Gaming isn’t new to Klawock - before COVID-19 came to the island, the tribe hosted regular bingo games and pull tabs.
“It’s paid off.” The Klawock Casino (KRBD photo by Raegan Miller) He had heard that the Klawock Cooperative Association opened the casino early last month, and wanted to try it out. Nearby, Robert Baza was coming away from his machine with $300. “I had lots of luck yesterday,” Ren said while sitting in front of a machine. Rhonda Ren drove from Craig to Klawock two days in a row to play the machines at the Klawock Casino. But in the Prince of Wales Island community of Klawock, the local tribe is now running more than 20 machines that look an awful lot like the kind of slots you might find on the floor of a Las Vegas casino. Slot machines, like most kinds of gambling, aren’t legal in Alaska. Electronic bingo machines on the floor of the Klawock Casino on Oct.
