The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
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Gambling & Casino Probes: Membership Disputes
Schechter briefly covers the basic issues on membership disputes, how the Indian gaming industry is or is not regulated, a few tips on the culture, and a few basic statistics on the economics of the industry.
Tags: Casinos; gambling; Indian reservations; tribes; tribal courts
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NIGC's Management Review Process a Failure
This a brief analysis of the process of reviewing contracts between Indian tribes and outside developers and why it doesn't work.
Tags: contracts; developers; casinos; Indian Gaming Regulatory Act; gaming revenues
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Covering Indian Gaming is a Tough Job
It's a tough job but Mike Adams gives you a leg up with this tipsheet. Indian nations are independent and generally do not have FOI laws, but there are ways of getting around that. Adams lists websites and public records that might have information on dealings Indian nations have with entities that DO keep public records. For example, look into the municipal bond market, the National Indian Gaming Commission, and the SEC. He also gives examples of investigations he did into specific tribes and where he found success. He further profiles the National Indian Gaming Comission in a packet available for mail orders.
Tags: Gambling; casinos; Indian nations; tribes; reservations; Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Probes into gambling: From casinos to the reservation
Schechter givens an overview on Indian casinos, tribal membership and gaming regulation.
Tags: gambling; casinos; Indian casinos; reservations
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Covering Casinos: the local beat
This detailed tipsheet gives advice for local reporters covering the casino business. Aside from general hints, it also contains a casino flow chart and lists of gambling industry analysts, regulators, academics and associations. Several anti-gambling groups, who Fusco says can be very helpful, are also listed.
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Tipsheet No: 1382
Joe Hallinan provides insight on where to look for research investigations. Tips include using depositions, traffic reports, coroner's reports, state gaming boards and Securities & Exchange Commission records among others.
Tags: research; investigations; lawyers; Securities and Exchange Commission; state gaming boards; records; reports
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Gaming Industry Sources
This tipsheet provides a list of vital sources when investigating the gaming industry.
Tags: None
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A quick guide to casino sources
This handout is a quick guide to casino sources. Addresses for casino regulatory agencies by state are included.
Tags: casinos
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Other useful numbers
This packet includes a list of sources and experts, as well as LaFleur's Lottery World Contractor Survey, and Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal articles on state lotteries. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-67.
Tags: Covering casinos; lotteries and just exactly what states are allowing 17 pgs.
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Tipsheet No: 408
Carlos Wagner tells how he investigated more than 500 betting joints spread through 10 cities in Rio Grande do Sul and how he exposed the government representative who used to command the illegal lottery in Serra do Nordeste. A very instructional first person account.
Tags: Brazil Corruption 4 pgs.