TEAM POYDRAS - CHECK INTO THESE TIME SENSITIVE LEADS...
(Wango) Team Poydras - Im hoping you scan the board every now and then... Maybe you know about these leads already - but in case youve been busy wrapping up the other contracts - Heres a few leads to check into -
Sound like - the compact caps have been negotiated - which may mean they can now accommodate more machines under the new 22 yr compact ....
Each of the tribes have casinos... That's 5 casinos that could be able to have more slots.
Gov. signs gambling compacts with 5 New Mexico tribes
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) –
Five New Mexico tribes have new 22-year gambling compacts with the state.
Gov. Susana Martinez signed agreements
with the Acoma and Jemez pueblos, the Jicarilla Apache Nation, the Mescalero Apache Tribe and the Navajo Nation.
All of the five tribes but the Jemez Pueblo are currently operating at least one casino.
Martinez signed the agreements Monday during a ceremony at the governor's office Monday with tribal leaders in attendance
The signings followed several years of negotiations and legislative consideration
capped by passage of a gambling compact bill during this year's session.
Tribal officials also have signed the agreements, which now go to the federal Department of the Interior for its approval
https://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/business/gaming/11405-gov-signs-gambling-compacts-with-5-new-mexico-tribes
SECOND LEAD:
Though its been rejected - its still a good lead to secure contracts
of slot machines - prior to ever being approved. Sounds like the Tribe really wantsto get
a casino going - and hey.. its all about getting in before someone else does...
Perhaps think big - financing for the whole casino and gaming slots and restaurants?
New Mexico Supreme Court rejects Fort Sill petition
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's highest court has turned down a request by an Oklahoma-based American Indian tribe that sought to force Gov. Susana Martinez to sign a gambling compact with them.
The state Supreme Court issued its denial of the Fort Sill Apache's petition on Monday. The justices offered no explanation for their decision.
The tribe filed its request earlier this year, saying Martinez ignored requests by its chairman to sign on to existing compacts.
The tribe wants to operate a casino on land near Deming in southern New Mexico that was put into trust in 2002. It says it doesn't matter that the tribe's land hasn't been federally approved yet for gambling.
Martinez argued that the tribe first has to have eligible land before her office can negotiate a compact.
https://www.nativetimes.com/index.php/business/gaming/11345-new-mexico-supreme-court-rejects-fort-sill-petition