Thursday, January 10, 2008

 

Oklahoma tribe opening bingo parlor in N.M.

KSWO, Lawton, OK- Wichita Falls, TX: News, Weather, Sports. ABC, 24/7, Telemundo - Oklahoma tribe opening bingo parlor in N.M.: "The Fort Sill Apache tribe in Oklahoma is working to open a high-stakes bingo parlor on a 30-acre site in southwestern New Mexico.

Tribal contractors are putting up eight portable buildings off Interstate 10, 18 miles east of Deming to house the 5,000-square-foot parlor which is scheduled to open this spring.

Tribal Chairman Jeff Houser calls the project a test and says if it doesn't work the trailers will be brought back to Oklahoma.

The tribe would like to open a casino with slot machines but Houser says that depends on the success of the bingo parlor. The tribe also would have to negotiate a gaming compact with New Mexico.

Houser says a high-stakes bingo parlor doesn't require a compact."

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