BOSTON (AP) — The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe said Tuesday that a favorable opinion on its land bid from the federal government was a “huge step forward” in its effort to build a $500 million casino in southeastern Massachusetts.
The preliminary advisory opinion, from the federal Office of Indian Gaming, came in connection with the tribe’s bid to acquire lands in trust in Taunton, where it hopes to build the gambling resort, and in the Cape Cod town of Mashpee.
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