAVA’ RESORT & CASINO AT SAN MANUEL
777 San Manuel Blvd.
Highland, CA 92346-1763
Phone: 909-864-5050
Toll Free: 800-359-2464
www.yaamava.com
Casino size: 480,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 4,800
Table Games: 146
GM: Peter Arceo
Lytton Rancheria of California
SAN PABLO LYTTON CASINO
13255 San Pablo Ave.
San Pablo, CA 94806-3907
Phone: 510-215-7888
www.sanpablolytton.com
Casino size: 31,419 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 1,513
Table Games: 7
GM: Tim Kuykendall
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Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians
SHERWOOD VALLEY
RANCHERIA CASINO
100 Kawi Place
Willits, CA 95490-4674
Phone: 707-459-7978
www.svrcasino.com
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 215
GM: Ray Britton
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
SOBOBA CASINO
22777 Soboba Rd.
San Jacinto, CA 92581
Phone: 951-665-1000
Toll Free: 866-476-2622
www.soboba.com
Casino size: 83,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 38
AGM: Jason Cozart
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
www.sparesortcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Spa Hotel (228 rooms)
Slots: 750
Table Games: 23
SVP & GM: Hussain Mahrous
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
www.spotlight29.com
Casino size: 250,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,598
Table Games: 41
GM: Tom Sedlock
ECLIPSE GAMING SYSTEMS Beyond the Game
Eclipse Gaming creates entertaining gaming experiences that connect with the player. With a focus on the tribal gaming market, as well as select commercial markets, Eclipse Gaming develops engaging slot games and innovative solutions that engage the audience and deliver measurable results.
The company offers a growing library of video slot games, along with its IMPACT family of slot cabinets, including the IMPACT 49 premium portrait cabinet, IMPACT 43 portrait platform and IMPACT 27 dual-screen cabinet.
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Eclipse’s No. 1 mission is to generate powerful results that benefit its partners and directly impact the needs and objectives of the communities where it does business and has customers—with an overriding focus on “Going Beyond the Game.”
Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation
SYCUAN CASINO RESORT
5469 Casino Way
El Cajon, CA 92019-1810
Phone: 619-445-6002
Toll Free: 800-279-2826
www.sycuan.com
Casino size: 150,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,800
Table Games: 55
Bingo: 1,246 seats
GM: Rob Cinelli
Table Mountain Rancheria
TABLE MOUNTAIN CASINO
8184 Table Mountain Rd.
Friant, CA 93626
Mailing: PO Box 445
Friant, CA 93626-0445
Phone: 559-822-7777
Toll Free: 800-541-3637
www.tmcasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 50
COMPANY PROFILE
Santa Rosa Rancheria
Tachi Yokut Tribe
TACHI PALACE HOTEL & CASINO
17225 Jersey Ave.
Lemoore, CA 93245-9760
Phone: 559-924-7751
Toll Free: 866-472-5223
www.tachipalace.com
Casino size: 195,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 31
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
www.thundervalleyresort.com
Casino size: 144,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,191
Table Games: 134
Bingo: 800 seats
GM: Dawn Clayton
Twenty-Nine Palms
Band of Mission Indians
TORTOISE ROCK CASINO
73829 Base Line Road
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Phone: 760-367-9759
www.tortoiserockcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 404
Table Games: 7
Exec. Director of Ops: Terry Briggs
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians
TWIN PINE CASINO & HOTEL
22223 Hwy. 29
Middletown, CA 95461-9754
Phone: 707-987-0197
Toll Free: 800-564-4872
www.twinpine.com
Casino size: 49,410 sq. ft.
Slots: 500
Table Games: 8
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
www.valleyviewcasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 16
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
www.viejas.com
Casino size: 327,000 sq. ft.
Fort Independence Indian Community of Paiute Indians
WINNEDUMAH WINN’S CASINO
135 Hwy. 395 North
Fort Independence, CA 93526
Phone: 760-878-2483
www.fortindependence.com
Casino size: 1,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 100
GM: Jose Duran
Redding Rancheria
WIN-RIVER RESORT & CASINO
2100 Redding Rancheria Rd.
Redding, CA 96001-5530
Phone: 530-243-3377
Toll Free: 800-280-8946
www.winrivercasino.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
Phone: 970-563-3000
Toll Free: 888-842-4180
www.skyutecasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Sky Ute Lodge (140 rooms)
Slots: 600
Table Games: 15
Bingo: 190 seats
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
www.utemountaincasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 779
Table Games: 15
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: Rick Scheer
CONNECTICUT
Class II & III
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
FOXWOODS RESORT CASINO
Eclipse will showcase 16 slot titles at IGA 2023, including its new Bandits Bounty games, Outlaws and Bandidos, plus a new Asian theme, Dragons Court Deluxe. Two new Arcade Series titles—Big Shake Carnival and Big Shake Neon—offer a unique perceived skill feature called the Rapid Fire Bonus, along with a multi-level progressive, bonus wheel and secondchance re-spins.
For more information, visit Booth 2020 and eclipsegamingsystems.com.
Slots: 1,900
Table Games: 40
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: James Wild
350 Trolley Line Blvd.
Mashantucket, CT 06338
Phone: 860-312-3000
Toll Free: 800-369-9663
www.foxwoods.com
Casino size: 340,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,420
Table Games: 249
Bingo: 3,600 seats
GM: Jason Guyot
Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
MOHEGAN SUN
1 Mohegan Sun Blvd.
Uncasville, CT 06382-1355
Phone: 860-862-8000
Toll Free: 888-226-7711
www.mohegansun.com
Casino size: 350,000 sq. ft.
Mohegan Sun Hotel (1,176 rooms)
Slots: 5,072
Table Games: 280
GM: Jeff Hamilton
FLORIDA
Class II & III
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
www.miccosukee.com/mcr
Casino size: 67,000 sq. ft.
Miccosukee Resort (292 rooms)
Slots: 1,700
Table Games: 30
Bingo: 800 seats
GM: Karen Whiting
Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CASINO BRIGHTON
17735 Reservation Rd.
Okeechobee, FL 34974-8908
Phone: 863-467-9998
Toll Free: 866-360-9875
www.seminolebrightoncasino.com
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 400
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
www.seminolecoconutcreekcasino.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 4,000
Table Games: 70
President: Larry Buck
EVERI
The Power of People, Imagination and Technology
Everi’s mission is to lead the gaming industry through the power of people, imagination and technology. As one of the largest suppliers of technology solutions for the casino floor with an expanding focus in adjacent industries, Everi’s commitment is to continually develop products and services that provide gaming entertainment, improve patron engagement and help customers operate their businesses more efficiently.
Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CLASSIC CASINO
4150 North State Rd. 7
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone: 954-961-3220
Toll Free: 866-222-7466
www.seminoleclassiccasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq.ft.
Gaming Machines: 1,000
Table Games: 32
Bingo: 298 seats
GM: Edward Aguilar
Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO—HOLLYWOOD
1 Seminole Way
Hollywood, FL 33314
Phone: 866-502-7529
www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com
Casino size: 140,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,100
Table Games: 200
President: Bo Guidry
Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO—TAMPA
5223 Orient Rd.
Tampa, FL 33610-4139
Phone: 813-627-7625
Toll Free: 866-762-5463
www.seminolehardrocktampa.com
Casino size: 245,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 4,000
Table Games: 121
President & GM: Steve Bonner
Seminole Tribe of Florida
SEMINOLE CASINO HOTEL
IMMOKALEE
506 S. First St.
Immokalee, FL 34142
Phone: 239-658-1313
Toll Free: 800-218-0007
www.seminoleimmokaleecasino.c
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Casino size: 75,600 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 1,300
Table Games: 34
GM: Tony Alves
IDAHO
Class II & III
Shoshone-Bannock Tribe
BANNOCK PEAK CASINO
1707 W. County Rd.
Fort Hall, ID 83204
Phone: 208-237-8778
Toll Free: 800-497-4231
www.shobangaming.com
Casino size: 2,700 sq. ft.
Slots: 66
Nez Perce Tribe
CLEARWATER RIVER CASINO
17500 Nez Perce Hwy.
Lewiston, ID 83501-7947
Phone: 208-746-0723
www.crcasino.com
Casino size: 81,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Daniel Kane
Coeur d’Alene Tribe
COEUR D’ALENE CASINO RESORT HOTEL
37914 S Nukwalqw
Worley, ID 83876-0236
Phone: 800-523-2464
www.cdacasino.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Video Gaming Machines: 1,100
Bingo: 800 seats
CEO: Laura Penny
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/itse-ye-ye-
casino
Casino size: 5,868 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 100
GM: Daniel Kane
Kootenai Tribe
KOOTENAI RIVER INN & CASINO
7169 Plaza St.
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805-8598
Phone: 208-267-8511
Toll Free: 800-346-5668
www.kootenairiverinn.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Kootenai River Inn (65 rooms)
Gaming Machines: 454
Bingo: 150 seats
GM: Tom Turpin
COMPANY PROFILE
The company develops entertaining game content and gaming machines, gaming systems and services for land-based and iGaming operators. With beginnings rooted in tribal gaming, Everi remains committed to partnering with casino operators to deliver novel entertainment experiences to their players while ensuring they generate high returns on their investment in its products.
Known for its high-performing standards across the gaming space, Everi plans to continue developing engaging player experiences and award-worthy products. Everi also prides itself on a unique online library of award-winning stepper, video slot and progressive jackpots content. The compelling and distinct Everi Digital gaming catalog is delivered through the proprietary Spark Remote Game Server and now consists of nearly 70 distinct titles, with more on the way.
Everi has helped tribal operators meet the emerging mobile ecosystem
with the Digital Neighborhood, representing a complete suite of financial, casino loyalty and compliance products and services that bring commonality and continuity to operator workflows. The growth of the Digital Neighborhood and Everi Mobile suites demonstrates the company’s leadership position and highlights Everi’s ability to develop solutions that incorporate customer-centric features across loyalty, payments and casino operations.
As the preeminent provider of trusted financial technology solutions that power the casino floor, Everi positioned itself as the industry’s fintech leader and a strategic partner for forward-thinking customers. The collective goal: improving operational efficiencies and fulfilling regulatory compliance requirements. Everi’s robust collection of integrated products, services and kiosks facilitates convenient and secure financial access transactions while providing self-service player loyalty tools and applications, as well as regulatory and intelligence software.
For more information, visit everi.com.
Shoshone Bannock Tribe
SAGE HILL CASINO
West Highway 91
Fort Hall, ID 83203
Phone: 208-237-4998
www.shobangaming.com/casi-
nos/sage-hill-bannock-peak
Gaming Machines: 104
Management: Colista Eagle
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
SHOSHONE-BANNOCK
CASINO HOTEL
777 Bannock Trail
Fort Hall, ID 83203
Phone: 208-237-8778
Toll Free: 800-497-4231
www.shobangaming.com
Casino size: 85,463 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 856
Bingo: 300 seats
CEO: Ray Barlow
INDIANA
Class I & II
Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians
FOUR WINDS SOUTH BEND
CASINO
3000 Prairie Ave.
South Bend, IN 46614
Phone: 866-494-6371
www.fourwindscasino.com/south-
bend
Casino Size: 140,000 sq. ft
Slots: 1,425
GM: Scott Rice
IOWA
Class II & III
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
BLACKBIRD BEND CASINO
17214 210th St.
Onawa, IA 51040
Phone: 712-423-9646
www.blackbirdbend.com
Casino size: 6,800 sq. ft.
Slots: 335
COO: Brad Appleton
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: 1,400
Table Games: 21
Bingo: 750 seats
GM: Scott Sirois
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
PRAIRIE FLOWER CASINO
1031 Avenue H
Carter Lake, IA 51510
Phone: 888-946-6673
www.prairieflowercasino.com
Casino size: 9,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 200
GM: Benjamin Douglass
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
WINNAVEGAS CASINO RESORT
1500 330th St.
Sloan, IA 51055-8056
Phone: 712-428-9466
Toll Free: 800-468-9466
www.winnavegas.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Winna Vegas Inn (78 rooms)
Slots: 850
Table Games: 10
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: Michael Michaud
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
www.7th-streetcasino.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 58
GM: Jerrell Royal
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
www.casinowhitecloud.org
Casino size: 21,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 378
Table Games: 3
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Michael Frederick
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
GOLDEN EAGLE CASINO
1121 Goldfinch Drive
Horton, KS 66439-9537
Phone: 785-486-6601
Toll Free: 888-464-5825
www.goldeneaglecasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Table Games: 9
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Joseph Magbitang
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
PRAIRIE BAND CASINO & RESORT
12305 150th Rd.
Mayetta, KS 66509-8815
Phone: 785-966-7777
Toll Free: 888-727-4946
www.prairieband.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,194
Table Games: 25
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: William Marsh
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
www.sacandfoxcasino.com
Casino size: 106,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Table Games: 13
GM: Eric Wright
LOUISIANA
Class II & III
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
COUSHATTA CASINO RESORT
777 Coushatta Dr.
Kinder, LA 70648
Phone: 337-738-1370
Toll Free: 800-584-7263
www.coushattacasinoresort.com
Casino size: 107,600 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,800
Table Games: 65
Bingo: 350 seats
GM: Todd Stewart
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
www.cypressbayou.com
Casino size: 232,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,000
Table Games: 36
CEO & GM: Michael Howard
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians
JENA CHOCTAW PINES CASINO
149 Chahta Trail
Dry Prong, LA 71423
Phone: 318-648-7773
Toll Free: 855-638-LUCK
www.choctawpines.com
Casino size: 46,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 702
Table Games: 5
GM: Norman Runyan
Tunica Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
PARAGON CASINO RESORT
711 Paragon Place
Marksville, LA 71351-6004
Phone: 318-253-1946
Toll Free: 800-946-1946
www.paragoncasinoresort.com
Casino size: 72,120 sq. ft.
Paragon Casino Resort (615 rooms)
Slots: 1,230
Table Games: 48
GM: Marshall Sampson Sr.
MAINE
(Federally-recognized tribes. Currently has no tribal casinos)
MASSACHUSETTS
(Currently has no tribal casinos)
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
www.baymillscasinos.com
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Bay Mills Resort (218 rooms)
Slots: 677
Table Games: 15
GM: Richard LeBlanc
HBG DESIGN
Personal MemorableRelationships.Experiences.
Transformative Design.
HBG Design’s team of 100 architects, interior designers and design support professionals in Memphis, Tennessee, San Diego, California and Dallas, Texas have helped build the firm’s 44-plus-year focused specialty as a premier provider of professional services in the Indian gaming industry.
With an emphasis on cultivating personal relationships and creating memorable guest experiences, HBG has designed more than 35 million square feet of gaming/entertainment, hotel, food and beverage, spa, multi-purpose event, conference and retail space, and more than 30,000 guest rooms and suites in the last two decades alone. HBG Design is nationally recognized as a Top 5 Casino Design and Hotel Design firm by Building Design & Construction and Hotel Business magazines.
March 1 marked the eagerly anticipated opening of the new 23-story hotel and large-scale expansion at Four Winds Casino Resort in South Bend, Indiana, for the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. The resort’s transformative design by HBG offers approachable luxury, warm rustic detailing and significant references to tribal culture within a 317-key hotel tower featuring 83 suites; the new 10,500-square-foot Cedar Spa; and a large multi-purpose conference and events center. Notably, the new design offers a luxurious hospitality suite and outdoor terrace, a rooftop pool and enclosed poolside bar and lounge, all situated on the hotel’s third level.
HBG Design looks forward to celebrating the spring opening of the Tule River Tribe’s new 105,000-square-foot Eagle Mountain Casino in Porterville, California. The firm continues to advance the design of the highly anticipated Aquadome and hotel at Gun Lake Casino in Wayland, Michigan, owned and operated by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians. The six-story Aquadome is a glass-roofed, climate-controlled, multi-functional pool and event center atrium—an entertainment oasis that will stand out in the superregional resort market for its uniqueness of form and experience.
For more information, visit hbg.design.
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
FIREKEEPERS CASINO HOTEL
11177 East Michigan Ave.
Battle Creek, MI 49014
Phone: 269-962-0000
Toll Free: 877-352-8777
www.firekeeperscasino.com
Casino size: 107,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,700
Table Games: 70
CEO: Frank Tecumseh
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
FOUR WINDS DOWAGIAC
587000 M-51 South
Dowagiac, MI 49047
Phone: 866-494-6371
www.fourwindscasino.com/
dowagiac
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 404
Table Games: 4
GM: Kenneth Antisdel
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
COO: Frank Freedman
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
FOUR WINDS NEW BUFFALO
11111 Wilson Rd.
New Buffalo, MI 49117
Toll Free: 866-494-6371
www.fourwindscasino.com/ newbuffalo
Casino size: 130,000 sq. ft.
Four Winds Resort (165 rooms)
Slots: 2,600
Table Games: 49
COO: Frank Freedman
Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi Indians
GUN LAKE CASINO
1123 129th Ave.
Wayland, MI 49348
Phone: 269-792-7777
www.gunlakecasino.com
Casino size: 106,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 57
President & CEO: Salvatore Semola
Hannahville Tribe of Potawatomi Indians
ISLAND RESORT & CASINO
W 399 US 2&41
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
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CHRISTMAS
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Christmas, MI 49862-8946
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
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33995 Three Mile Rd.
Hessel, MI 49745
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Hessel, MI 49745-0789
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN CASINO—
MANISTIQUE
5630 West US Hwy. 2
Manistique, MI 49854-9738
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
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SAULT STE. MARIE
2186 Shunk Rd.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783-9398
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
KEWADIN SHORES CASINO — ST. IGNACE
3015 Mackinac Trail
St. Ignace. MI 49781-9758
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Bay Mills Indian Community KINGS CLUB CASINO
12140 W. Lakeshore Dr.
Brimley, MI 49715-9319
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Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
LEELANAU SANDS
CASINO & LODGE
2521 NW Bayshore Dr.
Peshawbestown, MI 49682-9366
Phone: 231-534-8100
Toll Free: 800-922-2946
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Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
LITTLE RIVER CASINO RESORT
2700 Orchard Hwy.
Manistee, MI 49660-9752
Phone: 231-723-1535
Toll Free: 888-568-2244
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Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
NORTHERN WATERS CASINO RESORT
5384 Highway 45 N
Watersmeet, MI 49969-0129
Phone: 906-358-4226
Toll Free: 800-583-4785
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1080 South Nicolet Street
Mackinaw City, MI 49701-9215
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Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians
ODAWA CASINO RESORT
1760 Lears Rd. Petoskey, MI 49770-9215
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16449 Michigan Ave.
Baraga, MI 49908-9664
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Toll Free: 800-323-8045
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Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
OJIBWA CASINO—MARQUETTE
200 Zhooniyaa MiiKana Trail
Marquette, MI 49855-2000
Phone: 906-249-4200
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Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
SAGANING EAGLES LANDING
CASINO
2690 Worth Rd.
Standish, MI 48658
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Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
SOARING EAGLE
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6800 Soaring Eagle Blvd.
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858-8432
Phone: 989-775-7777
Toll Free: 888-732-4537
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Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
SOARING EAGLE SLOT PALACE
7566 Ogemaw Drive
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
Phone: 989-775-7777
Toll Free: 888-732-4537
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Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians
TURTLE CREEK
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7741 M-72 East
Williamsburg, MI 49690-9395
Phone: 231-534-8888
Toll Free: 800-777-8946
www.turtlecreekcasino.com
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Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
BLACK BEAR CASINO & HOTEL
1785 Hwy. 210
Carlton, MN 55718-8161
Phone: 218-878-2327
Toll Free: 888-771-0777
www.blackbearcasinoresort.com
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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6268 Upper Cass Frontage Rd NW
Cass Lake, MN 56633-3058
Phone: 844-554-2646
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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
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Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
GRAND CASINO MILLE LACS
777 Grand Ave.
Onamia, MN 56359-4500
Phone: 320-532-8568
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Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
GRAND PORTAGE
LODGE & CASINO
70 Casino Dr.
Grand Portage, MN 55605-0233
Phone: 218-475-2401
Toll Free: 800-543-1384
www.grandportage.com
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Lower Sioux Indian Community JACKPOT JUNCTION
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39375 County Hwy. 24
Morton, MN 56270
www.cedarlakescasino.com
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GM: Richard Jones
Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
FOND-DU-LUTH CASINO
129 E. Superior St. Duluth, MN 55802-2127
Phone: 218-720-5100
Toll Free: 800-873-0280
www.fondduluthcasino.com
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Slots: 690
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Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
FORTUNE BAY RESORT CASINO
1430 Bois Forte Rd.
Tower, MN 55790-8111
Phone: 218-753-6400
Toll Free: 800-992-7529
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Fortune Bay Resort (173 rooms)
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Phone: 507-697-8000
Toll Free: 800-946-2274
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
LITTLE SIX CASINO
2354 Sioux Trail Northwest Prior Lake, MN 55372-9004
Phone: 952-445-6000
Toll Free: 800-548-8536
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2400 Mystic Lake Blvd.
Prior Lake, MN 55372-9004
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www.mysticlake.com
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Table Games: 78
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
NORTHERN LIGHTS
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6800 Y Frontage Rd. NW
Walker, MN 56484
Phone: 218-547-2744
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www.northernlightscasino.com
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Hotel (105 rooms)
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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 LaVoy
Upper Sioux Tribe
PRAIRIES EDGE
CASINO RESORT
5616 Prairies Edge Lane
Granite Falls, MN 56241-0096
Phone: 320-564-2121
Toll Free: 866-293-2121
www.prairiesedgecasino.com
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Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
SEVEN CLANS CASINO
RED LAKE
10200 Hwy 89
Red Lake, MN 56671
Phone: 218-679-2500
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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
www.sevenclanscasino.com
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Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
SEVEN CLANS
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34966 605th Ave.
Warroad, MN 56763-9022
Phone: 218-386-3381
Toll Free: 800-815-8293
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Slots: 600
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White Earth of Chippewa Indians
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BAGLEY
13325 340th street
Bagley, MN 56621
Toll Free: 800-453-7827
www.starcasino.com/bagleyhome
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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
www.starcasino.com
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Slots: 996
Table Games: 23
Bingo: 365 seats
GM: William Marsh
Prairie Island Indian Community
TREASURE ISLAND
RESORT & CASINO
5734 Sturgeon Lake Rd.
Welch, MN 55089
Phone: 651-388-6300
Toll Free: 800-222-7077
www.ticasino.com
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Slots: 2,200
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Bingo: 550 seats
GM: Mike Heavner
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
WHITE OAK CASINO
45830 US Hwy. 2
Deer River, MN 56636
Phone: 218-246-9600
Toll Free: 800-653-2412
www.whiteoakcasino.com
Casino size: 15,480 sq. ft.
Slots: 350
Table Games: 4
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
BOK HOMA CASINO
1 Choctaw Road
Heidelberg, MS 39439
Phone: 601-656-5251
Toll Free: 866-447-3275
www.bokhomacasino.com
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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
www.pearlriverresort.com/golden-
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
SILVER STAR HOTEL & CASINO
13541 MS-16
Philadelphia, MS 39350
Phone: 601-650-1234
Toll Free: 866-447-3275
www.pearlriverresort.com/silverstar
Casino size: 90,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,281
Table Games: 44
President & CEO: William Johnson
MONTANA
Class II & III
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
CHARGING HORSE
CASINO & BINGO
1/2 US Highway 212
Lame Deer, MT 59043-1259
Phone: 406-477-8188
https://charginghorse.com
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Slots: 127
Bingo: 500 seats
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Fort Belknap Indian Community
FORT BELKNAP CASINO
104 Assiniboine Avenue
Harlem, MT 59526
Phone: 406-353-2205
www.fortbelknapcasino.com
Slots: 165
GM: Robert Williams
Blackfeet Tribe, Siyeh Development Corporation
GLACIER PEAKS
HOTEL & CASINO
46 Museum Loop
Browning, MT 59417-1450
Phone: 406-338-2274
Toll Free: 877-238-9946
www.glacierpeakscasino.com
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Slots: 300
Table Games: 3
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Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
GRAY WOLF PEAK CASINO
20819 Hwy. 93 North
Missoula, MT 59808
Phone: 406-726-3778
www.graywolfpeakcasino.com
Casino Size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 309
CEO: Daniel Hansen
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Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
KWATAQNUK RESORT & CASINO
49708 US Hwy. 93 East
Polson, MT 59860
Phone: 406-883-3636
Toll Free: 800-882-6363
www.kwataqnuk.com
Casino size: 10,650 sq. ft.
Slots: 227
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Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation
NORTHERN WINZ
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11031 US Hwy. 87
Box Elder, MT 59521
Phone: 406-395-5420
Toll Free: 866-910-9469
www.facebook.com/NorthernWinzHotelCasino
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 198
Bingo: 100 seats
GM: Calvin Jilot
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Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation
SILVER WOLF CASINO
300 Highway 25 East
Wolf Point, MT 59201
Phone: 406-653-3476
www.facebook.com/SilverWolf-
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Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 108
Bingo: 200 seats
GM: Gary Clark
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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
IRON HORSE BAR & CASINO
1010 S. Main St.
Emerson, NE 68733-3654
Phone: 402-695-0180
www.winnebagocasinos.com
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Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
LUCKY 77 CASINO
200 Main St.
Walthill, NE 68067
Phone: 402-846-5545
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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
NATIVE STAR CASINO
1500 Industrial Pkwy.
Winnebago, NE 68071
Phone: 402-878-2901
www.nativestarcasinowinnebago.com
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Gaming Machines: 85
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OHIYA CASINO
53142 Highway 12
Niobrara, NE 68760
Phone: 402-857-3860
www.ohiyacasino.com
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Rosebud Sioux Tribe
ROSEBUD CASINO
30421 US Highway 83
Valentine, NE 69201
Phone: 605-378-3800
Toll Free: 800-786-7673
www.rosebudcasino.com
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Table Games: 5
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GM: Robert Mudd
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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
www.avicasino.com
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Moapa Band of Paiute
MOAPA TRIBAL CASINO
I-15, Exit 75 Valley of Fire
Moapa, NV 89025-0340
Phone: 702-864-2601
www.moapatravelplaza.com
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Slots: 80
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MOAPA TRIBAL STORE
1 Lincoln St.
Moapa, NV 89025
Phone: 702-865-2787
Slots: 6
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Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
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1003 U.S. Hwy 395 N Gardnerville, NV 89410
Phone: 702-865-2787
www.washeshucasino.com
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Jicarilla Apache Nation
APACHE NUGGET TRAVEL
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US Highway 550 & US Highway 537
Cuba, NM 87013
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www.apachenuggettravelcenter.com
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Slots: 110
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Pueblo of San Felipe
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25 Hagen Rd.
San Felipe Pueblo, NM 87001
Phone: 505-867-6700
Toll Free: 1-833-867-6700
www.blackmesacasino.com
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BUFFALO THUNDER
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30 Buffalo Thunder Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87506
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www.hiltonbuffalothunder.com
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225845 US Highway 70
Mescalero, NM 88340
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Casino size: 34,700 sq. ft.
Slots: 444
Table Games: 7
COO: Frizzell Frizzell, Jr.
Pueblo of Laguna
ROUTE 66 CASINO EXPRESS
14500 Central Ave. SW
I-40, Exit 108
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Phone: 505-352-7835
www.rt66casino.com
Slots: 121
GM: Don Billbrough
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
www.citiesofgold.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Cities of Gold Hotel (208 rooms)
Slots: 487
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Pat Doherty
COMPANY PROFILE
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
www.dancingeaglecasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 498
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
www.firerockcasino.com
Casino size 64,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 898
Table Games: 8
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: Gloria West
Navajo Nation FLOWING WATER
NAVAJO CASINO
2710 US Highway 64
Waterflow, NM 87421
Phone: 505-368-2300
www.flowingwaternavajocasino.com
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 130
GM: Cliff Ehrlich
Mescalero Apache Tribe
INN OF THE MOUNTAIN GODS RESORT & CASINO
287 Carrizo Canyon Rd. Route 4, Mescalero, NM 88340-9759
Phone: 575-464-7059
Toll Free: 800-545-9011
www.innofthemountaingods.com
Inn of the Mountain Gods (273 rooms)
Casino size: 38,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 723
Table Games: 20
GM & COO: Frizzell Frizzell, Jr.
Pueblo of Isleta ISLETA PALACE WEST
2 State Road 45 SW
Albuquerque, NM 87105
Phone: 505-869-4102
www.isleta.com/palacewest
Slots: 261
Interim GM: Adrianna Jiron
Pueblo of Isleta ISLETA RESORT & CASINO
11000 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87105
Phone: 505-724-3800
Toll Free: 877-747-5382
www.isleta.com
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,732
Table Games: 25
Bingo: 2,500 seats
CEO: Adrianna Jiron
Navajo Nation
NORTHERN EDGE CASINO
2752 Navajo Route 36
Fruitland, NM 87416
Phone: 505-960-7000
Toll Free: 877-241-7777
www.northernedgecasino.com
Casino size: 86,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 750
Table Games: 10
GM: Gloria West
Pueblo of San Juan
OH KAY CASINO RESORT HOTEL
68 New Mexico 291 Ohkay
Owingeh, NM 87566
Phone: 505-747-1668
Toll Free: 877-747-1668
www.ohkay.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 575
Table Games: 5
GM: Peter Trujillo
Pueblo of Laguna
ROUTE 66 CASINO
14500 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87121
Phone: 505-352-7866
Toll Free: 866-352-7866
www.rt66casino.com
Casino Size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Lodging 154 rooms
Slots: 1,300
Table Games: 26
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Adrian Fox
Pueblo of Sandia
SANDIA RESORT & CASINO
30 Rainbow Rd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87113-2156
Phone: 505-796-7500
Toll Free: 800-526-9366
www.sandiacasino.com
Casino size: 140,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,774
Table Games: 29
Bingo: 450 seats
GM: Adrian Montoya
Pueblo of Santa Ana
SANTA ANA STAR CASINO
54 Jemez Canyon Dam Rd.
Santa Ana Pueblo, NM 87004
Phone: 505-867-0000
www.santaanastar.com
Casino size: 524,423 sq. ft.
Lodging (204 rooms)
Slots: 1,600
Table Games: 20
GM: John Cirrincione
Santa Clara Pueblo SANTA CLARAN HOTEL CASINO
Pueblo of Acoma
SKY CITY CASINO HOTEL
I-140 Exit 102
Acoma, NM 87034-0310
Phone: 505-552-6017
Toll Free: 888-759-2489
www.skycity.com
Casino size: 64,000 sq. ft.
Sky City Hotel (133 rooms)
Slots: 655
Table Games: 10
Bingo: 500 seats
Taos Pueblo
TAOS MOUNTAIN CASINO
700 Veterans Hwy.
Taos, NM 87571-0777
Phone: 575-737-0777
Toll Free: 888-946-8267
www.taosmountaincasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 200
Table Games: 4
GM: Jennifer Welty
Pueblo of Tesuque
TESUQUE CASINO
7 Tesuque Rd.
Sante Fe, NM 87506
Phone: 505-984-8414
Toll Free: 800-462-2635
www.tesuquecasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 800
Table Games: 10
GM: Richard Williams
Jicarilla Apache Nation
WILDHORSE CASINO & HOTEL
13603 US Hwy. 64
Dulce, NM 87529
Phone: 505-759-3663
www.wildhorse-casino.new-mexico-hotels.com
Casino size: 4,436 sq. ft.
Hotel (42 rooms)
Slots: 160
GM: Al Tovey
NEW YORK
Class II & III
St. Regis Mohawk Nation
AKWESASNE MOHAWK
CASINO RESORT
873 State Route 37
Hogansburg, NY 13655-0670
Phone: 518-358-2222
Toll Free: 888-622-1155
www.mohawkcasino.com
Casino Size: 52,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,150
Table Games: 31
Bingo: 450 seats
CEO/GM: Scott Freeman
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
LAKESIDE ENTERTAINMENT
271 Cayuga Street
Union Springs, NY 13160
Phone: 315-889-5416
https://lakesidegaming.com
Gaming Machines: 86
GM: Mike DuCharme
Oneida Indian Nation of New York
POINT PLACE CASINO
450 452 NY-31
Bridgeport, NY 13030
www.pointplacecasino.com
Casino Size: 65,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 571
Table Games: 20
GM: Jerry Marrello
Seneca Nation
SENECA ALLEGANY
CASINO & HOTEL
777 Seneca Allegany Blvd.
Salamanca, NY 14779-1331
Phone: 716-945-3200
Toll Free: 877-553-9500
www.senecaalleganycasino.com
Casino size: 68,300 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,700
Table Games: 31
GM: Linda Hitchcock
Seneca Nation
SENECA BUFFALO
CREEK CASINO
1 Fulton St. Buffalo, NY 14201
Phone: 716-853-7576
https://senecabuffalocreekcasino.com
Casino size: 67,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,100
Table Games: 30
GM: Marc Papaj
Seneca Nation
SENECA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT—IRVING
11099 Erie St. Irving, NY 14081-9566
Phone: 716-549-4389
Toll Free: 800-421-2464
www.senecagames.com/irving
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Bingo: 650 seats
GM: Todd Papienau
Seneca Nation
SENECA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT-OIL SPRING
5374 West Shore Road
Cuba, NY 14727
Phone: 716-780-8787
www.senecagames.com/oilspring
Casino size: 4,950 sq.ft.
Slots: 116
Interim GM: Jamie Pierce
Seneca Nation
SENECA GAMING AND ENTERTAINMENT—SALAMANCA
768 Broad St. Salamanca, NY 14779-1331
Mailing: PO Box 231
Salamanca, NY 14779-0231
Phone: 716-945-4080
Toll Free: 877-860-5130
www.senecagames.com/salamanca
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Seneca Nation
SENECA NIAGARA
RESORT & CASINO
310 Fourth St.
Niagara Falls, NY 14303
Phone: 716-299-1100
Toll Free: 877-873-6322
www.senecaniagaracasino.com
Casino size: 147,590 sq. ft.
Hotel (604 rooms)
Slots: 2,500
Table Games: 60
GM: Joanne Israel
Oneida Indian Nation
TURNING STONE
RESORT CASINO
5218 Patrick Rd.
Verona, NY 13478-3012
Phone: 315-361-7711
Toll Free: 800-771-7711
www.turningstone.com
Casino size: 125,000 sq. ft.
Turning Stone Resort (702 rooms)
Slots: 2,000
Table Games: 98
Bingo: 1,400 seats
CEO: Ray Halbritter
Oneida Indian Nation of New York
YELLOW BRICK ROAD CASINO
800 Genesee Street
Chittenango, NY 13037
Phone: 315-366-9400
www.yellowbrickroadcasino.com
Casino Size: 67,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 494
Table Games: 14
GM: Matt Johnson
NORTH CAROLINA
Class II & III
Catawba Nation
CATAWBA TWO KINGS CASINO
538 Kings Mountain Blvd.
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Phone: 704-750-7777
www.twokingscasino.com
Slots & Electronic Table Games: 1,000
Sportsbook President: Kathy
George
Vice President: Trent Troxel
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
www.caesars.com/harrahs-chero-
kee.com
Cherokee Casino Hotel (1,108 rooms)
Slots: 3,100
Table Games: 100
SVP & GM: Brooks Robinson
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
HARRAH’S CHEROKEE VALLEY
RIVER CASINO & HOTEL
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
www.4bearscasino.com
Hotel (220 rooms)
Casino size: 120,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 750
Table Games: 10
COO: Scott Wilson
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
DAKOTA MAGIC CASINO & HOTEL
16849 102nd. St. SE
Hankinson, ND 58041-9780
Phone: 701-634-3201
Toll Free: 800-325-6825
www.dakotamagic.com
Casino size: 95,175 sq. ft.
Dakota Magic Hotel (160 rooms)
Slots: 847
Table Games: 9
GM: Wanda Varns
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians
GRAND TREASURE CASINO
4418 147th Avenue NW
Trenton, ND 58553
Phone: 701-572-2690
http://grandtreasurecasino.com
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 419
GM: Ray Trottier
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
www.prairieknights.com
Casino size: 46,500 sq. ft.
Prairie Knights Lodge (200 rooms)
Slots: 729
Table Games: 7
GM: John Jensen
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
SKY DANCER
CASINO & RESORT
3965 Sky Dancer Way NE
Belcourt, ND 58316
Phone: 701-244-2400
Toll Free: 866-244-9467
www.skydancercasino.com
Casino size: 37,000 sq. ft.
Sky Dancer Hotel (194 rooms)
Slots: 730
Table Games: 8
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Randy Brunelle
Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe
SPIRIT LAKE CASINO & RESORT
7889 Hwy. 57 South
460 N. Riverside Dr.
Espanola, NM 87532-3470
Phone: 505-747-0059
Toll Free: 866-244-7625
www.santaclaran.com
Casino size: 36,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 680
Table Games: 5
COO: Brian Zanazanian
Slots: 340+
Poker: 10 tables
Bingo: 455 seats
Interim GM: Jamie Pierce
777 Casino Parkway
Murphy, NC 28906-5212
Phone: 828-497-7777
www.caesars.com/harrahs-cherokee-valley-river Hotel (300 rooms)
Casino Size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,050
Table Games: 64
GM: Lumpy Lambert
St. Michael, ND 58370-9000
Phone: 701-766-4747
Toll Free: 800-946-8238
www.spiritlakecasino.com
Casino size: 49,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 641
Table Games: 7
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Paul Matheny
OKLAHOMA
Class II & III
Otoe Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
7 CLANS CHILOCCO GASINO
12901 North Highway 77
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: 580-448-3210
www.sevenclans.com/chiloccogasino
Slots: 303
GM: Laura Rosas
Otoe Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
7 CLANS FIRST COUNCIL
CASINO HOTEL
12875 North Highway 77
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: 580-448-3015
Toll Free: 877-725-2670
www.sevenclans.com/first-council-casino-hotel
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (146 rooms)
Slots: 1,200
Table Games: 8
GM: Jim Grant
Otoe Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
7 CLANS PARADISE CASINO
7500 Hwy 177
Red Rock, OK 74651
Phone: 866-723-4005
www.sevenclans.com/paradise-
casino
Slots: 450
GM: Brian Gooden
Otoe Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
7 CLANS PERRY CASINO
511 Kaw Street
Perry, OK 73077
Phone: 580-336-7260
www.sevenclans.com/perry-
casino
Casino size: 4,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 240
GM: Curtis Burgess
Otoe Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
7 CLANS RED ROCK GASINO
8401 Highway 177 Red Rock, OK 74651
Phone: 580-723-4005
www.sevenclans.com
Slots: 95
Chickasaw Nation
ADA GAMING CENTER
1500 N. Country Club Rd. Ada, OK 74820-1862
Phone: 580-436-3740
www.adagaming.com
Casino size: 7,890 sq. ft.
Slots: 340
Table Games: 2
Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
APACHE CASINO HOTEL
2315 East Gore Boulevard
Lawton, OK 73501
Phone: 855-248-5905
www.apachecasinohotel.com
Casino size: 23,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 890
Table Games: 9
GM: Lori Gooday Ware
Chickasaw Nation
THE ARTESIAN HOTEL CASINO
1001 W. 1st Street
Sulphur, OK 73086
Phone: 855-455-5255
www.artesianhotel.com
Casino size: 15,318 sq. ft.
Slots: 312
Table Games: 3
GM: Justin Williams
Chickasaw Nation
BLACK GOLD CASINO
288 Mulberry Lane
Wilson, OK 73463
Phone: 580-668-4415
www.myblackgoldcasino.com
Casino size: 3,744 sq. ft.
Slots: 289
GM: Johnny C. Wilson
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
THE BLACK HAWK CASINO
42008 Westech Road
Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone: 405-275-4700
www.theblackhawkcasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 624
GM: Anitra Sires
Chickasaw Nation
BORDER CASINO
22953 Brown Springs Rd.
Thackerville, OK 73459
Phone: 580-276-1727
www.mybordercasino.com
Casino size: 88,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,300
GM: John DeMoss
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 & RESORT
1000 Buffalo Run Blvd.
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-542-7140
www.buffalorun.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 586
Table Games: 11
Lodging (98 rooms)
Restaurants: 3
CEO: Patrick Browne
Delaware Nation
CASINO OKLAHOMA
220 East Cummins Road
Hinton, OK 73047
Phone: 405-542-4200
www.casinooklahoma.com
Slots: 663
GM: Doug Sweeney
Chickasaw Nation
CHICKASAW TRAVEL STOP
14565 County Road 3544
Ada, OK 74820
Phone: 580-310-0900
https://chickasawtravelstop.com
Casino size: 2,518 sq. ft.
Slots: 132
GM: John Thomas
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO— FORT GIBSON
103 N. Georgetown Rd. Fort Gibson, OK 74434
Phone: 918-684-5507
www.cherokeecasino.com/fort-
gibson
Casino size: 27,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 480
GM: Tara Vest
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—GROVE
24979 US-59
Grove, OK 73444
Phone: 918-786-1300
www.cherokeecasino.com/grove
Casino Size: 28,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 397
GM: Traci Jones
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—RAMONA
31501 Route 75
Ramona, OK 74061
Toll Free 918-535-3800
www.cherokeecasino.com/ra-
mona
Casino Size: 31,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 455
GM: Rusty Stamps
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—ROLAND
109 Cherokee Blvd.
Roland, OK 74954-1000
Phone: 918-427-7491
Toll Free: 800-256-2338
www.cherokeecasino.com/roland
Casino Size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Lodging (120 rooms)
Slots: 913
Table Games: 9
GM: Chad McReynolds
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—SALLISAW
1621 W. Ruth St.
Sallisaw, OK 74955
Phone: 918-776-1600
Toll Free: 800-256-2338
www.cherokeecasino.com/salli-
saw
Casino size: 27,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 255
GM: Tiffany Johnson
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—
SOUTH COFFEYVILLE
1506 N. Hwy. 169
South Coffeyville, OK 74072
Phone: 918-255-4221
www.cherokeecasino.com/south-
coffeyville
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 300
President & COO: Mark Fulton
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—
TAHLEQUAH
3307 Seven Clans Avenue
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Mailing: PO Box 179
Tahlequah, OK 74465
Phone: 918-207-3600
www.cherokeecasino.com/tahlequah
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 500
GM: Tara Vest
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—WEST
SILOAM SPRINGS
2416 Hwy. 412
West Siloam Springs, OK 74338
Phone: 918-422-5100
Toll Free: 800-754-4111
www.cherokeecasino.com/westsiloam-springs
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,600
Table Games: 18
Poker Tables: 8
GM: Tony Nagy
Cherokee Nation
CHEROKEE CASINO—WILL
ROGERS DOWNS
20900 S. 4200 Rd.
Claremore, OK 74019-4295
Phone: 918-283-8800
www.cherokeecasino.com/willrogers-downs
Casino size: 27,126 sq. ft.
Slots: 250
GM: Rusty Stamps
Chickasaw Nation
CHISHOLM TRAIL CASINO
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—IDABEL
1425 SE Washington
Idabel, OK 74745-3447
Phone: 580-286-5710
Toll Free: 800-634-2582
www.choctawcasinos.com/idabel
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 410
GM: Amy Davis
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO— McALESTER
1638 S. George Nigh Expressway
McAlester, OK 74501-7411
Phone: 918-423-8161
www.choctawcasinos.com/mcale ster
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 418
GM: Lila Tucker
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—POCOLA 3400 Choctaw Rd.
Pocola, OK 74902-0429
Phone: 918-436-7761
Toll Free: 800-590-5825
www.choctawcasinos.com/pocola
Casino size: 87,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,860
Table Games: 13
GM: Christy Chaser
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—STIGLER
1801 East Main Street
Stigler, OK 74462
7807 North Highway 81
Duncan, OK 73533
Phone: 580-255-1668
www.chisholmtrailcasino.com
Casino size: 2,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 608
GM: Donna Hutchins
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO— BROKEN BOW
1790 S. Park Dr.
US Highway 259
Broken Bow, OK 74728
Phone: 580-584-5450
www.choctawcasinos.com/choct
aw-broken-bow
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 475
GM: Amy Davis
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO
RESORT—DURANT
4216 S. Hwy. 69/75
Durant, OK 74701-1987
Phone: 580-920-0160
Toll Free: 888-652-4628
www.choctawcasinos.com/choct
aw-durant
Casino size: 120,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 4,314
Table Games :50
GM: Jeff Penz
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
CHOCTAW CASINO—GRANT
1516 US271
Grant, OK 74738
Phone: 580-326-8397
www.choctawcasinos.com/choct
aw-grant
Casino size: 68,235 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,198
Table Games: 10
GM: Shanis Goodson
Phone: 918967-8364
www.choctawcasinos.com/stigler .aspx
Casino size: 7,800 sq. ft. Slots: 200
GM: Ashley Simpson
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma CHOCTAW CASINO— STRINGTOWN
895 N. Hwy. 69 Stringtown, OK 74569
Phone: 580-346-7862
www.choctawcasinos.com/stringtown
Casino size: 14,000 sq. ft. Slots: 200
GM: Shelly Lance
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma CIMARRON CASINO
821 W. Freeman Ave. Perkins, OK 74059
Phone: 405-547-5352
www.cimarroncasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Table Games: 6
GM: Stephan Burris
Comanche Nation COMANCHE NATION CASINO
402 SE Interstate Dr.
Lawton, OK 73501
Phone: 580-350-3030
Toll Free: 877-900-7594
www.comanchenationcasino.com
Casino size: 36,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 700
Table Games: 6
GM: Shandi Tahhahwah
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COMANCHE RED RIVER CASINO
196747 Highway 36
Devol, OK 73531
Phone: 580-250-3060
Toll Free: 866-299-3261
www.comancheredrivercasino.com
Casino size: 52,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,000
Table Games: 8
GM: Jay Martinez
Comanche Nation
COMANCHE SPUR CASINO
9047 US Highway 62
Elgin, OK 73538-9748
Phone: 877-806-1177
www.comanchespur.com
Casino size: 2,400 sq. ft.
Slots: 180
GM: Mia Tahdooahnippah
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COMANCHE STAR CASINO
263171 Highway 53
Walters, OK 73572
Phone: 580-250-3100
www.comanchestarcasino.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 135
GM: Jennifer Simmons
Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—
BRISTOW
121 W. Lincoln
Bristow, OK 74010-3428
Phone: 918-367-9168
https://creeknationcasinobristow.com
Casino size: 8,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 211
GM: David Warrior
Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—
CHECOTAH
830 N. Broadway
Checotah, OK 74426-1103
Phone: 918-473-5200
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Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
DOWNSTREAM CASINO RESORT
69300 East Nee Road
Quapaw, OK 74363
Phone: 918-919-6000
Toll Free: 888-396-7876
www.downstreamcasino.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,003
Table Games: 25
GM: Stuart Grayson
Muscogee Creek Nation
DUCK CREEK CASINO
10085 Ferguson Rd.
Beggs, OK 74421
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Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 292
GM: JaChrista Lawless
Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—
EUFAULA
806 Forest Ave.
Eufaula, OK 74432
Phone: 918-689-9191
www.creeknationcasinoeufaula.c
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Casino size: 7,400 sq. ft.
Slots: 241
GM: Derek Fife
Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—
HOLDENVILLE
211 East Willow St.
Holdenville, OK 74848
Phone: 405-379-3321
www.creeknationcasinoholdenville.com
Casino size: 6,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 135
GM: Joel Chassin
Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO—
MUSCOGEE
3420 W. Peak Blvd
Muskogee, OK 74403
Phone: 918-683-1825
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
https://creeknationcasinomuscogee.com
Slots: 515
Table Games: 15
GM: Farrell Kaaihue
Muscogee Creek Nation
CREEK NATION CASINO— OKEMAH
1100 S. Woody Guthrie Blvd.
Okemah, OK 74859
Phone: 918-623-0051
https://creeknationcasinomuscogee.com
Casino size: 10,800 sq. ft.
Slots: 290
Bingo: 110 seats
GM: Casey Jones
Chickasaw Nation
DAVIS CTS GAMING
12592 Hwy. 7 W
Davis, OK 73030
Phone: 580-369-5360
www.chickasawtravelstop.com
Casino size: 1,676 sq. ft.
Slots: 69
AGM: Christina DeMoss
Mailing: PO Box 809 Beggs, OK 74421
Phone: 918-267-3468
https://creeknationcasinoduckcreek.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft. Slots: 522
GM: Lorinda Driskill
Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
FANCY DANCE CASINO
8651 Quail
Perry, OK 73077
Phone: 580-713-4401
www.fancydancecasino.net
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 290
OM: Dan Crites
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
FIRELAKE CASINO
41207 Hardesty Rd.
Shawnee, OK 74801-8669
Phone: 405-878-4862
www.firelakecasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 750
Table Games: 8
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Linda Hinosa
Chickasaw Nation
GOLDEN MESA CASINO
2469 Mile 28 Road
Guymon, OK 73942
Phone: 580-754-2777
www.goldenmesa.com
Casino size: 42,309 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
GM: Scott Parks
Chickasaw Nation
GOLD MOUNTAIN CASINO
1410 Sam Noble Parkway
Ardmore, OK 73401
Phone: 580-223-3301
www.mygoldmountaincasino.com
Casino Size: 8,324 sq. ft.
Slots: 297
GM: Dawn Butler
Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma
GOLD RIVER CASINO
31064 South Highway 281
Anadarko, OK 73005-0806
Mailing: PO Box 487
Anadarko, OK 73005
Phone: 405-247-4700
www.goldriverok.com
Casino size: 21,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 453
GM: Doug Swinney
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town
GOLDEN PONY CASINO
109095 N 3830 Rd
Okemah, OK 74859
Phone: 918-560-6199
Toll Free: 877-623-0072
www.goldenponycasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 320
GM: Jason Larney
Chickasaw Nation
GOLDSBY GAMING CENTER
1038 W Sycamore Rd.
Norman, OK 73072-9801
Phone: 405-329-5447
www.goldsbycasino.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 360
GM: Justin Yahola
Citizen Potawatomi Nation
GRAND CASINO HOTEL RESORT
777 Grand Casino Blvd.
Shawnee, OK 74804-1005
Phone: 405-96-GRAND
www.grandresortok.com
Casino size: 125,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,750
Table Games: 20
GM: Joe Garcia
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
www.grandlakecasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 615
Table Games: 8
GM: Nicholas Birdsong
Cherokee Nation
HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO TULSA
777 W. Cherokee St.
Catoosa, OK 74015-3235
Phone: 918-384-7800
Toll Free: 800-760-6700
www.hardrockcasinotulsa.com
Casino size: 125,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,500
Table Games: 40
Poker Tables: 14
GM: Martin Madewell
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
HIGH WINDS CASINO
61475 E. 100 Rd.
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-541-9463
www.highwindscasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 450
GM: Kirk Myrick
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.
Lodging (245 rooms)
Slots: 1,270
Table Games: 14
GM: Rick Smith
Chickasaw Nation
JET STREAM CASINO
2001 W. Airline Rd.
Pauls Valley, OK 73075
Phone: 405-331-2500
www.jetstreamcasino.com
Casino size: 1,600 sq. ft.
Slots: 90
GM: Jacqueline Hall
Novomatic Americas
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
KICKAPOO CASINO—HARRAH
25230 E. Hwy. 62
Harrah, OK 73045
Phone: 405-964-4444
www.kickapoo-casino.com/harrah
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 635
Table Games: 8
GM: Patrick Watson
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
KICKAPOO CASINO—SHAWNEE
38900 W. MacArthur Dr.
Shawnee, OK 74804
Phone: 405- 395-0900
www.kickapoocasino.com/shawnee
Slots: 300
GM: Patrick Watson
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
KIOWA CASINO—CARNEGIE
514 State Highway 9
Carnegie, OK 73015
Phone: 580-299-3333
Toll Free: 866-370-4077
www.kiowacasino.com/carnegie
Slots: 117
GM: Missy Hickman
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
KIOWA CASINO—RED RIVER
198131 Hwy 36
Devol, OK 73531
Phone: 580-299-3333
Toll Free: 866-370-4077
www.kiowacasino.com
Casino size: 64,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 700
Table Games: 9
Interim GM/COO: Steve Abangan
Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
KIOWA CASINO—VERDEN
Winning Technology—Winning Together
33165 County St. 2740
Verden, OK 73092
Phone: 866-370-4077
Toll Free: 866-370-4077
www.kiowacasino.com/verden
Casino size: 3,600 sq. ft.
Slots: 100
GM: Missy Hickman
Cheyenne & Arapaho
Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO—CANTON
301 NW Lake Rd.
Canton, OK 73724
Mailing: PO Box 638
Canton, OK 73724
Phone: 580-886-2490
www.luckystarcasino.org
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 568
CEO: Elwin Welbourne
GM: Tommye BlackCrow
Cheyenne & Arapaho
Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO—CLINTON
10347 North 2274 Road
Clinton, OK 73601
Phone: 580-323-6599
www.luckystarcasino.org
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 833
Table Games: 6
CEO: Elwin Welbourne
GM: Kara Lehman
Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO—CONCHO
7777 N. Hwy. 81
Concho, OK 73022
Phone: 405-422-6500
www.luckystarcasino.org
Casino size: 55,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,296
Table Games: 10
CEO: Elwin Welboure
Cheyenne & Arapaho
Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO— CONCHO TRAVEL CENTER
7805 US-81
El Reno, OK 73036
Phone: 405-422-6500
www.luckystarcasino.org/locations
Casino size: 8,800 sq. ft. (includes convenience store)
Slots: 408
CEO: Elwin Welbourne
GM: Michelle Doyebi
Cheyenne & Arapaho
Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO— HAMMON
20413 Hwy. 33
Hammon, OK 73650
Phone: 580-473-2010
www.luckystarcasino.org
Slots: 351
CEO: Elwin Welbourne
GM: Jissena Fulsom
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Cheyenne & Arapaho
Tribes of Oklahoma
LUCKY STAR CASINO—
WATONGA
1407 S. Clarence Nash Blvd.
Watonga, OK 73772
Phone: 580-623-7333
www.luckystarcasino.org
Casino size: 100,000 sq. ft. (includes hotel/conference rooms)
Slots: 400
CEO: Elwin Welbourne
GM: Rory Littleraven
Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma
LUCKY TURTLE CASINO
64499 E. Hwy. 60
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-678-3768
www.luckyturtlecasino.com
Casino size: 3,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 113
GM: Gary Johnson
Chickasaw Nation
MADILL GAMING CENTER
902 S. 1st St
Madill, OK 73446
Phone: 580-795-7302
www.madillgaming.com
Casino size: 2,070 sq. ft.
Slots: 99
GM: Angie Perry
Chickasaw Nation
MEGASTAR CASINO
4350 S. Hwy. 377
Willis, OK 73439
Phone: 844-634-2787
www.megastarcasino.com
Slots: 600
Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
NATIVE LIGHTS CASINO
12375 N. Hwy. 77
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: 580-448-3100
www.tonkawacasinos.com/native-lights-casino
Casino size: 22,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 527
GM: Phil Glass
Chickasaw Nation
NEWCASTLE CASINO
2457 N. Main St.
Route 62 & Interstate 44
Newcastle, OK 73065
Phone: 405-387-6013
www.newcastlecasino.com
Casino size: 112,553 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,976
Table Games: 14
GM: Ryan Sykes
Chickasaw Nation
NEWCASTLE TRAVEL GAMING
235 NW 24th St.
Newcastle, OK 73065
Phone: 405-387-6013
https://chickasaw.net/Our-Nation/Locations/Newcastle-TravelGaming.aspx
Casino size: 6,792 sq. ft.
Slots: 204
GM: Ryan Sykes
Muscogee Creek Nation
ONE FIRE CASINO 1901 N. Wood Dr.
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Phone: 918-756-8400
https://creeknationcasinoonefire.com
Casino size: 11,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 340
Table Games: 4
GM: Roger Birdcreek
Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—
BARTLESVILLE
222 Allen Rd. Bartlesville, OK 76003-4371
Phone: 918-699-7777
www.osagecasino.com
Casino size: 42,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 465
Table Games: 7
GM: John Shaw
Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—HOMINY
39 Deer Creek
Hominy, OK 74035
Phone: 918-885-2990
Toll Free: 877-246-8777
www.osagecasino.com
Slots: 200
GM: Eli RedEagle
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
www.osagecasino.com
Slots: 200
GM: Eli Red Eagle
Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—PONCA CITY
64464 State Highway 60
Ponca City, OK 74604
Phone: 877-246-8777
www.osagecasino.com
Casino size: 7,700 sq. ft.
Slots: 345
GM: Jennifer Sword
Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—SAND SPRINGS
301 N. Blackjack Dr.
Sand Springs, OK 74063
Phone: 918-699-7700
Toll Free: 877-246-8777
www.osagecasino.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 460
Table Games: 4
CEO: Kimberly Pearson
Osage Nation
OSAGE CASINO—SKIATOOK
5591 W. Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook, OK 74070
Phone: 918-396-2626
www.osagecasino.com
Slots: 315
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
www.osagecasino.com
Casino size: 47,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 983
Table Games: 11
GM: Jeffry Bailey
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
OUTPOST CASINO
69701 E. 100 Road
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-666 6770
www.theoutpostcasino.com
Casino size: 3,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 275
GM: Rick Smith
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
PRAIRIE MOON CASINO
202 South 8 Tribes Trail
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-542-8670
www.miaminationcasinos.com
Slots 130
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: 200
GM: Ben Barnes
Quapaw Tribe
QUAPAW CASINO
58100 E. 64th Rd.
Miami, OK 74354
Phone: 918-540-9100
www.quapawcasino.com
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 500
Table Games: 7
GM: Kenny Anderson
Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma
RIVER BEND CASINO HOTEL
100 Jackpot Place
Wyandotte, OK 74370
Phone: 918-678-4946
Toll Free: 866-447-4946
www.riverbendcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 815
Table Games: 5
GM: Casey Ellett
Muscogee Creek Nation
RIVER SPIRIT CASINO RESORT
8330 Riverside Parkway Tulsa, OK 74137-1215
Phone: 918-995-8518
Toll Free: 800-299-2738
www.riverspirittulsa.com
Casino size: 300,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,500
Table Games: 23
GM: Jerry Floyd
PMI TRIBAL SERVICES Specialists In Tribal Community Purchasing
PMI Tribal Services LLC, a Native Americanowned company, was formed specifically to serve tribal clients by providing the industry’s best purchasing services with an understanding of the unique needs of tribal communities.
As an affiliate of Purchasing Management International L.P., the company’s experience is built upon more than 30 years of hospitality, construction, management and purchasing experience.
PMI has purchased and installed more than $4 billion in hotel, resort and casino furnishings, operating equipment and systems worldwide, and continues to be one of the leading independent contract purchasing companies nationally and internationally. Services include FF&E purchasing for hospitality renovation and new construction, operating supplies purchasing and advisory services for capital budgeting, inventories and due diligence for acquisitions and valuations.
For years, PMI has worked with key voices in tribal gaming to deliver buying power, integrity and reliability to its tribal gaming clients, such as:
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• Mohegan Gaming
• Muckleshoot
• Snoqualmie
• Poarch Band of Creek Indians
• Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
• Comanche Nation
• Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
• Gila River Indian Community
• Prairie Band of Potawatomi
• Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation
• Yavapi Nation
• Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
• Pueblo of Sandia
Passion for helping tribal communities expand their economic self-determination and sovereignty drives the PMI culture and mission. The PMI team is dedicated to provide the ultimate professionalism throughout the procurement process, always ensuring the transparent and collaborative approach to creating value for Native communities.
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Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
RIVERMIST CASINO
Intersection Hwy. 56 and 99
Konawa, OK 74849
Phone: 580-925-3994
www.seminolenation.casino
Casino Size: 5,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 147
GM: Billie Dann
Chickasaw Nation
RIVERSTAR CASINO
11801 East 2160 Road
Terral, OK 73569
Phone: 855-748-3778
www.theriverstarcasino.com
Casino Size: 36,645 sq. ft.
Slots: 622
GM: Justin Marris
Chickasaw Nation
RIVERWIND CASINO
1544 State Highway 9
Norman, OK 73071
Phone: 580-436-2603
www.riverwind.com
Casino Size: 219,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,882
Table Games: 36
GM: Justin Yahola
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
SAC and FOX NATION
STROUD CASINO
356120 926 Rd.
Stroud, OK 74079
Phone: 918-968-2540
www.snfcasino.com
Casino size: 825 sq. ft.
Slots: 148
GM: Anitra Sires
Chickasaw Nation
SALTCREEK CASINO
1600 Hwy. 81
Pocasset, OK 73079
Phone: 405-459-4000
www.saltcreekcasino.com
Casino size: 36,645 sq. ft.
Slots: 603
Table Games: 4
GM: Cole Meeks
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
SEMINOLE NATION CASINO
11277 N Hwy. 99
Seminole, OK 74868
Phone: 405-703-5272
www.seminolenation.casino/semi
nole-nation-casino
Slots: 450
GM: Billy Archer
Kaw Nation of Oklahoma
SOUTHWIND CASINO—BRAMAN
9525 N Hwy. 177
Braman, OK 74632
Phone: 580-385-2444
www.southwindcasino.com
Gaming Machines: 300
GM: Pam Shaw
Kaw Nation of Oklahoma
SOUTHWIND CASINO—KANZA
Kanza Travel Plaza
9601 US-177
Braman, OK 74632
Phone: 580-385-2444
www.southwindcasino.com
Gaming Machines: 40
Kaw Nation of Oklahoma
SOUTHWIND CASINO—
NEWKIRK
5640 N. LaCann Dr.
Newkirk, OK 74647
Phone: 580-362-2578
Toll Free: 866-529-2464
www.southwindcasino.com
Casino size: 55,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 316
Table Games: 6
Bingo: 700 seats
GM: Mark Smith
Miami Nation of Oklahoma THE STABLES CASINO
Chickasaw Nation
TEXOMA CASINO
1795 Highway 70 East
Kingston, OK 73439
Phone: 580-564-6000
www.mytexomacasino.com
Casino size: 7,515 sq. ft.
Slots: 370
GM: Tiffany Brown
Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
530 H St. SE
Miami, OK 74354-8224
Phone: 918-542-7884
Toll Free: 877-774-7884
www.the-stables.com
Casino size: 25,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 486
GM: Byron Long
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
STONEWOLF CASINO
54251 South 349th Rd.
Pawnee, OK 74058
Mailing: PO Box 280
Pawnee, OK 74058
Phone: 918-762-3621
www.stonewolfcasino.com
Casino size: 10,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 329
GM: Esther Mitchell
Wichita & Affiliated Tribes
SUGAR CREEK CASINO
5304 N Broadway
Hinton, OK 73047
Phone 405-542-2946
www.sugarcreekcasino.com
Casino size: 39,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 850
Table Games: 5
Sugar Creek Inn & Suites (45 rooms)
RV Parking: 6 spaces
Entertainment: 1,250 seats
Restaurants: 3
Bars: 3
Tribal President: Terri Parton
GM: Glen R. Coleman
AGM: Norman L. Clark
Wichita & Affiliated Tribes
SUGAR CREEK CASINO SOUTH
32107 Highway 281 North
Anadarko, OK 73005
www.sugarcreekcasino.com
Casino size: 3,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 77
Restaurants: 1
Tribal President: Terri Parton
GM: Glen R. Coleman
AGM: Normal L. Clark
R2Architects
THUNDERBIRD
CASINO— NORMAN
15700 E. State Hwy. 9
Norman, OK 73026-9028
Phone: 405-360-9270
Toll Free: 800-259-5825
www.playthunderbird.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 580
Table Games: 6
GM: Sam Caruso
THUNDERBIRD CASINO— SHAWNEE
2051 Gordon Cooper Drive
Shawnee, OK 74801-9005
Phone: 405-273-2679
www.playthunderbird.com
Slots: 277
GM: Sam Caruso
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Transforming Clients’ Vision into Great Design
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Chickasaw Nation
TISHOMINGO TOBACCO
GAMING
1200 W. Main St.
Tishomingo, OK 73460
Phone: 580-371-3373
Casino Size: 307 sq. ft.
Slots: 18
GM: Nancy McSwain
Tonkawa Tribe of Oklahoma
TONKAWA CASINO
10700 Allen Dr. Tonkawa, OK 74653
Phone: 580-628-2624
Toll Free: 877-648-2624
www.tonkawacasinos.com
Casino size: 10,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 46
CEO: Phil Glass
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma
TRADING POST CASINO
291 Agency Road
Pawnee, OK 74058
Phone: 918-762-4466
www.pawneenation.org
Casino size: 3,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 60
Director of Gaming Ops: Joe Hawkins
Chickasaw Nation
TREASURE VALLEY CASINO
12252 Ruppe Rd.
Davis, OK 73030
Phone: 580-369-2895
www.treasurevalleycasino.com
Casino size: 22,193 sq. ft.
Treasure Valley Casino & Hotel (58 rooms)
Slots: 393
Table Games: 4
AGM: Christina DeMoss
Chickasaw Nation
WASHITA CASINO
30639 OK-145
Paoli, OK 73074
Phone: 405-484-7778
www.washitacasino.com
Casino Size: 9,600 sq. ft.
Slots: 276
GM: Jacqueline Helm
Cherokee Nation
WEST SILOAM SPRINGS
SMOKE SHOP
2416 Hwy. 412
West Siloam Springs, OK 74338
Phone: 918-422-6367
www.onestarrewards.com
Casino size: 2,160 sq. ft.
Slots: 149
GM: Pamela Kelly
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Chickasaw Nation
WINSTAR WORLD CASINO & RESORT
777 Casino Ave Interstate 35
Thackerville, OK 73459
Phone: 580-276-4229
Toll Free: 800-622-6317
www.winstar.com
Casino size: 679,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 8,543
Table Games: 99
Poker Tables: 55
Bingo: 800 seats
GM: Jack Parkinson
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
www.chinookwindscasino.com
Casino size: 48,978 sq. ft.
Chinook Winds Resort (243 rooms)
Slots: 1,105
Table Games: 16
Bingo: 300 seats
GM: Mike Fisher
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
INDIAN HEAD CASINO
Coquille Indian Tribe
THE MILL CASINO HOTEL & RV PARK
3201 N. Tremont Ave. North Bend, OR 97459-3062
Phone: 541-756-8800
Toll Free: 800-953-4800
www.themillcasino.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
The Mill Casino Hotel (203 rooms)
3236 US Highway 26
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Mailing: PO Box 890
Warm Springs, OR 97761
Phone: 541-460-7777
www.indianheadgaming.com
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 500
GM: Shawn McDaniel
Klamath Tribe
KLA-MO-YA CASINO
34333 Hwy. 97 North
Chiloquin, OR 97624-8747
Phone: 541-783-7529
Toll Free: 888-552-6692
www.klamoyacasino.com
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 345
Table Games: 3
GM: Joseph Quiroli
COMPANY PROFILE
Slots: 692
Table Games: 8
GM: Terri Porcaro
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
www.sevenfeathers.com
Casino size: 68,441 sq. ft.
Slots: 955 +
Table Games: 20
Bingo: 324 seats
GM: Jay Ellenberger
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
SPIRIT MOUNTAIN CASINO— WILLAMINA
27100 SW Salmon River Hwy. Grand Ronde, OR 97347
Phone: 503-879-2350
www.spiritmountain.com
Casino size: 193,200 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,707
Table Games: 18
GM: Bruce Thomas
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
THREE RIVERS CASINO—
COOS BAY
1297 Ocean Boulevard NW
Coos Bay, OR 97420
Phone: 877-374-8377
www.threeriverscasino.com
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 250
CEO: Dan Condy
Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
THREE RIVERS CASINO RESORT—FLORENCE
5647 Hwy. 126
Florence, OR 97439
Phone: 541-997-7529
Toll Free: 877-3-RIVERS
www.threeriverscasino.com
Casino size: 90,000 sq. ft.
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Slots: 600
Table Games: 12
Bingo: 400 seats
CEO: Dan Condy
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation
WILDHORSE RESORT & CASINO
46510 Wildhorse Blvd.
Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone: 541-278-2274
Toll Free: 800-654-9453
www.wildhorseresort.com
Casino size: 113,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,200
Table Games: 12
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: Allen Tovey
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
LODE STAR CASINO & HOTEL
Highway 34 and Highway 47
Fort Thompson, SD 57339-0050
Phone: 605-245-6000
www.lodestarcasino.com
Casino size: 27,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 217
Table Games: 7
GM: Lester Thompson Jr.
Oglala Sioux Tribe
PRAIRIE WIND CASINO & HOTEL
26 Casino Drive
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
Phone: 605-867-6300
Toll Free: 800-705-WIND
www.prairiewindcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 340
Bingo: 150 seats
GM: Bill Pourier
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
ROYAL RIVER CASINO & HOTEL
607 S. Veterans St.
Flandreau, SD 57028-1416
Phone: 605-997-3746
Toll Free: 800-833-8666
www.royalrivercasino.com
Casino size: 17,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 427
Table Games: 12
GM: James McDermott
TEXAS Class II
Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
KICKAPOO LUCKY EAGLE
CASINO HOTEL
794 Lucky Eagle Drive
Eagle Pass, TX 78852
Phone: 830-758-1936
Toll Free: 888-255-8259
www.luckyeagletexas.com
Casino Size: 166,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,290
Bingo: Seats: 230
GM: Christopher McClain
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
NASKILA GAMING
540 State Park Road 56
Livingston, TX 77351
Phone: 936-5632-WIN
www.naskila.com
Casino Size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 800
GM: Douglas Searle
VIRGINIA
Class II
The Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s gambling development has been approved, although the state currently has no casinos.
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
www.7cedarscasino.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 581
Table Games: 13
Bingo: 250 seats
GM: Glenn Smithson
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservations
12 TRIBES COULEE DAM
CASINO
515 Birch St.
Coulee Dam, WA 99116-1324
Phone: 509-633-0766
Toll Free: 800-556-7492
https://colvillecasinos.com/coul
ee-dam-casino/
Casino size: 5,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 201
COO: Tony Posey
Colville Confederated Tribes
12 TRIBES LAKE
CHELAN CASINO
455 Wapato Lake Rd.
Manson, WA 98831-9577
Phone: 509-687-2102
Toll Free: 800-648-2946
https://colvillecasinos.com/lakechelan-casino
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 640
Table Games: 8
Casino Manager: Tony Posey
TBE ARCHITECTS All Hospitality, All the Time
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While TBE has worked with many domestic and internationally recognized brands such as Caesars, Hilton and Churchill Downs, its reputation for spectacular design is most evident within Indian Country. TBE truly is honored to have worked for 121 tribes and First Nations since 1971.
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Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
12 TRIBES OMAK
CASINO HOTEL
28968 US Highway 97
Omak, WA 98841
Phone: 509-422-4646
Toll Free: 800-559-4643
www.colvillecasinos.com
Casino size: 56,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 543
Table Games: 8
GM: Mike Miller
Stillaguamish Tribe
ANGEL OF THE WINDS
CASINO RESORT
3438 Stoluckquamish Ln.
Arlington, WA 98223
Phone: 360-474-9740
Toll Free: 877-394-8210
www.angelofthewinds.com
Hotel (125 rooms)
Casino size: 112,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,447
Table Games: 24
GM: Travis O’Neil
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
BJ’S BINGO & GAMING
4411 Pacific Hwy. East
Fife, WA 98424
Phone: 253-922-0430
www.bjs-bingo.com
Slots: 400
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Jenynne DeNoble
Spokane Tribe of Indians
CHEWELAH CASINO
2555 Smith Rd.
Highway 395 South
Chewelah, WA 99109-9689
Phone: 509-258-9854
Toll Free: 800-322-2788
www.chewelahcasino.com
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 317
Table Games: 5
GM: Dwayne Fitzgerald
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: 138
Interim GM: Mike Watson
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
EMERALD QUEEN CASINO I-5
2920 East R Street
Tacoma, WA 98404
Phone: 253-594-7777
Toll Free 888-831-7655
www.emeraldqueen.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (100 Rooms)
Slots: 1,633
Table Games: 57
GM: Frank Wright
The firm is proud to be an active Associate Member of the Indian Gaming Association, the California Nations Indian Gaming Association, the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association and the Washington Indian Gaming Association.
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Colville Confederated Tribes
12 TRIBES LAKE
CHELAN CASINO
455 Wapato Lake Rd.
Manson, WA 98831-9577
Phone: 509-687-2102
Toll Free: 800-648-2946
https://colvillecasinos.com/lakechelan-casino
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 640
Table Games: 8
Casino Manager: Tony Posey
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
12 TRIBES OMAK
CASINO HOTEL
28968 US Highway 97
Omak, WA 98841
Phone: 509-422-4646
Toll Free: 800-559-4643
www.colvillecasinos.com
Casino size: 56,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 543
Table Games: 8
GM: Mike Miller
Stillaguamish Tribe
ANGEL OF THE WINDS
CASINO RESORT
3438 Stoluckquamish Ln.
Arlington, WA 98223
Phone: 360-474-9740
Toll Free: 877-394-8210
www.angelofthewinds.com
Hotel (125 rooms)
Casino size: 112,000 sq. ft.
Slots 1,447
Table Games: 24
GM: Travis O’Neil
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
BJ’S BINGO & GAMING
4411 Pacific Hwy. East
Fife, WA 98424
Phone: 253-922-0430
www.bjs-bingo.com
Slots: 400
Bingo: 500 seats
GM: Jenynne DeNoble
Spokane Tribe of Indians
CHEWELAH CASINO
2555 Smith Rd. Highway 395 South
Chewelah, WA 99109-9689
Phone: 509-258-9854
Toll Free: 800-322-2788
www.chewelahcasino.com
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 317
Table Games: 5
GM: Dwayne Fitzgerald
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: 138
Interim GM: Mike Watson
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
EMERALD QUEEN CASINO I-5
2920 East R Street
Tacoma, WA 98404
Phone: 253-594-7777
Toll Free 888-831-7655
www.emeraldqueen.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Hotel (100 Rooms)
Slots: 1,633
Table Games: 57
GM: Frank Wright
Puyallup Tribe of Indians
EMERALD QUEEN
HOTEL & CASINO
5700 Pacific Hwy. East
Fife, WA 98424
Phone: 253-922-2000
www.emeraldqueen.com
Emerald Queen Hotel (140 rooms)
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,367
GM: Frank Wright
Mohegan Tribe, The Cowlitz Tribe
ILANI CASINO RESORT
3710 NW 319th St.
Ridgefield, WA 98642-9785
Toll Free: 877-464-5264
www.ilaniresort.com
Casino Size: 100,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,500
President and GM: Kara FoxLaRose
Kalispel Tribe of Indians
KALISPEL CASINO
420 Qlispe River Way
Cusick, WA 99119
Phone: 833-881-7492
www.kalispelcasino.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 120
Sauk Suiattle Tribe
LAST CHANCE
CASINO AND BINGO
5318 Chief Brown Lane
Darrington, WA 98421
Phone: 833-881-7492
www.lastchancecasinoandbingo.c
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Casino size: 9,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 187
GM: Nino Maltos
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
LEGENDS CASINO HOTEL
580 Fort Road
Toppenish, WA 98584
Phone: 509-865-8800
Toll Free: 877-726-6311
www.legendscasino.com
Hotel (200 rooms)
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,400
Table Games: 18
GM: Letisha Peterson
Squaxin Island Tribe
LITTLE CREEK CASINO
91 W. State Route 108
Shelton, WA 98584
Phone: 360-427-7711
Toll Free: 800-667-7711
www.little-creek.com
Casino size: 21,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,248
Table Games: 21
Bingo: 300 seats
Dir. Of Gaming: Mark West
Skokomish Tribe
LUCKY DOG CASINO
19330 N. Hwy. 101
Shelton, WA 98584-9781
Phone: 360-877-5656
www.myluckydogcasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 190
CEO & GM: David Owens
Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
LUCKY EAGLE CASINO & HOTEL
12888 188th Ave. SW
Rochester, WA 98579-9643
Phone: 360-273-2000
Toll Free: 800-720-1788
www.luckyeagle.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,267
Table Games: 16
Bingo: 600 seats
CEO: JaNessa Bumgarner
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
MUCKLESHOOT CASINO
2402 Auburn Way South
Auburn, WA 98002-6370
Phone: 253-804-4444
Toll Free: 800-804-4944
www.muckleshootcasino.com
Casino size: 137,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,400
Table Games: 54
AGM: Jesse McDaniel
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN BINGO
2117 Auburn Way South
Auburn, WA 98002
Phone: 253-735-2404
www.muckleshootbingo.com
Slots: 500
Bingo: 1,000 seats
GM: Vikki Simpson
Nisqually Tribe
NISQUALLY RED WIND CASINO
Nooksack Indian Tribe
NOOKSACK
NORTHWOOD CASINO
9750 Northwood Rd.
Lynden, WA 98264
Phone: 360-734-5101
Toll Free: 877-777-9847
www.northwoodcasino.com
Casino size: 30,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 360
GM: Leonard Habig
Kalispel Tribe
NORTHERN QUEST
RESORT & CASINO
100 N. Hayford Rd.
Airway Heights, WA 99001-1300
Phone: 509-242-7000
Toll Free: 888-603-7051
www.northernquest.com
Casino size: 195,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,651
Table Games: 37
GM: Nick Pierre
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
THE POINT CASINO
7989 Salish Lane NE
Kingston, WA 98346
Phone: 360-297-0070
Toll Free: 866-547-6468
www.thepointcasinoandhotel.com
12819 Yelm Hwy. SE
Olympia, WA 98513-9111
Phone: 360-412-5000
Toll Free: 866-946-2444
www.redwindcasino.com
Casino size: 95,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,671
Table Games: 20
GM: Conrad Granito Jr.
WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK
Casino size: 52,400 sq. ft.
Lodging (94 rooms)
Slots 750
Table Games: 8
VP of Ops & GM: Sam Cocharo
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Financing for Casino Construction, Expansions, M&A and Restructuring
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Tulalip Tribes
QUIL CEDA CREEK CASINO
6410 33rd Ave. NE
Tulalip, WA 98271
Phone: 360-716-1700
Toll Free: 888-272 -1111
www.quilcedacreekcasino.com
Casino size: 55,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,004
Table Games: 12
President & COO: Ken Kettler
Quinault Tribe
QUINAULT BEACH
RESORT & CASINO
78 State Route 115
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
Phone: 360-289-9466
Toll Free: 888-461-2214
www.quinaultbeachresort.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Quinault Beach Resort (159 rooms)
Slots: 700
Table Games: 14
GM: Bob Little
Shoalwater Bay Tribe
SHOALWATER BAY CASINO
4112 Hwy.105
Tokeland, WA 98590
Phone: 360-267-2048
Toll Free: 888-834-7312
www.swbcasino.com
Casino size: 12,000 sq. ft.
Tradewinds on the Bay Motel (18 rooms)
Slots: 281
GM: Michael Rasmussen
Lummi Nation
SILVER REEF CASINO
4876 Haxton Way
Ferndale, WA 98248
Phone: 360-383-0777
Toll Free: 866-383-0777
www.silverreefcasino.com
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,075+
Table Games: 16
GM: Marty Sauvage
Snoqualmie Tribe
SNOQUALMIE CASINO
37500 SE North Bend Way
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Phone: 425-888-1234
www.snocasino.com
Casino size: 51,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,700
Table Games: 54
CEO & President: Stanford Le
Spokane Tribe of Indians
SPOKANE TRIBE CASINO
14300 W SR-2 Hwy.
Airway Heights, WA 99001
Phone: 1-877-786-9467
www.spokanetribecasino.com
Casino size: 38,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 450
Table Games: 12
GM: Javier De La Rosa
Suquamish Tribe
SUQUAMISH CLEARWATER
CASINO RESORT
15347 Suquamish Way
Suquamish, WA 98392-9649
Phone: 360-598-8700
Toll Free: 800-375-6073
www.clearwatercasino.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,200
Table Games: 35
GM: Rich Purser
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
SWINOMISH CASINO & LODGE
12885 Casino Dr.
Anacortes, WA 98221-8363
Phone: 360-293-2691
Toll Free: 888-288-8883
www.swinomishcasinoandlodge.c
om
Casino size: 27,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 850
Table Games: 11
GM: Brock Hochsprung
Upper Skagit Indian Tribe
THE SKAGIT CASINO RESORT
5984 N. Darrk Lane
Bow, WA 98232
Phone: 360-724-7777
Toll Free: 877-275-2448
www.theskagit.com
Casino size: 64,000 sq. ft.
The Skagit Valley Resort (132 rooms)
Slots: 910
Table Games: 12
GM: Don Guglielmino
Tulalip Tribe
TULALIP BINGO & SLOTS
2911 Quil Ceda Blvd.
Tulalip, WA 98271-7413
Phone: 360-716-2100
Toll Free: 800-631-3313
www.tulalipbingo.com
Casino size: 22,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 221
Bingo: 850 seats
Bingo Director: Tammy Taylor
Tulalip Tribe
TULALIP RESORT CASINO
10200 Quil Ceda Boulevard
Tulalip, WA 98172-7413
Phone: 360-716-6000
www.tulalipresortcasino.com
Casino size: 222,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 2,440
Table Games: 37
Bingo Seats: 870
President: Ken Kettler
WISCONSIN
Class II & III
Bad River Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa
BAD RIVER LODGE & CASINO
73370 US Hwy. 2
Odanah, WI 54861
Phone: 715-682-7121
Toll Free: 800-777-7449
www.badriver.com
Casino size: 74,000 sq. ft.
Bad River Lodge (50 rooms)
Slots: 402
GM: Mitch Corbine
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
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/blackriverfalls
Casino size: 38,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 750
Table Games: 10
Bingo Seats: 480
EM: 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
www.ho-chunkgaming.com/madison
Casino size: 60,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,240
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
www.ho-chunkgaming.com/nekoosa
Casino size: 16,650 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Table Games: 12
EM: Andrea Estebo
Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING TOMAH
27867 State Highway 21
Tomah, WI 54660
Phone: 866-880-9822
www.ho-chunkgaming.com/tomah
Casino size: 1,890 sq. ft.
Slots: 100
GM: Greg Garvin
Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING
WISCONSIN DELLS
US3214 Hwy. 12
Baraboo, WI 53913
Phone: 608-356-6210
Toll Free: 800-746-2486
www.ho-chunkgaming.com/wisconsindells
Casino size: 94,480 sq. ft.
Ho-Chunk Casino Hotel (315 rooms)
Slots: 1,541
Table Games: 45
Bingo: 600 seats
Ho-Chunk Nation
HO-CHUNK GAMING
WITTENBERG
N7214 US Hwy. 45
Wittenberg, WI 54499
Phone: 715-253-4400
www.ho-chunk.com/wittenberg
Casino size: 18,977 sq. ft.
Slots: 786
Executive Manager: Fletcher Collins
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa LAKE OF THE TORCHES RESORT CASINO
Stockbridge-Munsee Community
NORTH STAR MOHICAN
CASINO RESORT
W. 12180 County Rd. A Bowler, WI 54416
Phone: 715-793-4090
Toll Free: 800-775-CASINO
www.northstarcasinoresort.com
Casino size: 70,100 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,200
Table Games: 18
Bingo: 360 seats
GM: John Phillipp
Oneida Nation
ONEIDA CASINO
2020/2100 Airport Dr. Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-494-4500
Toll Free: 800-238-4263
www.oneidacasino.net
Casino size: 115,288 sq. ft. Slots: 978
Table Games: 26
Bingo: 738 seats
510 Old Abe Rd.
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone: 715-588-7070
Toll Free: 800-258-6724
www.lakeofthetorches.com
Casino size: 56,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 830
Table Games: 8
Bingo: 450 seats
CEO: William Guelcher
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
LEGENDARY WATERS
RESORT & CASINO
37600 Onigaming Drive
Bayfield, WI 54814
Mailing: PO Box 1167
Bayfield, WI 54814-1167
Phone: 715-779-3712
Toll Free: 800-226-8478
www.legendarywaters.com
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 260
Table Games: 4
Interim GM: Randy Soulier
Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin
MENOMINEE CASINO RESORT
N277 Hwy. 47/55
Keshena, WI 54135
Phone: 715-799-3600
Toll Free: 800-343-7778
www.menomineecasinoresort.com
Casino size: 33,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 762
Table Games: 8
Bingo: 220 seats
GM: Jim Reiter
Sakaogon Chippewa Community
MOLE LAKE CASINO LODGE
3084 State Hwy. 55
Crandon, WI 54520
Phone: 715-478-3200
Toll Free: 800-236-WINN
www.molelakecasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 260
Bingo: 300 seats
Table Games: 5
GM: Karen Statezny
GM: Louise Cornelius
Oneida Nation
ONEIDA CASINO TRAVEL CENTER
5939 Old 29 Drive Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-865-7919
www.oneidacasino.net/locations/one-stops
Casino size: 23,060 sq. ft.
Slots: 107
GM: Louise Cornelius
Oneida Nation
ONEIDA IMAC GAMING CENTER
2100 Airport Drive Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-494-4500
www.oneidacasino.net/locations/imac
Casino size: 76,578 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 411
Bingo: 738 Seats
GM: Louise Cornelius
Oneida Nation
ONEIDA CASINO –WEST MASON
2522 W. Mason St. Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-494-4500
Toll Free: 800-238-4263
www.oneidacasino.net/locations/w-mason
Casino size: 41,798 sq. ft. Slots: 784
Table Games: 8
GM: Louise Cornelius
Oneida Nation
ONEIDA ONE-STOP
PACKERLAND
3120 South Packerland Drive Green Bay, WI 54313
Phone: 920-496-5601
www.oneidacasino.net/locations/one-stops
Casino size: 14,905 sq. ft. Slots: 93
GM: Louise Cornelius
Forest County Potawatomi
Community
POTAWATOMI CARTER
CASINO & HOTEL
618 State Hwy. 32
Wabeno, WI 54566
Phone: 715-473-2021
Toll Free: 800-487-9522
www.cartercasino.com
Casino size: 68,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 470
Table Games: 7
Bingo: 250 seats
CEO: Dominic Ortiz
Forest County Potawatomi Nation
POTAWATOMI HOTEL & CASINO
1721 W Canal St. Milwaukee, WI 53233
Phone: 414-645-6888
Toll Free: 800-729-7244
www.paysbig.com
Casino size: 150,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,500
Table Games: 98
Bingo: 1,354 seats
CEO & GM: Dominic Ortiz
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
SEVENWINDS CASINO,
LODGE & CONFERENCE CENTER
13767 W. County Rd. B
Hayward, WI 54843
Phone: 715-634-5643
Toll Free: 800-526-2274
www.sevenwindscasino.com
Casino size: 35,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 628
Table Games: 10
Bingo: 600 seats
EM: Randy Cadotte
St. Croix Tribe of Chippewa
ST. CROIX CASINO DANBURY State Road 35 77
Danbury, WI 54830
Phone: 715-656-3444
Toll Free: 800-238-4946
www.stcroix-casinos.com/ho-
tels/danbury
Casino size: 22,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 488
Table Games: 12
GM: Loren Benjamin
St. Croix Tribal Chippewa of Wisconsin
ST. CROIX CASINO HERTEL
4384 State Rd. 70
Webster, WI 54893-9249
Phone: 844-389-9092
www.stcroix-casinos.com/ho-
tels/hertel
Slots: 248
GM: John Bearheart
St. Croix Tribal Chippewa of Wisconsin
ST. CROIX CASINO
TURTLE LAKE
777 Highway 8/63
Turtle Lake, WI 54889
Phone: 844-287-2570
Toll Free: 800-846-8946
www.stcroix-casinos.com/ho-
tels/turtlelake
Casino size: 95,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,083
Table Games: 22
GM: Martin Songetay
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
THUNDERBIRD CASINO
West 110 Count Trunk VV
Keshena, WI 54135
Phone: 715-799-6539
www.menomineecasinoresort.co
m/restaurants/thunderbird
Slots: 29
GM: Andrew Incha
WYOMING
Class II
Northern Arapaho Tribe
789 SMOKE SHOP & CASINO
10369 Highway 789
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: 307-856-9942
www.789smokeshopcasino.com
Casino size: 45,000 sq. ft.
Gaming Machines: 257
Northern Arapaho Tribe
LITTLE WIND CASINO
800 Blue Sky Hwy.
Ethete, WY 82520
Phone: 307-335-8703
www.littlewindcasino.com
Casino size: 1,920 sq. ft.
Slots: 168
CEO: Brian Van Enkenvoort
Eastern Shoshone Tribe
SHOSHONE ROSE CASINO & HOTEL
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
EAGLE RIVER
RESORT & CASINO
Highway 43 and Highway 32
North
Whitecourt, Alberta T7S 1P7
Phone: 780-779-2727
Toll Free: 888-913-2727
www.eaglerivercasino.ca
Slots: 250
Table Games: 12
GM: Eris Moncur
Tsuu T’ina First Nation
GREY EAGLE RESORT & CASINO
3777 Grey Eagle Dr.
Calgary, Alberta T3E 3X8
Phone: 403-385-3777
Toll Free: 844-719-8777
www.greyeagleresortandcasino.ca
Casino size: 84,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 900
Tables Games: 40
Bingo: 550 seats
GM: Martin Brickstock
Enoch Cree Nation
RIVER CREE RESORT & CASINO
300 East Lapotac Blvd.
Enoch, Alberta T7X 3Y3
Phone: 780-484-2121
Toll Free: 877-377-7774
www.rivercreeresort.com
Casino size: 62,600 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,000
Table Games: 39
COO: Vik Mahajan
Stoney Nakoda First Nation
STONEY NAKODA
RESORT & CASINO
Highway 40 and Highway 1
Morley, Alberta T0L 1N0
Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
SOUTH BEACH
CASINO & RESORT
One Ocean Drive
Scanterbury, Manitoba R0E 1W0
Phone: 204-766-2100
Toll Free: 877-77-LUCKY
www.southbeachcasino.ca
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 600
Table Games: 11
GM: Faysal Tur
Swan Lake First Nation
SWAN LAKE FIRST NATION
GAMING CENTER #7
Highway 23 and Highway 34
Swan Lake, Manitoba R0G 2S0
Phone: 204-836-2305
www.swanlakefirstnation.ca
Slots: 30
GM: Diane McKinney
Swan Lake First Nation
SWAN LAKE FIRST NATION
GAMING CENTER #8
4818 Portage Ave.
Headingley, Manitoba R4H 1CH
Phone: 204-832-1849
www.swanlakefirstnation.ca
Slots: 30
GM: Donna M’lot
Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
SOUTH BEACH CASINO & RESORT
One Ocean Drive
Scanterbury, Manitoba R0E 1W0
Phone: 204-766-2100
Toll Free: 877-77-LUCKY
www.southbeachcasino.ca
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
South Beach Resort (93 rooms)
Mississaugas of Scugog
Island First Nation
GREAT BLUE HERON CHARITY
CASINO
21777 Island Rd.
Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1B6
Phone: 905-985-4888
Snoqualmie Casino
Toll Free: 888-294-3766
www.greatblueheroncasino.com
Slots: 545
Table Games: 50
GM: Robert Katsavelos
Six Nations of the Grand River SIX NATIONS BINGO HALL
2585 Chiefswood Rd.
Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0
Phone: 519-753-3574
www.sixnationsbingo.ca
Casino size: 39,500 sq. ft.
Bingo: 1,700 seats
Bingo: Manager: John Heathers
QUEBEC
Mohawk Council of Kahnawake MAGIC PALACE
Route 132
Kanawake, Quebec J0L 1B0
Phone: 450-635-9765
www.magicpalace.ca
Slots: 420
Owner: Stan Myiow
SASKATCHEWAN
White Bear Indian Community BEAR CLAW CASINO
Highway 9, White Bear First Nation
Caryle, Saskatchewan S0C 0R0
Phone: 306-577-4577
www.bearclawcasino.ca
Casino size: 15,000 sq. ft. Slots: 142
5690 US Hwy. 287
Lander, WY 82520
Phone: 307-206-7000
www.shoshonerose.com
Casino size: 16,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 450
GM: Robert Polcorney
Northern Arapaho Tribe
WIND RIVER HOTEL & CASINO
180 Red Wolf Place
Riverton, WY 82501
Phone: 307-856-3964
www.windriverhotelcasino.com
Casino size: 46,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 783
Table Games: 10
CEO: Brian Van Enkenvoort
CANADA ALBERTA
Cold Lake First Nation
CASINO DENE
Route 28 and Highway 897
Cold Lake, Alberta T9M 1P4
Phone: 780-594-7900
www.casinodene.com
Casino size: 20,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 252
Table Games: 9
CEO: Christina Radiff
Phone: 403-881-2830
www.stoneynakodaresort.com
Casino size: 70,000 sq. ft.
Stoney Nakoda Resort (111 rooms)
Slots: 250
Table Games: 15
CEO & CFO: Jim Gannarilli
MANITOBA
Cree Nations
ASENESKAK CASINO
Highway 10 Opaskwayak
The Pas, Manitoba R0B 2J0
Phone 204- 627-2250
Toll Free: 877-627-2267
www.aseneskak.ca
Casino size: 20,500 sq. ft.
Slots: 172
Table Games: 3
GM: Darcy Bolton
First Nations in Manitoba
SAND HILLS CASINO
21-9-14 Highway 5 South
Carberry, Manitoba R0K 0H0
Phone: 855-370-7263
www.sandhillscasino.com
Slots: 350
Operations: Jeff Melcosky
Slots: 600
Table Games: 11
GM: Faysal Tur
NEW BRUNSWICK
Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
GREY ROCK ENTERTAINMENT
CENTRE
100 Chief Joanna Boulevard
Edmundston, New Brunswick
E7C 0C1
Phone: 506-735-2820
www.greyrockcasino.com
Slots: 200
ETG: 2
Bingo: 400 seats
GM: Jacques Couturier
ONTARIO
Anishinabe of Wauzhushk Onigum
GOLDEN EAGLE
ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY
49 Devils Gap Road
Kenora, Ontario P9N 3X8
Phone: 807-548-1332
www.facebook.com/Goldenea-
glebingo
Bingo: 450 seats
GM: Patrick Brett
Table Games: 3
GM: Johnathan Pasap
Whitecap Dakota First Nation
DAKOTA DUNES CASINO
204 Dakota Dunes Way Whitecap, Saskatchewan S7K 2L2
Phone: 306-667-6400
www.dakotadunescasino.com
Casino size: 84,000 sq. ft. Slots: 620
Table Games: 25
GM: Gary Daniels
First Nations of Saskatchewan
GOLD EAGLE CASINO
11902 Railway Ave. North Battleford, Saskatchewan S9A 3K7
Phone: 306-446-3833
www.goldeaglecasino.ca
Casino size: 39,000 sq. ft. Slots: 335
Table Games: 6
GM: Kelly Atcheynum
Little Pine First Nation
GOLD HORSE CASINO
3910 41st Street
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan S9V 2K8
Phone: 306-825-3777
www.goldhorsecasino.ca
Casino size: 33,750 sq. ft. Slots: 250
Table Games: 5
GM: Roger Anderson
File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council
LIVING SKY CASINO
1401 N. Service Rd. East
Swift Current, Saskatchewan
S9H 3X6
Phone: 306-778-5759
www.livingskycasino.ca
Casino size: 50,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 150
Table Games: 6
GM: Trevor Marion
First Nations of Saskatchewan
NORTHERN LIGHTS CASINO
44 Marquis Rd. West
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
S6V 7Y5
Phone: 306-764-4777
www.northernlightscasino.ca
Casino size: 40,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 520
Table Games: 9
GM: Richard Ahenakew
First Nations of Saskatchewan
PAINTED HAND CASINO
510 Broadway St. West
Yorkton, Saskatchewan S3N OP3
Phone: 306-786-6777
www.paintedhandcasino.ca
Casino size: 18,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 225
Table Games: 7
GM: Charles Ryder
TRIBAL OWNED
COMMERCIAL CASINOS
Quapaw Tribe of Oklahoma
SARACEN CASINO RESORT
1 Saracen Resort Dr.
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Phone: 870-686-9001
www.saracenresort.com
Casino Size: 80,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2300
Table Games: 40
GM: Matt Harkness
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
WORLD JAI-ALAI LEAGUE
450 North West 37th Avenue
Miami, FL 33125-4041
Phone: 305-649-3000
Toll Free: 888-56-MAGIC
www.magiccitycasino.com
Casino size: 40,000
Slots: 797
Poker Tables: 18
Cherokee Nation
GOLD STRIKE CASINO RESORT
1010 Casino Center Drive
Tunica, MS 38664
Phone: 662-357-1111
Toll Free: 888-245-7829
https://goldstrike.com/
Casino size: 50,000
Hotel (1,113 rooms)
Slots: 1,180
Table Games: 67
GM: Max Fisher
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
PALMS CASINO RESORT
4321 West Flamingo Rd.
Las Vegas, NV 89103-3903
Phone: 702-942-7777
Toll Free: 866-725-6773
www.palms.com
Casino size: 85,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 1,325
Table Games: 48
GM: Cynthia Murphey
Mohegan Tribe
MOHEGAN SUN POCONO
1280 Highway 315 Boulevard
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Phone: 570-831-2100
Toll Free: 888-946-4672
www.mohegansunpocono.com
Casino size: 82,000 sq. ft.
Slots: 2,325
Table Games: 87
GM: Tony Carlucci
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
WIND CREEK BETHLEHEM
77 Sands Boulevard
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Phone: 877-726-3777
www.windcreekbethlehem.com
Casino size: 150,709 sq. ft.
Slots: 3,042
Table Games: 252
SVP & GM: Kathy McCracken
The Future is Bright!
Tribal gaming CFOs say they’re optimistic about 2023
By Grant EveIn January, Wipfli surveyed chief financial officers (CFOs) from more than 20 prominent tribal casinos to gauge their outlook for 2023.
Here’s the good news:
Tribal casinos are financially stable
Over 70 percent of tribal casino CFOs say their financial stability is much higher today than it was five years ago. None reported deterioration.
With record revenues of over $39 billion reported by the National Indian Gaming Commission in fiscal year 2021, and revenue expected to be even higher for 2022, it’s likely that financial stability is stronger than prepandemic. This means that tribes are investing in their facilities and not transferring all the profits back to the tribal governments. Investments that have led to stronger financial stability include investments in technology, paying down debt and keeping larger cash reserves on hand.
Concerns are relatively minor
CFOs are trying to fund bold futures in a wild macroeconomic environment— yet they reported few major concerns. The ongoing talent war and rising labor expenses are their biggest worries. Cybersecurity may have ranked as a moderate concern in the survey, but once a breach occurs, it becomes a high concern, so ensuring proactive actions to address cybersecurity are critical. Otherwise, for the most part, CFOs feel prepared for the challenges ahead.
Most CFOs are optimistic
More than half of tribal gaming CFOs are at least somewhat optimistic about 2023. About a third are neutral about their business outlook.
What’s in their favor? Record-high revenue from the past two years that can help them overcome pricing hikes and labor shortages. The right incentives and marketing offers continue to draw guests in. And casinos still have efficiencies to gain through supplier agreements and technology.
Revenue is expected to rise
Despite inflation and rising costs, the majority of CFOs expect revenue to increase in 2023. By how much? Two-thirds of those polled think revenue could rise between 1 percent and 10 percent.
With a lot of unknowns going into 2023, it’s great news that CFOs expect a continued increase of revenue in 2023. This will help offset inflation from 2022, as casinos cannot simply raise prices like many other businesses have done to combat inflation.
While there is no doubt about the fact that some uncertainty is coming for the remainder of 2023, there is also no doubt that CFOs of large tribal gaming operations are dialed in on the trends for 2023 and plan to act appropriately as we face new challenges.
Grant Eve is a partner for Wipfli specializing in gaming and hospitality. He has several years of experience working with tribal gaming organizations and commercial casinos throughout multiple jurisdictions. A recognized leader in the gaming industry, Eve has authored numerous articles and interviewed in many industry publications.