A cheap shot from the News:
Editorial: Rolling the dice
Allowing a slot machine hall without state involvement opens door to proliferation of low-rent casinos
The latest tribal casino imbroglio illustrates what a tangled web government weaves when it attempts to determine who will be winners and losers in the marketplace. Five tribes want Michigan to crack down on a new slot machine hall the Bay Mills Indian Community has installed 100 miles south of its Upper Peninsula headquarters near Brimley, arguing it violates the spirit of the law allowing casinos on tribal land.
In a perfect world, casino locations would be based on business prospects. But because gambling is a regulated industry, the state is going to have to wade into this controversy, and Gov.-elect Rick Snyder will inherit the job of negotiating some new ground rules with the Indian communities regarding the proliferation of casinos.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20101215/OPINION01/12150319/Editorial–Rolling-the-dice#ixzz18BrhM5Q5
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