The Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe will have to pay a $400,000 fee to start the casino license process, the chairman of the
Massachusetts Gaming
Commission said.
The fee is non-refundable. The tribe also has to submit to a background check just like other applicants for a casino license.
“It’s a very detailed check,” Stephen Crosby, the chairman of the commission, said at a gathering yesterday, The Taunton Daily Gazette reported.
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Gaming commissioner explains casino licensing procedure at Taunton breakfast
(The Taunton Daily Gazette 8/9)
Bound in by 'bare bones' budget, Taunton looks to Casino
(State House News Service 8/8)
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Thursday, August 9, 2012
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