Tribe appeals award to casino developer
WAYLAND TOWNSHIP — The Gun Lake Band of Pottawatomi Indians is appealing an arbitrator’s $1.8 million award of damages to a casino developer that it initially contracted with in 1998 to plan and fund gambling operations, federal court documents show.
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Gambling history facts:
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
- 2000: MGM Grand Inc. stages the gaming industry's largest corporate buyout with its $6 million purchase of Mirage Resorts Inc.
2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15.
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