The Northern Arapaho Tribe of Wyoming consulted its elders before going into the gaming industry.
“They told us gaming’s always been here,” Nelson White, a former council member, told The Casper Star-Tribune.
The tribe started with a bingo hall and eventually went to the state to negotiate a Class III gaming compact.
The state refused, leading to litigation in which the tribe prevailed and is entitled to "the full gamut of casino-style" games, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in July 2005.
The tribe now operates two gaming facilities on the Wind River Reservation. A study put the economic impact at $90 million a year, with wages at $13.2 million a year.
Most of the employees at the casinos are tribal members.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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