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Navajos lease slot-machine rights to Ariz. gaming tribes16 September 2008ARIZONA -- As reported by The Arizona Republic: "The Navajo Nation on Monday signed an agreement under which it will lease the rights to more than 1,000 slot machines to three gaming tribes near Phoenix and Tucson. "The deal, also signed by the Gila River Indian Community outside Phoenix and Chandler, the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, north of Fountain Hills, and the Tohono O'odham Nation, near Tucson, is expected to generate more than $100,000 for the Navajos over several years. "The Navajos have the right to operate 1,400 slot machines in Arizona under an agreement with the state that is based on population. The Navajo Nation has plans to eventually build four casinos in Arizona but has yet to break ground for any of them. "The tribe also plans to open its first casino on Nov. 17 in New Mexico..." |