Operator Profile
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians: Gaming Enterprise Profile 2026
One casino, a diversified hospitality portfolio and a Central Coast location that most California operators would trade for.
News, policy, and the complete directory of tribal casinos across the U.S. and Canada — a $41 billion industry, covered with the depth it deserves. From Seminole sports-betting compacts to Saskatchewan SIGA operations, we cover all 245+ tribal gaming operations.
One casino, a diversified hospitality portfolio and a Central Coast location that most California operators would trade for.
The buildings going up next to tribal casinos are no longer only hotel towers. A growing share of reinvestment is going into institutions with no revenue line at all.
Think-tank criticism of provincially granted gaming rights has sharpened. The economics deserve a fair hearing, and so do the treaty and fiscal arguments on the other side.
A nine-hole Golden Age design named Kishki extends one of the most ambitious golf build-outs at any tribal property in the Upper Midwest.
A Duck Valley project paired with an established northern Idaho operator tests the state's narrow Class III framework and the federal off-reservation pathway.
Every federally recognized tribe operating a gaming facility in the United States, plus First Nations operators in Canada — verified, categorized by IGRA class, and searchable by state, nation, and property.
Operator of seven Hard Rock-branded properties in Florida and controlling interest in the global Hard Rock International brand. Holder of a 2021 federal compact granting exclusive statewide sports betting.
Operates WinStar World Casino & Resort — the largest casino in the world by gaming floor — plus 22 other gaming properties statewide.
Owner-operator of Foxwoods Resort Casino, long one of the largest integrated resort casinos in North America.
Operates Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula — the largest resort casino on the West Coast.
A nonprofit consortium of 74 First Nations operating seven casinos under provincial framework agreement.
Everything operators, regulators, journalists, and tribal leaders need to know about what is — and is not — permitted under IGRA, state compacts, and the Canadian Criminal Code. Updated quarterly. Reviewed by Indian-law attorneys.