RubinBrown Gaming Stats 2012

Portland Region

$2.7 Billion

5.3% 50 Ops

2.0% Ops

Although the Portland Region experienced less growth in 2010 than 2009, a 5.3% revenue increase compared to a 6.1% revenue increase, the market has grown 11.8% over the last three years.

Umatilla Reservation spent $45 million in 2011 to expand the Wildhorse Resort & Casino hotel to include 202 additional hotel rooms, arcade, indoor swimming pool and cinema complex. In Washington, tribes are expanding their casinos and hotels, as well as adding event centers, in order to fulfill demand from the Canadian market. Both the Point Casino (owned by the Port Gamble S’Klallam tribe) and the Silver Reef Casino (owned by the Lummi Nation) are expanding their gaming and restaurant options and building new event centers set for completion in 2012 and 2013, respectively. The Chehalis tribe is also expanding and renovating their Lucky Eagle Casino hotel with the expansion anticipated to be completed mid 2012. Like other regions across the United States, tribal casinos in the Portland Region are expanding their casinos and hotels with the hope that the new gaming options, event centers, restaurants and rooms will attract new patrons. Unlike the other regions, however, the tribal casinos operate without the pressure of commercial casinos and continue to expand their operations in order to stay competitive amongst themselves.

The region’s 50 casinos make up 11.8% of the nation’s tribal casinos; however, they generate 20.0% of Indian gaming revenues. The tribal casinos in the Portland Region have existed without the pressure from commercial casinos unlike the tribes in the other six regions. Even without commercial competition, the tribal nations are expanding their operations hoping to attract more patrons with the allure of new games, restaurants, event centers, and hotel suites. In Idaho, the Coeur d’Alene tribe expanded their casino resort, adding 98 hotel rooms, a steakhouse, bar and a 15,000 square foot spa. The expansion cost the tribe $75 million and was unveiled in May 2011. The Shoshone Bannock tribe’s Fort Hall Casino is currently undergoing a major expansion, with the first phase scheduled to be completed in May 2012. The 164,000 square foot expansion includes a hotel and event center, with 156 rooms, pool, spa, fitness center and a new restaurant. In Oregon, the tribes may soon face competition from a commercial casino in Wood Village if state citizens vote ‘yes’ to Measure 75 in November 2012. Even with the small chance that the measure will pass, tribes are expanding their service offerings to patrons. The Coquille Indian tribe’s Mill Casino recently opened an iGaming Lounge, allowing patrons to game on iPad devices over a highly secured network. The Confederated Tribes of the

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