Ohkay Owingeh in northern New Mexico has eliminated 15 jobs and cut benefits and hours for other employees amid a big decline in gaming revenue.
In the first quarter of 2007, the net win at Ohkay Casino was $7.3 million. By the second quarter of this year, the figure had fallen by about half, to $3.7 million, The Rio Grande Sun reported.
"Nobody wants to do these things, but if I don’t have the revenue to make a payroll, I can’t make a payroll,” Gov. Ron Lovato told the paper. “That’s just a fact.”
This is the second time in three years that the tribe has made changes in employment at the casino.
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(The Rio Grande Sun 9/15)
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Ohkay Owingeh eliminates jobs amid big drop in casino revenue
Friday, September 16, 2011
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