Minnesota Indian Casinos | 2024 Updates

Minnesota has 21 Indian gaming casinos across 17 counties

Minnesota has 20 Indian casinos, which are authorized and regulated by the U.S. Interior Department. The casinos are owned by 11 federally-recognized Minnesota tribes and located in 17 different counties across the state.

There are also 21 smaller Indian gaming businesses located on tribal reservations. These include fuel stations, markets, bingo halls, trading posts and others. All have small gambling operations such as slot machines, pull tabs, etc.

Leech Lake Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe owns the most casinos with four. White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe owns three casinos and 19 small Indian gaming locations.

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Minnesota Minimum Gambling Age

Minimum gambling ages are 21 years old for casinos, 18 years at tribal casinos without alcohol license, 18 for poker, 18 for bingo, 18 for horse racing, 18 for the lottery.

Minnesota Casino Map

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Casino List by County

1. BELTRAMI COUNTY

2. CARLTON COUNTY

3. CASS COUNTY

16. CLEARWATER COUNTY

4. COOK COUNTY

5. GOODHUE COUNTY

6. ITASCA COUNTY

7. MAHNOMEN COUNTY

8. MILLE LACS COUNTY

17. OTTER TAIL COUNTY

9. PENNINGTON COUNTY

10. PINE COUNTY

11. RENVILLE COUNTY

12. ROSEAU COUNTY

13. SCOTT COUNTY

14. ST. LOUIS COUNTY

15. YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY

Small Indian Gaming Operations

The following businesses are all owned by the White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Mahnomen MN 56557 Phone Number: (218) 983-3285.

In addition to these, there is the Grand Portage Trading Post Casino and the Prairies Edge Convenience Store.

News Articles

Mystic Lake and Little Six casinos added to tribal casino lawsuit

May 25, 2024

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and Little Six Casino have been added to a federal lawsuit filed on April 16th by Running Aces Casino, Hotel & Racetrack in Columbus, MN. The lawsuit alleges unauthorized gaming in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act.

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Minnesota tribal casino lawsuit adds Mystic Lake, Little Six as defendants - Courtesy of FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, May 14, 2024. Available from YouTube

The five defendants in this lawsuits include:

Grand Casino Hinckley
Hinckley, MN 55037
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Grand Casinos Mille Lacs
Onamia, MN 56359
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe

Treasure Island Resort Casino
Welch, MN 55089
Prairie Island Indian Community

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
Prior Lake MN 55372
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Little Six Casino
Prior Lake, MN 55372
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

The original news story about the filing of this lawsuit can be read here.

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Three MN tribal Casinos accused of unauthorized gambling

April 21, 2024

Running Aces, a horse track and card casino, has filed a federal lawsuit against three Minnesota tribal casinos and their management for alleging operating unauthorized card games. The tribal casinos are Grand Casino Hinckley in Pine County, Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Mille Lacs County, and Treasure Island Casino in Goddhue County.

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Minnesota casino files federal lawsuit against other casinos in state - Courtesy of FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, Apr 16, 2024. Available from YouTube

Running Aces accuses the three casinos of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) by offering poker and other card games that are not authorized by the tribal gaming pacts with the state.

"Therefore, by offering class III card games other than blackjack, defendants' casinos have been able to attract many patrons who would otherwise have played card games at Running Aces, thereby depriving Running Aces of substantial revenue and profits-both from lost card gaming and from lost accompanying spending on food, lodging, and live entertainment."

- Running Aces Lawsuit

The lawsuit seeks an injunction against the three casino to stop offering the card games not authorized by their gaming compacts, and also seeks unspecified damages from the casino officials.

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Minnesota tribes have reopened half of their casinos following COVID-19 closures

June 1, 2020

Prairie's Edge Casino Resort in Granite Falls was the first casino in Minnesota to reopen after two months of closure due to fears of COVID-19. Five other casinos opened in May including Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, Little Six Casino and three Seven Clans casinos.

The Minnesota casinos that reopened in May are listed here by date:

May 18 Prairie's Edge Casino Resort
May 26 Little Six Casino
May 26 Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
May 28 Seven Clans Casino Thief River Falls
May 28 Seven Clans Casino Red Lake
May 28 Seven Clans Casino Warroad

Five more Minnesota casinos opened today. Four more have announced dates later this month.

June 1 Fortune Bay Resort & Casino
June 1 Grand Casino Hinckley
June 1 Grand Casino Mille Lacs
June 1 Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel
June 1 Treasure Island Casino
June 19 Shooting Star Casino Hotel
June 19 Shooting Star Casino Bagley
June 22 Cedar Lakes Casino
June 22 Northern Lights Casino

Seven other Minnesota Indian casinos will remain closed until further notice. Announcements of reopening dates are expected soon. These casinos are the Black Bear Casino, Fond Du Luth Casino, Grand Portage Lodge & Casino, Northern Lights Casino, Shingobee on the Bay and White Oak Casino.

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Minnesota tribes still oppose sports betting

March 11, 2020

A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is stalled in the state legislature due to opposition from the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association (MIGA). MIGA represents the 11 tribes that operate 19 casinos in the state and oppose expansion of all off-reservation gambling, including sports betting.

A sports betting bill SF 1894 is currently active in the state senate but stalled in committee after receiving a letter from MIGA last week. The bill description is:

"Sports wagering commission establishment; sports pool operators and sports wagering premises licensing requirement; mobile and electronic ports pool licenses establishment; sports pools conduct regulation; local restrictions prohibition; sports wagering participation restrictions; excise tax imposition on sports wagers in lieu of corporate tax."

* Excerpt from Bill SF 1894

The MIGA letter was dated March 1 and addressed to the Senate State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee. In the letter the tribes expressed concern that legalized sports betting may negatively impact the gaming industry and suggested researching its impact in the 16 states that have legalized it.

"Regulated sports betting markets are new to 16 states and vary widely. Before pursuing any new types of gaming in Minnesota, MIGA urges a better understanding of the impacts from recently enacted sports betting laws, particularly in states with a significant tribal gaming presence."

"Our position is unchanged; The Minnesota Indian Gaming Association continues to oppose the expansion of off-reservation gambling, including the legalization of sports betting and, therefore, must respectfully oppose SF1894."

* Excerpts from MIGA letter, March 1, 2020

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Minnesota Tribes Oppose Sports Betting Legislation

January 18, 2019

Last week the chairmain of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association, Charles Vig, wrote a letter to top government officials regarding sports betting in this year's legislative session.

The Minnesota Indian Gaming Association supports responsible gambling. Its membership includes all 11 federally-recognized Minnesota tribes.

The letter states the official position of the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association and its members is the continued opposition to the expansion of off-reservation gambling, inclding the legalization of sports betting.

The letter was delivered to Gov. Tim Walz, Speaker Melissa Hortman, House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka and Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk.

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Mdewakanton Dakota Indians appeal casino claims to Supreme Court

November 17, 2009

WASHINGTON, DC - The Star Tribune reported last week: "Thousands of Mdewakanton Dakota Indians who claim a share of the lands and gambling revenues from casinos in Prior Lake and Prairie Island are taking their case to the U.S. Supreme Court.

"The group, led by former Lower Sioux Community Chairman Sheldon Wolfchild, filed a petition Friday asking the court to review a federal appeals ruling that went against them last March.

"The case, which dates to 2003, is based on historical claims made by descendants of Mdewakanton Indians who helped white settlers during the 1862 Dakota rebellion in Minnesota.

"Numbering more than 20,000 in the United States and Canada, the group is laying claim to some of the lands that form part of the present-day Mystic Lake and Treasure Island casinos.

"It bases that claim largely on lower court rulings that the federal government breached a 19th-century trust when it handed control of the lands to the present-day Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota Community, which owns the Mystic Lake and Little Six casinos, and the Prairie Island Indian Community, which owns Treasure Island.

"Membership in the two communities is limited to several hundred tribal members who enjoy millions of dollars in annual gambling profits. Many of the plaintiffs, descendents of Indians who were expelled from Minnesota after the Dakota rebellion, live on economically depressed reservations in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Morton, Minn.

"Minneapolis attorney Erick Kardaal, who filed the petition, said the group has also been bolstered by the support of the Oglala Lakota Sioux of the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, where many of the descendants live.

"The government has 30 days to respond."

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2020

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2019

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