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January 26th

The New Gambling Behavior Lab at UND

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Jan 26 2009
We mentioned in an earlier post that we had a photo opportunity at the University of North Dakota's new Gambling Behavior Lab, housed in the Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research. Our friend and collaborator, psychology professor Jeff Weatherly, is the lab's driving force.

Read more about the Gambling Behavior Lab.

January 22nd

Will All Tribal Gaming Be Hit Hard by the Recession?

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Jan 22 2009
As we've discussed in prior posts, the economic downturn has caught up with the legalized gambling industry as consumers are spending less on things like entertainment.

And the Indian gaming industry has not been immune, as some tribal casinos have laid off workers or cut back on hours.

But will more modest tribal gaming operations feel the same consumer "pull back" as the large, Las Vegas-style casino resorts?

January 20th

Hometown News Highlight

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Jan 20 2009
Our hometown newspaper, the Grand Forks Herald, featured us on the front page this past Sunday. In a fairly wide-ranging piece, we opine about the future of Indian gaming in tough economic times.

And we're pictured in the new Gambling Behavior Lab at the University of North Dakota's Northern Plains Center for Behavioral Research. What a photo!

January 8th

More on Indian gaming and the Economy

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Jan 8 2009
Kathryn's quoted in this article about the recession's impacts on tribal gaming in Mississippi, where the Mississippi Band of Choctaw announced that its Pearl River Resort would lay off 570 workers and its Golden Moon Hotel and Casino would operate only on weekends.

January 6th

Indian Gaming and the Recession

Posted by Kathryn and Steve | Filed under:
Jan 6 2009
On December 1, the National Bureau for Economic Research announced what many of us already knew: the U.S. economy has been in a recession for the last year.

December 31st

New Article in the Drake Law Review

Posted by Kathryn Rand | Filed under:
Jan 1 2009
Steven Andrew Light&Kathryn R.L. Rand, "The Hand That's Been Dealt: The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act at 20," 57(2) Drake Law Review, pp. 413-43 (2009)

This article includes our take on two decades of tribal gaming under IGRA, including today's "hot button" issues in Indian gaming.