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Tulalip council member tells Senate working group tribal gaming transformed services but requires regulatory safeguards
Summary
Ryan Miller of the Tulalip Tribes told the Senate tourism and gaming working group that tribal gaming funded jobs, education and health services, but cautioned Hawaii to plan problem-gambling supports and a tailored regulatory framework if it pursues gaming.
Ryan Miller, a Tulalip Tribes council member, told the Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee's Tourism & Gaming Working Group on March 12 that gaming revenue reshaped his community's economy and public services while also creating regulatory and social challenges that require active mitigation.
"We were at one point 70% unemployed," Miller said in the informational briefing, describing Tulalip's start with bingo in 1983 and its first casino under compact in 1992. "Gaming operations employ over 2,300 people right now, and we also have about 1,000 people employed at our government." He credited gaming with funding health care, education assistance, monthly…
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