TAUNTON, Mass. (WPRI) -- Dozens of people joined the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to discuss casino gaming in the Bay State.
The commission will be deciding whether the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe will retain exclusive rights to gaming in the region or if the area's casino license will be opened up to commercial bidding.?
Cedric Cromwell of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe was the first person to speak at Thursday?s meeting.
?We are literally years ahead of any other project in the commonwealth and? we are poised to bring thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of economic growth to Southeastern Massachusetts in the very near future,? he said.
The tribe plans to build its casino in Taunton, but some state lawmakers say they are skeptical that the land will ever be put into trust by the federal government.
Those lawmakers say in the meantime, Massachusetts is losing out on revenue and jobs.
?The commercial gaming license for region C starts the process of creating the economic environment which creates jobs now,? said Representative Alan Silvia.
The gaming commission expects to take a vote on the issue within the next few weeks.
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Source: http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/se_mass/mass-gaming-commission-weighs-opening-se-region
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