Arizona News - Page 20

News Brief: Arizona's gaming tribes paid the state $6.7 million in January in the third round of quarterly payments. The third payments were substantially lower than the $11.9 million collected by the state in the second round.

News Brief: The Hopi Tribe of northern Arizona, facing a major economic hit with the likely 2006 shutdown of the Mohave Generating Station, could reverse years of gambling opposition and try to cover its losses with a casino.

News Brief: Tohono O'odham leaders will hold what tribal Chairwoman Vivian Juan-Saunders calls an unprecedented meeting next month to set priorities for spending the next 20 years' worth of gaming profits.

News Brief: If you want to feel like you're in Las Vegas without leaving Yuma County, the Cocopah Tribe believes their new casino is the place for you.

News Brief: The horse-racing industry generally fares better in states that allow slot machines at racetracks than in neighboring states without so-called ‘racinos,’ according to early results of a University of Arizona study shared here Tuesday.

News Brief: Seven of nine top managers at Casino Arizona, including President and CEO Jon Jenkins, will return to work Thursday, three months after they were put on paid leave for a casino administrative audit.

News Brief: The Arizona Racing Commission unanimously renewed T. P. Racing’s license so that it can operate races and simulcasting at Turf Paradise in Phoenix through May 2006.

News Brief: Auditors poring over Casino Arizona books for two months have found inconsistencies with internal controls for the bustling gambling business but no evidence of malfeasance, according to preliminary audit findings released Thursday.

With more than 100% of the precincts reporting, voters in Arizona have decided to keep their Indian casinos just about the way they are.