MGM<\/a> is building a $950 million resort in Springfield and Wynn Resorts is constructing the $2 billion Wynn Boston Harbor, but the southeast license remains in limbo. That’s due to the Mashpee trying to move forward with building a casino costing between $500 million and $1 billion on land that was only federally recognized in 2015.<\/p>\nIf the tribe wins its case, the state would void the third gaming license due to saturation concerns.<\/p>\n
Last fall, Massachusetts District Judge William Young ruled that the Mashpee people could not build the resort. In his ruling, the justice said he felt the DOI erred in designating the 151 acres in question as sovereign land.<\/p>\n
The Mashpee tribe is appealing the verdict to the federal government for further examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tribal gaming expansion continues sweeping across the United States, as the federal Department of the Interior (DOI) continues declaring land as sovereign property. The most recent Native American casino to open in the US is the Cherokee Casino Grove in northeast Oklahoma near the Arkansas state border. The $39 million, 40,000-square-foot facility, is the tribe’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":44158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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