That risk was great enough for the MGM corporation, which operated the MGM National Harbor Resort and Casino in Maryland, to oppose Federal recognition of the Pamunkey. Throughout the long recognition process, the tribe always retained the option of using the authority in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to start Class II or Class III gaming operations. The Pamunkey were recognized through the administrative procedures of the Department of the Interior, not through legislative action by the US Congress.

2701 et seq.) or under any regulations thereunder promulgated by the Secretary or the National Indian Gaming Commission. The Tribe may not conduct gaming activities as a matter of claimed inherent authority or under the authority of any Federal law, including the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017 prohibited those other six tribes from engaging in gaming. Six other Virginia tribes were Federally recognized by an act of Congress in 2018, but the Thomasina E. In 2015, the potential of the Pamunkey to open a casino was unique in Virginia. Only the Pamunkey tribe was authorized to open a casino in Richmond and Norfolk. The 2019 law set criteria which limited a casino to just five cities - Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond, Danville, and Bristol.

That led to the 2019 General Assembly ordering a study of casino gambling in Virginia, a precursor to anticipated approval in 2020. Source: National Indian Gaming Commission, Map of Indian Gaming Locationsįederal recognition of the Pamunkey tribe in 2015 opened the door for the tribe to offer some form of gambling on the reservation, or on lands acquired later by the Pamunkey, under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. In 2018, there were no Native American gaming centers on the East Coast between Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut and Cherokee Tribal Bingo in North Carolina Native American Gaming and Casino Gambling in Virginia Native American Gaming and Casino Gambling in Virginia

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