Under a deal struck in the early 1990s, the tribes agreed to annually pay the state 25 percent of its gross slots revenues in return for exclusivity. Nedra Darling, a spokeswoman for the Department of the Interior on Indian issues, had no immediate comments on the questions raised by Black’s letter: Why can’t the department rule on the request for approval of the amendment to the compacts? What further information is necessary? Heller’s office did not respond to an email asking if the senator had asked the BIA to write the new letter. Dean Heller, R-Nevada, who had tried to block the East Windsor casino with a defense authorization amendment banning tribes from developing casinos off tribal lands.
But it is necessary, if the project is to go forward under existing Connecticut law.Ī copy of the letter was sent to U.S.
