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February 8, 2013
WNBA Tulsa Shock and Osage Casino announce marquee partnership

Osage Casino logo will be printed across team jerseys; promotions and community programs including basketball youth program also part of agreement

TULSA, Okla. – The WNBA Tulsa Shock player jerseys will bear the Osage Casino name as part of a multi-year marquee partnership raising visibility of the gaming enterprise and strengthening the two-entity relationship for more joint venture opportunities.

March 19, 2012
Proposed law seeks to return Gaming Board its management authority

Congressman Raymond Red Corn filed ONCA 12-24 on Feb. 7, which seeks to repeal ONCA 11-82

A proposed legislative bill seeks to repeal a 2011 law, which removed the management authority of the Osage Nation Gaming Enterprise Board. The bill was introduced on Day One of the 2012 Hun-Kah Session on March 19.

November 2, 2011
Concerns raised over changes made to Osage Gaming Enterprise Board

Gaming board Chairman Frank Oberly resigns; Chief Red Eagle appoints two people to expanded board

The Osage Nation Gaming Enterprise Board is undergoing changes after the Second ON Congress passed legislation during the Tzi-Zho Session to expand the board to five members and remove some of its managing authority. The legislation also places the GEB with Osage Casino management staff.

April 15, 2011
ON officials rub elbows with college basketball greats

Officials attended OKC fundraiser, spent $10,000 for “Diaper Dandy” sponsorship

Eight Osage Nation officials and a family member attended the inaugural 2011 Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Awards held at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City April 11.

February 10, 2010
Questions arise as MDE employees don't receive first quarter bonuses

Letter by Chief Gray discusses the issue and the casinos’ financial status after ON congressman’s newsletter on the topics with ‘misinformation’ is released

Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino officials say an independent audit report of its 2009 fiscal year operations gives the entity a “clean bill of health,” which counters the information shared in an Osage Nation congressman’s recent newsletter indicating that casino employees will not receive a first quarter bonus for FY 2010.

January 26, 2010
Cherokees break ground on the tribe’s eighth casino in Ramona

Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino in Bartlesville to compete with Cherokee Casino Ramona when it opens later this year

RAMONA, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation broke ground Jan. 21 on its eighth Cherokee Casino in southern Washington County along U.S. Highway 75 between Bartlesville and Tulsa. When the casino opens later this year, competition for gambling patrons with the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino west of Bartlesville will start.

Amid cloudy skies and a muddy ground due to rain earlier that morning, Cherokee Nation officials, members of the region’s news media and area residents huddled under a canopy at the site where details of the forthcoming gaming venue were shared.

January 15, 2010
ON Gaming Enterprise Board honors Million Dollar Elm Casino first responders for emergency call efforts

Security officer and EMT resuscitate unconscious woman at Tulsa casino on New Year’s Eve

 

November 23, 2009
ON Gaming Commission orders MDE Casino to pay outstanding balances owed to nongaming vendors

Written order lifts non-payment to 31 vendors who aren’t licensed