Profits from the province’s third aboriginal casino are to be divided equally among the province’s 64 aboriginal bands.
“If everything goes as planned, once the casino is completed and operational, we’ll be seeing distribution to the First Nations communities in year one,” said Crate, co-chairman of the assembly’s gaming committee. Ken Gigliotti / Winnipeg Free Press archivesSouth Beach Casino on the Brokenhead First Nation Hemisphere Gaming will finance, develop and manage the Spirit Sands project for 10 years. The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says a deal it signed with a Minnesota company to build and manage a First Nations casino in western Manitoba will be good for all the province’s aboriginal people.Ĭhief David Crate of the Fisher River Cree Nation said Thursday the deal with Hemisphere Gaming to develop the Spirit Sands Casino at Carberry includes a management fee system that’s “quite reasonable.”
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