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Wampum : how Indian tribes, the Mafia, and an inattentive Congress invented Indian casino gaming and created a $28 billion gambling empire

text Wampum : how Indian tribes, the Mafia, and an inattentive Congress invented Indian casino gaming and created a $28 billion gambling empire

Summary
"A history of Indian casinos in America reveals the lesser-known partnership between Native American tribes and the Mafia that has been responsible for the creation of hundreds of Vegas-style casinos throughout the United States, in part by taking... Read more
Contents
Part I Mafia -- Sovereignty and Cigarettes -- Seminole Cigarettes -- Seminole Bingo -- Barona Bingo -- Steven Whilden and Pan American Management -- Part II IGRA -- Ninety-Eighth Congress -- Ninety-Ninth Congress: House of Representatives -- Ninet... Read more
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375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Publisher
Overlook Press 2015

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.926 MIT in Adult Non-fiction Available

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