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Old 02-14-10, 09:31 AM   #12
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    • Tribes receive $4 of every $10 that Americans wager at casinos.
    • Indian casinos earn $26.7 billion in 2008 revenues.
    • There are 425 Indian gaming facilities.
    • 240 tribes operate casinos.
    • Indian gaming operates in 28 states
    • 24 states allow full-scale Indian casinos, 4 allow only Class II casinos (bingo slots)
    • Indian casinos provide 712,000 jobs with $27 billion in wages
    • Indian gaming paid $10.8 billion in local, state and federal taxes in 2008.
    • Indian gaming pays $1.3 billion in taxes to federal, state, local governments.
    Source: National Indian Gaming Commission www.nigc.gov
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