Phoenix Looking for Slot Machines

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon wants to bring in slot machines. He tried to get them into his airport, but no one seemed to think that was such a great idea. He thought bringing slot machines to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport would make a great addition to their fair city, however, it was not meant to be.

But now he is working on another deal which would partner the city with Arizona Indian tribes to invest in their downtown and their businesses. Gordon has sent a letter to the tribal chiefs telling them that slot machines may not have worked out at the airport, but he has other ideas.

It seems that the tribes were not fully interested in the idea of slot machines at the airport, but they think that they might have interest in other opportunities. They had tried to get the tribes to partner with them on the slot machines at the airport in an attempt to get them out of the budget shortfall that they were experiencing.

Since legalized gambling can only occur on Indian lands, there were many legal barriers that kept the slot machines from going in at the airports. This is due to voter approval and federal laws. The airport would have had to be determined to be some sort of Indian land for the slot machines to have been able to have been put on them.

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