Missouri’s governor holds the power to make or break plans by a Native American tribe to build a casino at the Lake of the Ozarks.
And he’s not showing his cards.
Gov. Mike Parson’s office is not saying whether he supports a proposal by the Oklahoma-based Osage Nation tribe to build a $60 million gambling complex in Miller County, making it difficult to determine whether the tribe will get the necessary approval to begin work.
Under the 1988 federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Law, Native American tribes under certain circumstances can establish casinos in states outside their reservations, if the land in question is a part of the tribe’s historical territory.
