Another tribe to install a casino

The Arizona native tribe of Hopi has signed a gaming agreement with the government.

US.- The government of Arizona has allowed the local native tribe Hopi to develop a gaming project, as the agreement between the authorities reported. Hopi Tribe is the last of Arizona’s groups in sign the agreement with state’s government. Under the deal, Hopi would be able to operate around 900 slot machines.

“I believe providing opportunities and a path to prosperity for our people is of the highest importance,” Hopi Chairman Herman Honanie said in a statement. During the signature ceremony, Honanie signed the agreement before leaving the office, “contemplating loss the of up to 85 percent of the tribe’s budget with the expected closure of a coal mine in 2019,” as the statement reports.

“Our situation is fast-changing, so we have a situation where we need to consider but need to consider it in the best light possible,” Honanie said. The agreement has not established whether the Hopi Tribe is leaning toward leasing slot machines to be used in another tribe’s casino or opening its own casino.

“Whatever the end result, leases or a facility, that is good for the Hopi Tribe and it’s also good for the state,” said Verrin Kewenvoyouma, an attorney who represented the Hopi Tribe in the gambling compact.