Mashpee Wampanoag

Our congressional delegation has filed special legislation that favors rich casino investors over struggling Brockton.

New Bedford may be back in the casino race after all

TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) _ A Massachusetts tribe is anticipating a decision from the federal government on 321 acres it wants designated as sovereign tribal land. The Interior Department has notified the Mashpee Wampanoag that it will announce whether it will grant land in trust status to 170 acres in Mashpee and 151 acres in Taunton by Tuesday...

Massachusetts spins the wheel on casino gaming and everyone wins but us. In case you missed it, a federal appeals court has decided that the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head can in fact open a gaming facility in the town of Aquinnah on Martha's Vineyard...

Just weeks after New Bedford loses out on a casino bid, a Taunton-based casino may soon get the green light from the federal government. The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe for years has tried to get land in trust approved for a tribal resort casino in Taunton...

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is pointing to a recent legal opinion from the U.S. Department of Interior as a major boost for its bid to have land placed into trust for a resort casino in Taunton.       The department said tribes are not required to have been federally recognized before 1934 to be eligible for a land-in-trust designation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs...

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe has gotten a green light to pursue a casino in Massachusetts after the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs opted to take no action to block a revised casino compact with the state.       The bureau had rejected an earlier agreement.  ...

A revised casino compact between Gov. Deval Patrick and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe faces a test in the Legislature.

The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has unveiled a new design for a resort casino it hopes to build in Taunton if the tribe wins state and federal approvals for the project.

The state gambling commission appears poised to end the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's exclusive right to develop a casino in southeastern Massachusetts.       But the Massachusetts Gaming Commission declined to vote Tuesday on opening up the region to bids from commercial casino developers...