About Tempus Viator

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Casino management companies often enter tribal gaming through management agreements, advisory contracts, or development partnerships. The structure creates opportunities for exploitation - especially when there is an imbalance of experience, leverage, or access to capital.

Management firms may possess deep operational, regulatory, and financial knowledge that tribal councils or newly established gaming authorities are still developing. This gap can lead to contracts that heavily favor the management company, including excessive fees, spending, long contract durations, or limited tribal control over day-to-day operations.

Management companies sometimes provide upfront capital, financing, or guarantees for casino development. While this can enable projects that would otherwise be impossible, it can also lock tribes into arrangements where a significant share of revenue is diverted for years - reducing the casino's ability to fully support tribal programs, sovereignty, and long-term self-sufficiency.

Some agreements grant management firms substantial authority over staffing, vendor selection, marketing, and technology. This can sideline tribal leadership from meaningful decision-making, effectively turning tribal casinos into externally run enterprises operating on tribal land.

Can create long-term harm. Management firms often focused on short- to medium-term profitability, while tribes are concerned with generational wealth, cultural preservation, and community stability. When these priorities clash, decisions may prioritize immediate revenue at the expense of sustainable growth and tribal autonomy.

Surveillance departments report operationally to executives rather than directly to tribal gaming authorities. This can limit tribal oversight into who is being watched, why individuals are being excluded, and whether those actions align with tribal values, sovereignty, or due process.

Some individuals report being informally discouraged, monitored until uncomfortable, or target banned without clear explanation or evidence. When tribal citizens are excluded from enterprises meant to support their own communities, it raises serious concerns about fairness and accountability.

Tribal citizens may be hired into entry-level, frontline, or culturally symbolic roles, while higher-level positions - such as management, analytics, surveillance, leadership, marketing strategy, compliance, finance, or executive operations - are routinely filled by non-tribal professionals brought in by management. Even educated tribal members with relevant degrees and experience can find themselves blocked from advancement.