Commissioners in Washington state’s Clark County last month voted to terminate a revenue-sharing agreement for a casino that the Cowlitz Indian tribe hopes to build in the county. Since the agreement was first reached in 2004 the composition of the commission has changed so that a majority no longer supports the casino. Complications have also arisen because the tribe is seeking to put land off the reservation into federal trust, a process that is now much harder because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Commissioners said they hoped that their decision would remove them from being at the end of “the casino hotline” from angry constituents.

By GGB Staff

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