Spokane Tribe’s Tentative Slot Machine Deal

The Spokane Tribe of Indians has battled the government for years over slot machines and casinos. The tribe has never been able to reach an agreement over a slot machine compact, and thus have operated without one. At one point the state tried to get an injunction against them operating the slot machine casino but the feds agreed with the tribe and said that the state was not negotiating in good faith and allowed the tribe to continue running their slot machine casinos.

That has finally changed however, and the deal that they are working on could change the face of slot machines and gambling in Washington forever. The idea is that they gave the tribe more freedom and benefits than they gave the other tribes in the state, but that may come to backfire on them as the other tribes try to reach the same deals with their slot machine casinos.

With the new slot machine compact, which has not been completely finalized, the tribe will have more freedom to do as they please than the other tribes as well. There are bound to be hard feelings over the compact, and many think that the other tribes are going to ask for renegotiations of their slot machine compacts as well. They think that they are opening a can of worms that they really don’t want to deal with.

The Spokane’s probably don’t care, as it looks like they are basically getting everything they want and more in the new slot machine deal. They are going to be able to offer higher stakes, cash or cashless slot machines, etc. The last one is important because the slot machines are currently banned in Washington.

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