Lawmakers predict passage of Eastern Cherokee gaming compact

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  

Two leaders in the North Carolina Senate said there are enough votes to approve a new Class III gaming compact for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

The tribe wants to add live card dealers to the Harrah's Cherokee Casino. A bill to authorize expanded gaming could come up later this year or next year.

“There’s bipartisan support in the Senate,” Phil Berger (R-Guilford, Rockingham), the President Pro Tempore in the Senate, told The Cherokee One Feather. “The votes are there.”

Gov. Beverly Purdue (D) is negotiating with the tribe.

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