Operator Profile
Barona Resort & Casino: A San Diego County Operator Profile
Thirty miles from downtown San Diego, a self-operated tribal resort has spent three decades proving that distance is a strategy, not a handicap.
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.
Thirty miles from downtown San Diego, a self-operated tribal resort has spent three decades proving that distance is a strategy, not a handicap.
Aggregate revenue is public. Property-level economics almost never are — and the gap shapes how the industry is covered, financed and regulated.
More tribal governments are negotiating the authority to extend markers. The revenue case is real, and so is the balance-sheet exposure.
A routine federal notice closes a chapter that began with an armed governance dispute and a shuttered casino floor.
Washington's quietest compact amendment of the year does more work than its length suggests: a second facility, electronic table games, and higher wager ceilings.
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.