The Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma says 70 percent of its casino patrons come from Missouri.
The Bordertown Casino is only a couple of miles from the Missouri border. The tribe is building a new $87 million facility to continue attracting gamblers from the Show Me state.
"What will help this economy is for people to have jobs and money to spend - and the casino affords both," Chief Glenda Wallace told The Tulsa World.
The new facility is expected to open in the summer of 2012, Wallace said.
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(The Tulsa World 12/14)
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