Hannahville Indian Community continues to share casino funds

Tuesday, March 8, 2011  

The Hannahville Indian Community of Michigan shares 2 percent of slot machine revenues with the local community twice a year.

Revenue sharing was included in the Class III gaming compact. When the state allowed non-Indian gaming in Detroit, the tribe was no longer required to share money with the state.

But that doesn't stop the tribe from helping local governments, organizations and other entities. "Twice a year, we do an accounting of what the casino brings in through the slot revenues, and we take the 2 percent and we spend that on a grant program," David Anthony, the tribe's director of community development and government affairs, told the Bay Area Economic Club, The Escanaba Daily Press reported.

"That grant program last year put about $1 million into the local community," Anthony said.

The Hannahville Indian Community is a Potawatomi tribe.

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