Drunken driving arrests in DeSoto County have nearly doubled since 1991, the year before the state's first floating casino opened. In Tunica, DUI arrests have increased more than fivefold. McClain had worked at the bank for 21 years. When you look at it, you find a corrupt process here, and we need to change it. There are signs that the party in Las Vegas is winding down.
Some analysts see that as a harbinger of tougher times for the whole U.S. economy.
After a two-year run of rising room rates and tight reservations in America's gambling mecca, casinos since November have been cutting prices in order to draw in customers. But back then the Chippewa, Ottawa and Potawatomi had never heard of Caribbean Stud Poker. Throw in millions of dollars and the battles have become incendiary. The fights have featured stripped memberships, embezzlement charges, overthrown tribe governments, federal intervention, police standoffs, sliced auto brakes and homemade bombs. It's the new Indian wars .