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Persson immediately
launched his campaign to al-
low sports betting in private
clubs throughout the state.
Maverick poured millions
into a political action commit-
tee and lobbied lawmakers in
support of a bill in the Wash-
ington State Legislature that
would allow sports betting in
his clubs.
After that bill failed, he
tried again with a narrower
model, which he said would
“level the playing field” be-
tween tribal gaming opera-
tions and those that are pri-
vately owned by non-tribal
entities. That bill also failed.
Lawmakers approved gam-
bling in Washington in part to
fund essential government
services. Just like the state
lottery raises money for edu-
cation, tribal gaming raises
money that tribes use to pro-
vide their citizens with edu-
cation, healthcare, natural re-
sources and behavioral
health, George said.
“(Persson) has a bottom
line that he wants to grow,”
George said. “But for us, we
want to get up to basic stan-
dards for our communities,
and we still have a long way
to go.”
Thirty years after the first
tribal casino opened in Wash-
ington state, poverty rates
among reservation commu-
nities there are improving,
because of the jobs they cre-
ate and the government ser-
vices they fund. But annual
incomes among tribal mem-
bers living on reservations in
Washington state average just
$18,600, according to a recent
report by the gaming associa-
tion.
“Indian gaming has helped
a lot,” George said. “But
we’re still a good 50 percent
behind the state average for
poverty. So there’s still a long
way to go.”
N o t e : T h i s s t o r y, b y
Karina Brown of Underscore
News, was produced through
a collaboration between The
Oregonian/OregonLive and
Underscore News. The Data-
Driven Reporting Project sup-
ported Underscore's work on
this stor y.