Tribe is building a $1 billion casino that's in limbo due to a court case. It's also less than 20 miles from the city of Taunton, where the Mashpee Wampanoag The Twin River gaming site in Tiverton is just 400 feet from the Massachusetts border, according The law written specifically to exclude the Narragansetts from the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. The tribe would like to use its reservation for a casino but is prevented from doing so by an act of Congress. But attempts by the Narragansett Tribe to open casinos have been repeatedly rejected at the polls even as non-Indian proposals have won approval. Under state law, all gaming proposals must go before voters. If the ballot measure clears, a slot machine parlor in Newport Grand will be closed to make way for the new establishment. Management Group, a non-Indian company that manages two gaming facilities in the state, is behind the effort. Mail-in ballots must still be counted before the non-Indian developers can claim complete victory. But final approval rests with residents of Tiverton, where the new facility would be located.Īccording to news reports, the casino measure is slightly ahead in Tieverton. Image by TwinĪnother non-Indian casino in Rhode Island appears poised for approval after voters went to the polls on Tuesday.ġ passed with 55 percent of the vote. It may not look like it but there's a casino hidden in this artist's rendering of a proposed development in Tiverton, Rhode Island.

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