BOSTON (AP) — The Mashpee Wampanoag have 12 millennia of history behind them, but whether their history to come includes a Massachusetts-licensed casino depends now on what a state commission believes will happen in the tribe’s near future.
Lawmakers gave the tribe exclusive rights to southeastern Massachusetts’ only casino license, but the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is considering opening the region to other bidders.
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