Last week the Navajo Nation Gaming Enterprise paid $10 million to the Nation’s Gaming Distribution Fund, the largest amount the enterprise has ever paid to the fund. The enterprise operates four casinos, three in New Mexico and one in Arizona.
The contribution was made at a ceremony at Fire Rock Navajo Casino attended by enterprise board of directors Chairman Quincy Natay who gave the check to the 23rd Navajo Nation Council and Navajo President Russell Begaye.
The contribution signal’s the Gaming Enterprise’s growing success said Budget and Finance Committee chair Council Delegate Seth Damon.
The fund was created so that gaming revenues can be distributed to 110 chapters of the Navajo Nation. Chapters submit proposals to the Office of the Controller, which reviews them for meeting federal law and regulations of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.
Council Delegate Tom Chee urged chapter officials to submit requests. “We want all of our communities throughout the Navajo Nation to benefit from the success of the Gaming Enterprise,” he said. “Without the great work of the enterprise employees and the board members, we would not be at this level of performance. I am very grateful to the enterprise for their contribution to our people.”
