(DOWNLOAD) "Negotiating Meaningful Concessions from States in Gaming Compacts to Further Tribal Economic Development: Satisfying the "Economic Benefits" Test." by South Dakota Law Review * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Negotiating Meaningful Concessions from States in Gaming Compacts to Further Tribal Economic Development: Satisfying the "Economic Benefits" Test.
- Author : South Dakota Law Review
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 297 KB
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I. INTRODUCTION--THE USE OF TRIBAL GAMING REVENUE TO FOSTER TRIBAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION Tribes in California, Florida, Maine, New York, and Wisconsin, in search of funding for tribal governmental services, opened high-stakes bingo parlors during the 1960s and 1970s long before any federal laws were enacted to address Indian gaming. (1) At the time the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (2) (IGRA) was enacted in 1988, there were over eighty tribes licensing, conducting, and operating bingo and card games throughout Indian country. (3) Despite the relative infancy of Indian gaming at that time and lack of profitable slot machines, these Indian gaming facilities managed to gross over $110 million for the year. (4)