One of the most successful examples of Indian gaming is evidenced by Wisconsin's Menominee Tribe, which recently celebrated its tenth year in business. Its enterprises include bingo halls and casinos. The result has been greater visibility on the local and federal level. Still, Indian gaming, which represents only a fraction of the nation's gambling, has its share of detractors. The Menominees' reinvestment isn't an isolated case.
Many tribes have leveraged gaming revenue to fill in where shortfalls exist.
The Mississippi Choctaw built a hotel and convention center complex. In southern Nevada, tribal gaming is less prevalent. With the exception of a few slot machines in Moapa, Nevada's Paiute Indian population has not developed gaming, and that doesn't appear to be an objective in the near future. Our first priority is to keep as much of the natural environment intact as possible. The GCB notes that, as sovereign nations, tribes enter into compacts to encourage, not mandate, compliance and accountability with regulations.