![]() RELATED STORY | Osage Casino announces expansion in midst of gaming controversyĬasino gambling is a booming industry in Oklahoma, with 130 casinos dotting the state, ranging from gas station annexes to resort-style hotel casinos, many of them in border communities, since voters approved a gambling expansion in 2004."In this case, that means sitting down with our tribal partners to discuss how to bring these 15-year-old compacts to an agreement that reflects market conditions for the gaming industry seen around the nation today," wrote Stitt, who also is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Kevin Stitt suggested the existing compacts, which call for tribes to pay between 4% and 10% of a casino's net revenue in "exclusivity fees," should be reevaluated now that the gambling industry has matured in Oklahoma. In an editorial Monday in the Tulsa World, Gov. ![]() ![]() OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Leaders with Oklahoma's powerful Native American tribes are voicing frustration with the state's Republican governor after they say he caught them off guard with plans to force renegotiations for a bigger piece of the billions of dollars tribal casinos generate each year. ![]()
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