{"id":130445,"date":"2020-03-18T10:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=130445"},"modified":"2020-03-18T12:05:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T19:05:27","slug":"tribal-casino-operators-ask-congress-for-18-billion-in-coronavirus-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/tribal-casino-operators-ask-congress-for-18-billion-in-coronavirus-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Native American Gaming Operators Request $18 Billion as COVID-19 Outbreak Forces Closures Across US"},"content":{"rendered":"
Commercial casino companies aren’t the only ones seeing their business evaporate at the hands of the coronavirus outbreak. Tribal operators are in the same boat, and are asking the federal government for an $18 billion relief package to help them navigate what has become an increasingly perilous environment.<\/p>\n