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Little Traverse Bay Bands ends payment to state in casino dispute

Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Filed Under: Compacts | Openings and Closings

The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians won't be sharing any money with the state as long as another tribe's off-reservation casino remains open.

Under its Class III gaming compact, the tribe makes a six percent economic incentive payment to the state. Chairman Ken Harrington said the Bay Mills Indian Community off-reservation casino violates the deal.

"There was a lot of careful thought put into this over the weekend, and we hope this will be enough, the state will have an understanding that what [Bay Mills is[ doing is wrong, and they'll close this thing down," Harrington told KLUC-TV.

The Bay Mills Indian Community opened the casino last week on land that apparently has not been placed in trust.

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Odawa Indians to State: No more economic incentive payment (KLUC-TV 11/8)