New Mexico gaming compacts closer to approval

Wednesday, March 14, 2007  

The New Mexico Senate voted 27-14 on Tuesday to approve new gaming compacts with 10 tribes.

The agreement allows tribes to operate until 2037 and imposes limits on non-Indian gaming facilities. In exchange, the tribes will exchange more of their slot machine revenues -- up to 10.75 percent -- with the state.

The House has to take up the compacts before Gov. Bill Richardson can sign them.

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