Michigan officials today announced the settlement of a long-running dispute with two American Indian tribes over the portion of gambling revenues paid to the state.
The new deal announced by Gov. Jennifer Granholm with the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians will pump millions of dollars into funds used to boost economic development in the state.
The tribes, based in the northwest part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, contended that the Michigan Lottery’s Club Keno game violated an exclusivity clause their 1998 compacts with the state. The tribes withheld revenue sharing payments to the state as a result, starting in 2003 and 2004, and the dispute wound up in court. full story
