The term "CASINO" conjures elegant images that exclude the Bay Mills Slot Barn!
The ongoing saga --
AG to tribe: Close casino
Update: The Herald Times received this statement from the Bay Mills Indian Community after the paper went to press:
"We have received the letter from the Attorney General and do not agree with the state's analysis. We are open for business and have no further comment at this time."
Bay Mills Tribal Chairman, Jeff Parker
VANDERBILT — Less than three weeks after beginning an expansion of their casino in Vanderbilt the Bay Mills Indian Community (BMIC) was ordered by the State of Michigan Thursday to close down operations, contending the casino “violates state and federal laws prohibiting gambling.”
A Thursday letter from S. Peter Manning, Division Chief of Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Division, to the BMIC followed up on numerous conversations between the tribe and representatives of the Governor’s office and the Attorney General’s office concerning “the operation of class III gaming by Bay Mills at a site in Vanderbilt, Michigan (Vanderbilt casino).”
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