SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Lawmakers are to take another look at a proposed gambling compact that would allow the Navajo Nation to open more casinos.
The Committee on Compacts is scheduled Wednesday to resume consideration of the gambling agreement negotiated by the Navajos and Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration.
The Navajos have rejected a request to change the compact to limit the tribe to its existing casinos.
One option for the committee is to send the compact to the House and Senate without a recommendation on whether it should be approved.
The Navajos operate two Las Vegas-style casinos in New Mexico under a compact expiring next year and a third casino offers low-stakes gambling not subject to state regulation.
Other tribes and pueblos object that the new compact would allow three additional high-stakes Navajo casinos.
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