“Minnesota tribes were the first in the nation to negotiate and sign gaming compacts with a state government. Then-Governor Rudy Perpich wanted to create jobs in rural Minnesota, and he believed tribal gaming would be a boon to disadvantaged rural communities.”2 Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel in Redwood County, just south of the city of Morton, was the site of Minnesota's first casino.
1http://www.nigc.gov/Laws_Regulations/Indian_Gaming_Regulatory_Act.aspx
2http://www.mnindiangamingassoc.com/our_compacts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Sioux_Indian_Reservation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackpot_Junction_Casino_Hotel
Jackpot Junction Casino Hotel in Redwood County
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