Gaming machines at the Four Winds Casino, owned and operated by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians in New Buffalo, Michigan. Photo from Facebook Tribes in Michigan shared $28.5 million in Class III gaming revenues with local communities, according to a new report. Twelve tribes each share 2 percent of their net win with local governments and local revenue sharing boards. The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians made the largest contribution of $5.9 million, according to Peninsula Reports. But the 2015 amount was 1.8 percent lower than the 2014 amount, according to the Michigan Gaming Control Board. Four tribes -- the Pokagon Band, the Bay Mills Indian Community, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians -- shared less with local communities last year while one tribe, the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, saw a small decline. The other seven tribes shared more in 2015 than the year prior, according to the data. Since 1994, tribes have shared more than $408 million in gaming revenues. Read More on the Story:
Native American casino revenue sharing provided $28.6 mln for local communities in 2015 (Peninsula Reports 10/27)
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