Tribes aren't required to disclose their gaming figures. But in comparison, the
Seneca Nation has withheld $572 million and the
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe has withheld $35 million from the state over a multi-year period, amounts that pale in comparison to the yearly totals that are coming from
non-Indian facilities.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
(D) wants to expand non-Indian gaming and revenues from existing facilities show how much the state stands to gain by cutting tribes out of the picture.
For the month of January 2013 alone, nine non-Indian gaming facilities reported a net win of $147 million.
Of that amount, nearly $68 million went to the state's education fund.
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