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NM panel endorses Navajo gambling compact

By Barry Massey
Published February 6, 2014 1:32am ET
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NM panel endorses Navajo gambling compact
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly, left, and Navajo Council Delegate LoRenzo Bates speak at a news conference Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014, at the state Capitol in Santa Fe, N.M., after a New Mexico legislative committee recommended that the House and Senate approve a new gambling compact with the tribe. Shelly appealed to other tribes and pueblos to drop their opposition to the compact, which would allow the Navajos to open three additional casinos over 15 years. (AP Photo/Barry Massey) | Barry Massey

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A legislative panel recommended Wednesday that the New Mexico Legislature approve a proposed gambling compact that would allow the Navajo Nation to open three additional casinos.

The Committee on Compacts voted 12-4 to forward the gambling agreement to the House and Senate for a vote.

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