Fond du Lac leader criticizes city's plan to open a new casino

Friday, January 20, 2012  

The leader of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians says the city of Duluth, Minnesota, has a double standard on gaming.

The tribe wants to expand the Fond-du-Luth Casino by adding an adjacent property. The city is opposing the land-into-trust application but at the same time is considering building its own gaming facility.

“In response to the band’s application for additional trust lands, the city talked about how nasty gaming was,” Chairwoman Karen Diver told The Duluth News Tribune. “But apparently all those strong feelings about gaming aren’t reserved for themselves.”

The two sides have been in federal court over a 1994 agreement that required the tribe to share 19 percent of slot machine revenues with the city. A federal judge ruled that the agreement violated the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.

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