Arizona limits casino expansion but improves revenue generation in new tribal compact

The state of Arizona will not be building any new casinos for the foreseeable future after State Governor Doug Ducey and 10 Indian tribal nations agreed on a new compact on Monday.

In 2002, voters gave the thumbs up to an agreement between the state of Arizona, and the Indian tribes that lived within those invisible four walls, to limit the number of casinos that would rise from the state’s dirt. 14-years later, Governor Doug Ducey and 10 Indian tribes, have once again put pen to paper to update that agreement.

The new deal – signed on Monday inside the state Capitol’s old Senate building – allows the current tranche of casinos to grow their business while preventing further casino expansion within the Phoenix Metro area.

As part of the new deal, existing casinos will be able to increase the number of Keno games from two to four, and casinos within a 40-mile radius of a population of more than 400,000 can enhance their number of poker tables from 100 to 105.