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Michigan Proposal E
The Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act, passed by Michigan voters in 1996 as Proposal E and then expanded and signed into law as the Public Act 69 of 1997, allows non-Native American gaming, Native American casino gaming in Michigan. The proposal was approved by 51.51% of the voters on November 5, 1996. The text of the proposal as passed by voters: ''An act providing for the licensing and control of casino gambling operations, manufacturers and distributors of gaming devices and gaming employees; providing for the distribution of revenue for public education, public safety and economic development; authorizing limited casino operations within the State of Michigan; and vesting authority for the regulation of casino gaming in a gaming control board.'' Proposal E election results Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act Overview The Act (state statute) allowed casino gaming in qualified cities. The Michigan Gaming Control Board also started functioning as a state body respo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Native American Gaming
Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal lands in the United States. Because these areas have tribal sovereignty, states have limited ability to forbid gambling there, as codified by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. As of 2011, there were 460 gambling operations run by 240 tribes, with a total annual revenue of $27 billion. History In the early 1970s, Russell and Helen Bryan, a married Chippewa couple living in a mobile home on Indian lands in northern Minnesota, received a property tax bill from the local county, Itasca County.Kevin K. Washburn"The Legacy of Bryan v. Itasca County: How an Erroneous $147 County Tax Notice Helped Bring Tribes $200 Billion in Indian Gaming Revenue"92 Minnesota Law Review 919 (2008). The Bryans had never received a property tax bill from the county before. Unwilling to pay it, they took the tax notice to local legal aid attorneys at Leech Lake Legal Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
