Post by Logan on Dec 22, 2019 21:02:29 GMT -6
State mails out audit letters to Oklahoma gaming tribes as dispute escalates
The battle between Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma's gaming tribes heated up Friday.
The Stitt administration upped the ante in a dispute over tribal gaming compacts by sending a letter to all gaming tribes informing them that the state intends to resume auditing their gaming operations Jan. 2, officials confirmed Friday.
Meanwhile, leaders of 32 tribes sent a joint letter to the governor Friday accusing him of making inappropriate threats to tribal casino vendors.
The exchange of letters occurred as Stitt and the tribes remain locked in a dispute over whether the 15-year gaming compacts automatically renew on Jan. 1.
Read more: oklahoman.com/article/5650447/state-mails-out-audit-letters-to-oklahoma-gaming-tribes-as-dispute-escalates
The battle between Gov. Kevin Stitt and Oklahoma's gaming tribes heated up Friday.
The Stitt administration upped the ante in a dispute over tribal gaming compacts by sending a letter to all gaming tribes informing them that the state intends to resume auditing their gaming operations Jan. 2, officials confirmed Friday.
Meanwhile, leaders of 32 tribes sent a joint letter to the governor Friday accusing him of making inappropriate threats to tribal casino vendors.
The exchange of letters occurred as Stitt and the tribes remain locked in a dispute over whether the 15-year gaming compacts automatically renew on Jan. 1.
Read more: oklahoman.com/article/5650447/state-mails-out-audit-letters-to-oklahoma-gaming-tribes-as-dispute-escalates