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Hotels at Indian Casinos – 2019

Indian Gaming Magazine - March 2019

by Matthew S. Robinson

As of December 31, 2018, there were 205 Indian casinos with hotel properties with a combined total of 51,864 rooms – an average of 253 rooms per casino with a hotel. […] [During] 2018, an additional four Indian casinos added hotel properties, with several other Indian casinos also completing expansions resulting in a 2.8 percent increase in the number of hotel rooms and a 2 percent increase in the number of Indian casinos with hotels…
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Class II – Not Second Class

Class II gaming machines have come into their own as a valuable addition to the gaming floor and a viable option for any Indian casino, not just the ones that have no other alternative. Although they were justifiably considered an inferior choice in their early days, slower, less popular with customers, less profitable, and under a legal cloud, the Class II machines of today bear no resemblance to their ancestors and carry none of their drawbacks… Continue Reading

Why Casino Hotels Work

Hotels are one of the most valuable ancillary additions to a casino, but also one of the most expensive. It can be hard to swallow the cost of adding or expanding a hotel. It can also be hard to swallow the idea of discounting a hotel room that cost so much to build in hopes of getting more revenue on the gaming floor… Continue Reading

Hotels in Indian Country – 2018

The year 2017 was a year of firsts for casino hotels in Indian Country – Indian casinos surpassed the 200 mark for properties with hotels, as well as exceeding 50,000 hotel rooms. It also posted the highest average number of rooms at Indian casinos with hotels – more than 250 rooms per Indian casino with a hotel… Continue Reading

Indian Gaming 2028: Getting Ready for the Future

A lot can happen in 10 years, much of it unpredictable, cataclysms or revolutions (natural or man-made), that can cause dramatic changes in unforeseen and perhaps unforesee- able ways. In reality, despite the possibility of unpredictable events, most change is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, something that can be anticipated, for which good leaders prepare to adapt and exploit… Continue Reading

Truly American Gaming

As of this writing, there are 482 Indian casinos in the United States offering a total of nearly 415,000 gaming positions and over 47,000 hotel rooms. Indian gaming is spread across 28 states and 248 different counties, far more than private commercial land-based casinos, riverboats and racinos combined… Continue Reading

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