Native American gaming
The Indian casinos are casinos that are operated independently of the control of the Government of the United States by the Indians.
History
In 1979, the Seminoles in Florida for the first time to operate gambling. As a result, many more Indian tribes recognized the revenue opportunities of gambling. In the following years a debate over whether the Indian reservations are subject to legal restrictions on gambling came into being. This debate ended in 1988 with the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ( Indian Gambling Regulation Act) by the U.S. Congress, which allowed the government-recognized " Indian Nations " to operate on their territory tribal casinos.
Pay
In 2006, members of the 408 Indian tribes casinos were 161 armed only with smaller machines such as slot machines, bingo and video poker. At this time, 223 Indian tribes were involved ( from a total of 562 registered people ) in 28 U.S. states at the casino business. In the Indian casinos, the proportion of non-affiliated with gambling activities is increasing faster than in non-indigenous casinos, and in 2008 reached $ 3.1 billion.
In 2007, 230 tribes operated a total of 425 facilities in 28 states and tolerated a $ 26.5 billion, which represents an increase of 5 % over the previous year, when they transpose 25.3 billion. All other casinos put together this year to around 32 billion dollars. 2011, the gross sales of the 421 Indian casinos in the U.S. was 27.2 billion dollars.
One of the largest and most modern casinos with huge swanky hotel complex is operated by the Mashantucket Pequot - Indians in Connecticut. They fund with the proceeds among other Native American cultural projects and operate a museum that presents the phylogeny.