Indian Gaming Now

Media Appearances

Steven Andrew Light and Kathryn R.L. Rand regularly are asked to comment on a wide range of Indian gaming issues, including pending federal legislation, off-reservation gaming, tribal-state compacts, tribal sovereignty, Indian lands, the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, state gambling laws, and tribal economic development. They have provided commentary to many national media outlets, including Bloomberg Media, Copley News Service, Associated Press, the Washington Post, and Congressional Quarterly magazine, as well as to numerous regional and local outlets. They also write a column, “Indian Gaming Today: Law and Politics,” that appears regularly in Casino Lawyer magazine. Recent media appearances include:

Appearance Type Date
Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise (Feb. 3, 2006) (C-SPAN2’s Book TV, aired Feb. 12 and Mar. 19, 2006) Television February 2006
Studio One (television broadcast, Feb. 26, 2006) Television February 2006
WDAZ News (Grand Forks, ND) (television broadcasts, Jan. 15, 2006, Oct. 11, 2005) Television January 2006
Justice Talking, National Public Radio, March 5, 2007 Radio March 2007
Special Edition Saturday, WATR Radio (Hartford, CT), Apr. 15, 2006 Radio April 2006
This is Hell, WNUR Radio (Chicago, IL), Mar. 4, 2006 Radio March 2006
Straight Talk, KNOX Radio (Grand Forks, ND), Mar. 1, 2006 Radio March 2006
The Big Picture (Bloomberg Radio broadcast, Nov. 30, 2005) Radio November 2005
Hear It Now (North Dakota Public Radio broadcast, Nov. 15, 2005) (featured interview to discuss Light & Rand, Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise) Radio November 2005
Dan Gunderson, “Senate Questions Oversight of Indian Gambling” (Minnesota Public Radio broadcast, Apr. 27, 2005) Radio April 2005
Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, "Opening the Door to Indian Gaming: 20 Years Later" (op-ed on the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians) Print August 2005
Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, "State Courts, State Law, and Indian Gaming in Wisconsin," Casino Lawyer (Winter 2007) Print January 2007
Michael Gardner, "Disclosure Rules Apply to Tribes, Court Rules," San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 22, 2006 Print December 2006
Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, "Senator John McCain’s Proposed Amendments to IGRA," Casino Enterprise Management 66-67 (November 2006) Print November 2006
"ECU’s Watkins Lectureship to Address Indian Gaming," Ada Evening News, Oct. 2, 2006 Print October 2006
Paul M. Krawzak & James P. Sweeney, "House Rejects Limits on Off-Reservation Casinos," San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 19, 2006 Print September 2006
Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, "Class II v. Class III Reforms", Casino Lawyer 18-19 (Summer 2006) Print June 2006
Paul M. Krawzak, "Bill to Block Casino Advances," Massillon Independant (OH), July 27, 2006 Print July 2006
Kathryn R.L. Rand & Steven Andrew Light, "Indian Gaming Law and Policy: An Introduction," Casino Lawyer (Spring 2006) Print April 2006
Steven Andrew Light & Kathryn R.L. Rand, "Don’t Punish Tribes for Jack Abramoff," Op-Ed, Grand Forks Herald, Jan. 25, 2006 (op-ed on Abramoff scandal and Indian gaming also appeared in a number of regional and national media outlets) Print January 2006