Good article in this Sunday’s StarTribune:
A new deal? Proposals are on the table
Mark Brunswick, Star Tribune
March 28, 2004 GAMB0328
You won’t hear a constant bling-bling-bling, and there will be no flashing lights. Beverages won’t be complimentary. You can’t win the car on display, and Engelbert Humperdinck won’t be appearing nightly in the lounge on the weekends.
But the hottest place to lay down a bet in the next couple of weeks may be in the hallowed halls of the Minnesota State Capitol, where some of the most significant changes in gambling in years may be forthcoming.
It’s crunch time at the Capitol, and gambling is on the table. This is the biggest challenge to the Indian casino-gambling monopoly in Minnesota in the 15 years since compacts between the tribes and the state were signed. It includes the lure of a portion of the state’s $1 billion-plus annual gambling market as a way to ease state budget woes.
This is just a clip of the article……..it states that the tribal casino’s are only paying about $150,000 annually to the state. In Wisconsin the tribes are paying $118 million this year!
Whats wrong with this picture???
We will have to keep a close eye on the capital the next two weeks and hope this issue get’s corrected.
