Gila River Indian Community shares $161K in gaming revenue

Thursday, November 21, 2013  

The Gila River Indian Community of Arizona shared $161,970 in gaming revenue with local groups.

Recipients this year included Against Abuse ($100,000); the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society ($15,000) and the city of Casa Grande for housing rehabilitation ($38,000), The Casa Grande Dispatch reported.

“They really help us. I just wanted to point out how much they give and how lucky we are to have them as neighbors,” council member Dick Powell told the paper.

As part of their Class III gaming compacts, tribes share between 1 percent and 8 percent of gross Class III revenues with the state and local communities.

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