Does anyone know if this is the case with the Indian Casinos in CT?
In a message dated 11/27/2003 10:35:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tismurph@hotmail.com writes:
"In california Indian casinos, the video poker machines do not
deal cards randomly. A public relations lawyer for the Indians
admitted it when interviewed by the Wall Street Journal."
--Anthony Curtis
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Does anyone know if this is the case with the Indian Casinos in CT?
In a message dated 11/27/2003 10:35:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
tismurph@h... writes:>
>
> "In california Indian casinos, the video poker machines do not
> deal cards randomly. A public relations lawyer for the Indians
> admitted it when interviewed by the Wall Street Journal."
> --Anthony Curtis
>-------------------------------------------------------------------
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Joe,
In all fairness to the Tribal run casinos, maybe we should all
read this reply to an unfavorable column in the Wall Street Journal
about them.
April 5, 2002
Wall Street Journal
letter.editor@wsj.com
Dear Editor:
At the National Indian Gaming Association, we were disappointed by
your editorial of April 4, 2002. Editorials such as this are a true
disservice to the 300,000 hard working Indian and non-Indian
individuals that are employed due to Tribal government gaming.
Your editorial implies that Indian gaming is unregulated and corrupt
with mob influence. Both assertions are completely false. The fact
is that Indian gaming is a highly regulated industry, subject to
regulation at the Tribal, State, and Federal Government levels.
After a year of studying this very issue, even one of Indian
gaming's
most ardent detractors, Paul Moore, Chairman of the Indian gaming
subcommittee of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission,
stated: "Native American gambling operations have two key
hurdles to
overcome in the perceptions of the American public: that they are
unregulated and that they are making money hand over fist. Neither
is true."
At the Tribal Government level, Indian Tribes invest $160 million
annually to regulate Indian gaming through tribal gaming commissions
and staff. Your editorial discounted those efforts as mere "self-
regulation." To us, self-regulation is self-government. At the
same
time that American patriots dumped tea in Boston Harbor to promote
American self-government, our patriotic forefathers fought to
preserve American Indian self-government. For its part, the United
States guaranteed tribal self-government through treaties that
involved the cession of millions of acres of land.
Moreover, our Tribal gaming commissioners and regulators are highly
educated professionals with exemplary qualifications and Indian
Tribes have established world class, state of the art gaming
operations and regulatory systems. For example, the Director of
Security and Surveillance at one of Tribes in Minnesota is a 24-year
veteran of the Minneapolis Police Force who served on the SWAT Team,
the Homicide Unit, and Emergency Response Unit. The Executive
Director of a California tribal gaming commission has over 30 years
of law enforcement experience serving as Assistant Chief Inspector
for the New Jersey Casino Control Commission for 11 years and as Vice
Inspector for the Philadelphia Police for over 17 years. And there
is a Louisiana Tribal Gaming Commission Chairman who has over 20
years of military experience, including serving as a Navy Military
Policeman and a U.S. Coast Guard Port Security officer. And there
are many more examples where these came from. The capability,
qualifications and dedication of Tribal operators, regulators and
regulatory agencies are equal to their counterparts of the States
and federal government and cannot be dismissed with the wave of a
pen.
At the State level, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act established a
system of Tribal-State Compacts to govern Class III Indian Gaming.
Thus, State government agencies participate in the regulation of
Class III Indian gaming at levels negotiated at through compacts.
For example, in New York, the Oneida and Mohawk Tribes work with the
New York State Racing and Wagering Board in regulating their gaming
facilities. In Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe has a
State Police Office in their Indian gaming facility. Overall, Indian
Tribes reimburse the States over $40 million annually for state
regulation of Indian gaming.
At the Federal level, Indian Tribes fund the National Indian Gaming
Commission through fee assessments at a level of $8 million annually
and the NIGC coordinates with the Tribal and State government
agencies. In addition, through the Money Laundering Suppression Act,
Congress involved the Department of Treasury in monitoring large cash
transactions at Indian gaming facilities, just as it does for
Atlantic City gaming facilities. Under Title 18 USC § 1163, the
FBI
and the Justice Department have authority to prosecute anyone who
would cheat, embezzle, or defraud an Indian gaming facility
that
applies to management, employees, and patrons. In a July 2001 review
of Indian gaming by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector
General, the FBI reported that "none of their Indian country
investigations of isolated allegations of organized crime have been
substantiated." In other words, the FBI is watching out for
organized crime, and the comprehensive network of Tribal, State, and
Federal system of regulating Indian gaming has been remarkably
effective.
We hope that you understand that the integrity of Indian gaming is
something that Tribes take very seriously. Gaming is a resource for
Indian Tribes to provide much needed services to their people, just
like State lotteries. After standing by while the federal government
failed to fulfill its treaty obligations for 500 years, gaming is
finally a means for Tribes to re-build their economies. Reservations
that were once ruinous wastelands littered with dilapidated buildings
and crushed by poverty, are finally getting those things that most
Americans take for granted: schools, hospitals, roads, water and
sewer systems, and police and fire protection. That we are finally
achieving self-sufficiency is not something that we take lightly.
Nor do we take lightly our obligation to maintain responsible gaming
facilities.
Finally, your reference to "Big Chief Pataki" in a prior
editorial
does appear to be intended to conjure up a cartoonish image of the
Governor based on a stereotypical use of American Indian
references. Such references do poor justice to the Native Americans
have proudly served this Country in every war in record numbers and
to the Indian ironworkers who built the World Trade Center and are
now back there assisting in the clean up and the rebuilding of
America's spirit.
Sincerely,
Ernest Stevens, Jr., Chairman
National Indian Gaming Association
Did anyone notice that the issue of random dealing was ignored in this PC Claptrap?
Matt
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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, joel0457@a... wrote:
> Does anyone know if this is the case with the Indian Casinos in CT?
>
>
>
> In a message dated 11/27/2003 10:35:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> tismurph@h... writes:
>
> >
> >
> > "In california Indian casinos, the video poker machines do not
> > deal cards randomly. A public relations lawyer for the Indians
> > admitted it when interviewed by the Wall Street Journal."
> > --Anthony Curtis
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
Joe,
In all fairness to the Tribal run casinos, maybe we should all
read this reply to an unfavorable column in the Wall Street Journal
about them.
>
>
>
April 5, 2002
Wall Street Journal
letter.editor@wsj.com
Dear Editor:
At the National Indian Gaming Association, we were disappointed by
your editorial of April 4, 2002. Editorials such as this are a true
disservice to the 300,000 hard working Indian and non-Indian
individuals that are employed due to Tribal government gaming.
Your editorial implies that Indian gaming is unregulated and corrupt
with mob influence. Both assertions are completely false. The fact
is that Indian gaming is a highly regulated industry, subject to
regulation at the Tribal, State, and Federal Government levels.
After a year of studying this very issue, even one of Indian
gaming's
most ardent detractors, Paul Moore, Chairman of the Indian gaming
subcommittee of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission,
stated: "Native American gambling operations have two key
hurdles to
overcome in the perceptions of the American public: that they are
unregulated and that they are making money hand over fist. Neither
is true."
At the Tribal Government level, Indian Tribes invest $160 million
annually to regulate Indian gaming through tribal gaming commissions
and staff. Your editorial discounted those efforts as mere "self-
regulation." To us, self-regulation is self-government. At the
same
time that American patriots dumped tea in Boston Harbor to promote
American self-government, our patriotic forefathers fought to
preserve American Indian self-government. For its part, the United
States guaranteed tribal self-government through treaties that
involved the cession of millions of acres of land.
Moreover, our Tribal gaming commissioners and regulators are highly
educated professionals with exemplary qualifications and Indian
Tribes have established world class, state of the art gaming
operations and regulatory systems. For example, the Director of
Security and Surveillance at one of Tribes in Minnesota is a 24-year
veteran of the Minneapolis Police Force who served on the SWAT Team,
the Homicide Unit, and Emergency Response Unit. The Executive
Director of a California tribal gaming commission has over 30 years
of law enforcement experience serving as Assistant Chief Inspector
for the New Jersey Casino Control Commission for 11 years and as Vice
Inspector for the Philadelphia Police for over 17 years. And there
is a Louisiana Tribal Gaming Commission Chairman who has over 20
years of military experience, including serving as a Navy Military
Policeman and a U.S. Coast Guard Port Security officer. And there
are many more examples where these came from. The capability,
qualifications and dedication of Tribal operators, regulators and
regulatory agencies are equal to their counterparts of the States
and federal government and cannot be dismissed with the wave of a
pen.
At the State level, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act established a
system of Tribal-State Compacts to govern Class III Indian Gaming.
Thus, State government agencies participate in the regulation of
Class III Indian gaming at levels negotiated at through compacts.
For example, in New York, the Oneida and Mohawk Tribes work with the
New York State Racing and Wagering Board in regulating their gaming
facilities. In Connecticut, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe has a
State Police Office in their Indian gaming facility. Overall, Indian
Tribes reimburse the States over $40 million annually for state
regulation of Indian gaming.
At the Federal level, Indian Tribes fund the National Indian Gaming
Commission through fee assessments at a level of $8 million annually
and the NIGC coordinates with the Tribal and State government
agencies. In addition, through the Money Laundering Suppression Act,
Congress involved the Department of Treasury in monitoring large cash
transactions at Indian gaming facilities, just as it does for
Atlantic City gaming facilities. Under Title 18 USC § 1163, the
FBI
and the Justice Department have authority to prosecute anyone who
would cheat, embezzle, or defraud an Indian gaming facility -
that
applies to management, employees, and patrons. In a July 2001 review
of Indian gaming by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector
General, the FBI reported that "none of their Indian country
investigations of isolated allegations of organized crime have been
substantiated." In other words, the FBI is watching out for
organized crime, and the comprehensive network of Tribal, State, and
Federal system of regulating Indian gaming has been remarkably
effective.
We hope that you understand that the integrity of Indian gaming is
something that Tribes take very seriously. Gaming is a resource for
Indian Tribes to provide much needed services to their people, just
like State lotteries. After standing by while the federal government
failed to fulfill its treaty obligations for 500 years, gaming is
finally a means for Tribes to re-build their economies. Reservations
that were once ruinous wastelands littered with dilapidated buildings
and crushed by poverty, are finally getting those things that most
Americans take for granted: schools, hospitals, roads, water and
sewer systems, and police and fire protection. That we are finally
achieving self-sufficiency is not something that we take lightly.
Nor do we take lightly our obligation to maintain responsible gaming
facilities.
Finally, your reference to "Big Chief Pataki" in a prior
editorial
does appear to be intended to conjure up a cartoonish image of the
Governor based on a stereotypical use of American Indian
references. Such references do poor justice to the Native Americans
have proudly served this Country in every war in record numbers and
to the Indian ironworkers who built the World Trade Center and are
now back there assisting in the clean up and the rebuilding of
America's spirit.
Sincerely,
Ernest Stevens, Jr., Chairman
National Indian Gaming Association
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