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Tribes Contest Latest Proposal

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is stirring up a lot of protest with his proposal that would bring three land-casino resorts to the state. The fact that Governor Patrick is looking to bring in land gambling is not the issue for the state tribes – rather the clause in the proposal that blocks both online casinos gambling and the tribes themselves from running land casinos. Patrick’s proposal is designed to block any state gambling activities that would limit the gambling at the three planned resort-style casinos. The tribes (and the online casino gambling proponents) feel that those restrictions within the proposal are categorical unfair and have developed a proposal that would allocate a section of land in Massachusetts for the Mashpee Wanpanoag Tribe to develop a casino.

Naturally, Governor Patrick is against the Mashpee application – that would after all create competition with his own three exclusive three land-casino plans. Patrick’s estimations of revenue from the three resort casinos are contingent upon there being no other competition from land and online casinos gambling. And most in the gambling industry already feel his estimations are grossly overstated as it is, the addition of tribal casino competition would only mean less taxable revenue for the state.

To counter the Mashpee Tribe’s application for 500 acres of land for a tribal casino, the Patrick’s administration developed and delivered a 125 page response to the tribe’s application that basically asserts that the state would be better served by Patrick’s exclusive three land casino resorts. Patrick notes, in response to the proposal, "The process that the tribe is involved in does not take into account the interest of the whole of the commonwealth. Our proposal does. The question is whether this is going to be done to us, or whether we are going to influence and shape casinos, whether they are Indian casinos or not, in ways that respond to all of our best interests." And while some might say that Patrick has a valid point, I’m not buying it.