State Gaming Compacts Show Strengths, Issues with WC for Tribes

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez earlier this month negotiated a contract with five Native American tribes that would extend gambling in the state by 22 years. The negotiations, which are settled through compacts, are signifiers of how complicated gambling regulations are between states and tribes, which are autonomous and sovereign nations. But more so than profit-sharing or reporting gambling practices to state officials, workers’ compensation within tribal compacts is extremely vague and sometimes convoluted, making outsiders suspicious that not enough is being done. Tribal i...