The Miami and Modoc tribes have received final federal approval for a high-stakes bingo complex in Miami, Oklahoma. The complex will include off-track betting, a sports bar, a restaurant and a gift shop. The complex will be on Modoc tribal land. The tribes are among the smaller Oklahoma tribes with the Miami having 1,650 members and the Modoc having only about 200 members.

The 3.5 million complex was approved by the National Indian Gaming Commission and the tribes hope to open the complex by this coming summer. The Commission's approval was necessary because a private management company, Butler National Corp of Olathe, Kansas, was involved in the development.

The tribal leaders have pledged 2% of the proceeds to the State of Oklahoma, and 2% to Ottawa County. The tribes hope to pay off the construction debt to the contractor within three years, at which point the tribes will begin to benefit from the complex. Plans for the revenue include college scholarships for tribal members, and investment in health, housing, and other tribal services. Neither tribe currently has any major revenue raising business.

No off-track betting is now allowed in Oklahoma. The Choctaw, Citizen Band Pottawatomi, Iowa and Otoe-Missiouria are awaiting their final approval by the Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Interior.