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Tribe loses exclusive - Gaming Commission votes to open S.E. Mass. region to commercial bidders
New ruling Thursday opens up S.E. Mass. region to commercial bidders.
A new plan approved Thursday by the state’s gaming commission opens up more bidding in former Wampanoag-exclusive region
Casino bidders to get second chance in southeastern region
Casino developers who lose out in their bids for casinos in the eastern or western regions of the state can now compete in the newly opened southeastern region under a plan approved Thursday by the state’s gaming commission.
There are many to think the Wampanoag Tribe will never get the necessary Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) approval for their Taunton "homeland". [Huh?] The state Gaming Commission has only three licenses to award, and they are moving to guarantee that they can do so.
Gaming Commission chairman Stephen Crosby said, "The expanded gaming legislation provides two paths for the Commission to follow with regard to commercial gaming licenses in Southeastern Mass.
"If the Commission concludes that the Tribe will not ever be awarded land-in-trust, the Massachusetts Gaming law says that the Commission must promptly open Southeastern Mass to commercial bidders.
"This path is rooted in the broad authority given the Commission to award up to one casino license in each of 3 regions, including Region C.
"Nothing in the law prevents the Commission from proceeding in Region C with commercial bidders precisely as it is proceeding with commercial bidders in Regions A and B. In other words, the law allows the Commission to open Region C to commercial applicants anytime it concludes that it is appropriate to do so. The Commission’s recent decision to open Region C to commercial bidders proceeds along this path."
Commission member James McHugh added, "We are dedicated to not interfering with anything the tribe is doing as they move forward".
See the Mass. Gaming Commission site here.
Read the story in The Enterprise here.
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