Indian Gaming

The Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, also known as the Gun Lake Tribe, is sharing $8.4 million in gaming revenues in Michigan.

Under its Class III gaming compact, the tribe shares between 8 percent and 12 percent of electronic gaming revenues from the Gun Lake Casino with the state. Another 2 percent is set aside for local communities.

The payments are made twice a year. The spring 2013 payment includes $6.7 million for the state and nearly $1.7 million for local governments.

“Today marks the tribe’s fifth distribution of revenues to local and state governments,” Vice Chairman Ed Pigeon said in a press release. “To date we have provided over thirty-five million dollars in funding for infrastructure, law enforcement, schools, and the MEDC [Michigan Economic Development Corporation] which has improved the quality of life for the citizens of Michigan.”

The $8.4 payment is smaller than the fall 2012 payment of $8.6 million, which was the largest on record. However, it's larger than the $8.1 million from spring 2012.

The tribe is taking steps to expand the casino, which opened in early 2011.

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