Tribal casino owners have been fighting state gambling expansion all across the US.
Tribal casino owners have been fighting state gambling expansion all across the US. In several states, including Florida and California, tribal compacts have been created allowing the tribe’s exclusivity of certain games at their casinos.
Florida lawmakers are considering full-scale casino gambling resorts, and if they pass a law allowing the resorts, the Seminole tribe is positioned to expand their seven casinos to full-scale gaming facilities. Already the Seminoles are legally authorized to offer blackjack and baccarat at five of their seven casinos.
Tribal lawyers in Minnesota have thrown out a warning shot to the state regarding a new proposed gambling expansion bill. The lawyers have asserted that if the state moves forward with the expansion, the tribe would consider offering alcohol at the Mystic Lake Casino.
Up until now, tribal leaders have kept alcohol out of the casino in an effort to work with the state. The expansion plans, however, could seriously damage the relationship between the state and the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, and tribal lawyers answered as such on Wednesday.
“In the event that the state Legislature authorizes slots at Canterbury or the Mall of America, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community will compete very aggressively,” said William Hardacker, attorney for the tribe. The tribe, “would consider the sale of alcohol at the casino.”
Minnesota lawmakers have been debating several different gambling expansion bills for the state. The first bill would allow gambling machines at bars and restaurants in Minnesota. The other piece of legislation would bring slots to Canterbury Park. If either of the bills pass, it would be a blow to Mystic Lake.
Pro-gambling expansion lawmakers in Minnesota believe that expansion would create more jobs and revenue for the state. Anti-gaming groups, including the Indian tribe’s, assert the opposite, claiming that jobs would be lost because of the competition due to an increase in competition for Minnesota’s eighteen tribal casinos.
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