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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2001

The state of New Mexico and ten tribes are urging Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb to accept gaming compacts they finalized.

The state and the tribes have each told McCaleb and his gaming staff that an 8 percent revenue sharing rate is not an illegal tax under federal law. They have also said a yearly $100,000 gaming fee is an acceptable way of paying for regulatory costs.

The compacts were negotiated with Attorney General Patricia Madrid after she filed a lawsuit seeking to shut down the casinos. The tribes had been refusing to pay a 16 percent sharing fee but have now paid the state $91 million for what they owed.

Get the Story:
Gov., Tribes Urge Gaming Deal OK (The Albuquerque Journal 11/16)

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