Dickinson Wright PLLC, with offices in Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, D.C., and Toronto, Ontario, and Mariscal, Weeks, McIntyre & Friedlander, P.A., based in Phoenix, recently announced the...

By Ryan M. ShannonThe Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for November 2012 for the three Detroit, Michigan, commercial casinos. The three Detroit commercial casinos posted a...

By Michael D. Lipton, Q.C. and Kevin J. WeberU.S. residents of the states bordering Canada are familiar with advertisements for Canadian casinos, which are directed at them through television, radio, and print. It is a natural...

By Patrick SullivanTribal gaming is the most successful, visible, and controversial economic driver in Indian Country. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 was intended to promote the federal policy goals of “tribal economic...

By Dennis J. WhittleseyIn past years, the non-tribal gaming industry had little interest in the White House Tribal Nations Conference attended by tribal leaders from across the country. However, this year is different and many...

By Peter J. Kulick and Robert W. Stocker IIThe final verse has been written for the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. That verse reads simply as a surprising status quo from the last two years: Barack Obama retains his job in the...

By Ryan M. ShannonThe Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for September 2012 for the three Detroit, Michigan, commercial casinos. The three Detroit commercial casinos posted a...

By Patrick SullivanOregon currently has nine tribal casinos. A race is on to build new casinos to capture the Portland and Medford markets. The stakes are high – casino backers project $400 million in adjusted gross revenue for...

The 5th annual Eastern European Gaming Summit was held in Sofia, Bulgaria recently. The big news up for discussion at the conference was Bulgaria’s adoption of a new gaming law that includes Internet gaming legislation and the...

By Peter C. Pang and John S. ArtzBrand equity consultants and marketing gurus have for years preached the importance of having a distinctive brand name as it is one of the most important factors that differentiates or...

By Peter C. PangHere are some awesome statistics that few people realize when they think about China. We all know there are more than 1.3 billion people in China. But few realize that as of May 2012, according to...

By Patrick SullivanThe Seneca Nation and State of New York are currently embroiled in arbitration to resolve the Nation’s claim that the State violated the negotiated Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact by allowing non-Indian...