The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes plan in November to open a casino with 360 slot machines on five acres inside an old car dealership in Hinton, Oklahoma, near Interstate 40. Next year, the casino will add another 600 machines.

But a lot of questions, including questions by the newly elected president of the 2,392-member-tribe remain that are complicating  the opening.

The land was put into federal trust by the Bureau of Indian Affairs two years ago, but some are alleging that the tribe may have misled the BIA about its intentions to put a casino there.

The tribe’s attorney calls that suggestion “a non-story.”

By GGB Staff

Staff writers for Global Gaming Business magazine. Las Vegas, Nevada.