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"Illegal...And Thriving"
PartyGaming Inc., a British company that operates on-line gambling sites, is at the vanguard of a global goldrush. Even though 90 percent of PartyGaming's revenues come from the U.S., and the Justice Department swears that online gambling is 100 percent illegal, nothing has been done to stop the trend. And with billions of dollars of potential revenues involved, land-based U.S. casinos are eager to get a piece of the on-line action.
Tags: Internet gaming; Internet gambling; IPO's; offshore companies; DOJ
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A Billion - Dollar Bet
This investigation showed how Baltimore developer David S. Cordish used tax-free municipal bonds to build two glitzy casino complexes for the Seminole Tribe in Florida. Tax-exempt bonds are supposed to be issued only for "essential government functions" and private developers are barred from benefiting from them. But, those regulations were being ignored, until these Sun reporters brought the deal into the spotlight.
Tags: real estate; development; gambling; bonds; IRS; Internal Revenue Service; Auditors
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American Indian Rule: Sovereignty Abused
The Detroit News reports on abuses of power by the governing bodies of Native Americans reservations in Michigan and across the nation. The report details abuses of democracy, judicial process and financial benefit on the part of the leaders. Tribal leaders used their powers to expel political enemies, change election rules in their favor and stifle criticism of their mishandling millions of dollars in tribal money.
Tags: American Indians; Native Americans; reservations; tribal leadership; casinos; casino revenues; FOIA
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Most Indians haven't benefited from 1990s casino boom: analysis shows
In this article, Pace uses computer-assisted reporting to find "the American Indian gambling industry has boomed, with annual revenues increasing from $100 million in 1988 to $8.26 billion in 1998. Poverty and unemployment rates changed little during that period."
Tags: CAR; casinos; Indian tribes; gambling; money
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Over the last few years, 48 states have become official sponsors of some form of gambling. Usually, the claim is that high-rollers--or at least tourists from out of state--will come in and provide jobs, tax revenue and maybe a little glamour. The people gambling away money today with state encouragement aren't glamourous tourists, they're neighbors. And the games they play are, more often than not, the equivalent of rolling snake eyes. (March/April 1996)