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Chief Standing Bear seeks governor support for new development in MissouriDoes Cuba Have Casinos
Contributions in 2016 of approximately US$77.7 million in gaming tax and admissions fee revenue to the local governments that host Missouri's casinos, makes local authorities look favourably on new gaming developments in the state.
In the past few weeks, news has emerged about a potential casino being built in Cuba, Missouri by the Osage Nation, which is looking to use an exception that lies within the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 that allows a tribe to buy land within their historical reservation boundaries and use it for gaming purposes. The Osage Nation's historical reservation has been identified as the entire state of Missouri, meaning they could technically purchase land anywhere across the state.
Back in January, Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear revealed three possible sites for possible gaming locations in the Show-Me State. Those three locations were in Kimberling City, Cuba, and along the traffic route of Interstate 44. Cuba is a city where officials are receptive to the idea of a casino being built, and is also the spot where a 30-foot statue of Osage warriors is being built – with money from the city.
Last week, Dennis Roedemeier, president of the Cuba Development Group, told Tony Messenger of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, that the city is interested in the possibility of a casino, but is reticent to confirm more as, 'the governor has to bless this to move it forward.'
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For some time, now, Chief Standing Bear and the Osage Nation have been working to try and gain the governor's favour. Last December, Chief Standing Bear told the Gaming Enterprise Board about a US$50,000 donation made to the Committee for 'A New Missouri, Inc.', a non-profit supporting the governor's agenda.
Chief Standing Bear told Messenger it was his way of trying to establish a good relationship with Eric Robert Greitens in the hope is that this will lead to the Governor's blessing and a casino. The Osage nation chief said that when he asked Greitens if he would support a Native American casino in Missouri, the governor had said that he would, 'if it was good for Missouri and good for the Osage.'
In Missouri, the industry has an economic impact of roughly US$3.3 billion, employs more than 20,000 people, and supports US$836 million in wages throughout the Show-Me State. In 2016, Missouri casinos contributed approximately US$324.1 million to the state's Gaming Proceeds for Education Fund, which was established by the Missouri Legislature in 1993 to distributes money annually to state-wide education programs. (E-06.05.17)