{"id":716,"date":"2019-03-05T08:56:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/?p=716"},"modified":"2019-03-05T08:56:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:56:17","slug":"former-doi-secretary-zinke-facing-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/former-doi-secretary-zinke-facing-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"Former DOI Secretary Zinke Facing Prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pennsylvania\nhas served as inspiration for other states looking to legalize their casino\nindustries. Neighboring <strong>Connecticut<\/strong>\nhas also been discussing potential ways to lay the ground work of its own\niGaming industry. So far, <strong>four gambling<\/strong>\nbills have been introduced, each covering a separate aspect of the industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\nConnecticut&#8217;s seem tight legally and on track to join Pennsylvania as a place where\ncasinos are expanding quickly, new evidence has surfaced that former <strong>Department of the Interior<\/strong> <strong>Secretary Ryan Zinke<\/strong> lied as part of a\nfederal investigation involving two of the tribes in Connecticut which\ncurrently offer casino products in the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tribes have\nbeen working together across the United States to ensure that they preserve the\nstatus quo, particularly in large markets such as Florida and California.\nPennsylvania has not had to argue with tribes, helping it speed up the passage\nof its own regulated iGaming industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to\nConnecticut though, one of the proposed bills would have allowed <strong>the Mohegans<\/strong> and the <strong>Pashantucket Pequots <\/strong>to work together\nand introduce a new casino property in East Windsor. To push ahead with the\nplans, both casinos needed to be vetted and issued an approval by the <strong>Department of the Interior<\/strong>, something\nwhich hasn&#8217;t happened in the case of the Pequot tribe. Many suspected foul play\nand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/pennsylvania-casinos-file-lawsuit-against-state-lottery\/\">legal\naction ensued<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tribes\nhave alleged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/10\/17\/zinke-casino-native-american-tribe-857397\">Mr.\nZinke purposefully and under political influence blocked the tribes<\/a> from\npushing ahead with their joint casino project. Mr. Zinke denied that he knowingly\nmisled investigators. He further added that while his answers might not have\nbeen what the authorities had expected, they were truthful nonetheless. Amid\nthe investigation, the DOI finally agreed to acknowledge the tribal partnership\nin 2017, giving the tribes the go ahead to push with joint projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Grand Jury to Decide\nMr. Zinke&#8217;s Fate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Zinke can\nget in hot water with prosecutors who are even now submitting evidence to a\nWashington grand jury. The purpose of this process, however, is not to prove Mr.\nZinke guilty, but to establish whether he lie \u2013 which many suspect he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohegan\ntribe Chief of Staff <strong>Chuck Bunnell<\/strong> said\nthat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/grand-jury-is-examining-whether-former-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-lied-to-federal-investigators\/2019\/02\/22\/0fb2427a-36c4-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?utm_term=.2bd705154a84\">a\nGrand Jury had been expected<\/a>. &nbsp;More\nimportantly, the ongoing investigation can make lawmakers wearier of getting\nreadily behind any gambling bill moving forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neighboring\nPennsylvania has also been a case in point. Even though PA was supposed to\nlaunch its casinos in Q1, 2019, the launch has now been postponed back to mid-year\nas the newly-reversed Wire Act has made the legal context more complicated than\nlawmakers had originally hoped for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,\nMr. Zinke&#8217;s will await the Grand Jury&#8217;s decision. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania has served as inspiration for other states looking to legalize their casino industries. Neighboring Connecticut has also been discussing potential ways to lay the ground work of its own iGaming industry. So far, four gambling bills have been introduced, each covering a separate aspect of the industry. 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