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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians: A Tribal Gaming Enterprise Profile
The Eastern Band built the Southeast's first major tribal gaming operation, then became the first tribe to own a commercial casino outside its own state.
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.
The Eastern Band built the Southeast's first major tribal gaming operation, then became the first tribe to own a commercial casino outside its own state.
New tribal resorts are specifying pit counts they cannot yet staff, turning dealer schools into a strategic asset.
Ballrooms and conference centers do not show up in gaming revenue lines, but they increasingly decide whether a tribal resort fills its rooms Monday through Thursday.
Steel is climbing on the 24-story hotel at the Catawba Nation's billion-dollar Kings Mountain resort, the largest tribal build on the East Coast.
Four New Mexico tribal governments have finished arguing that sports event contracts amount to unlicensed gaming inside their compact territory.
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.