And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: "Victor Rocha" Casinos halt payments to state ASSOCIATED PRESS LANSING, Mich. -- Seven Indian tribes in Michigan are no longer required to make payments to the state from their casino operations. The required payments, 8 percent of the take from their slot and video poker machines, ended Wednesday. The payments amounted to $176 million that went into state economic development programs, including $55 million to pay for land and demolition for the new Comerica Park for the Detroit Tigers. The tribes had to pay the money as part of a deal negotiated with Gov. John Engler. It granted them exclusive rights to slot machines in exchange for the state payments. Now that the first Detroit casino, the MGM Grand temporary casino, is expected to open this month, the tribes no longer have to pay that tax, the Detroit Free Press reported today. But they will still give 2 percent of their machine winnings to local government. http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/gaming/1999/jul/02/509004034.html Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
