Wampum
Subtitle: how Indian tribes, the Mafia, and an inattentive Congress invented Indian casino gaming and created a $28 billion gambling empire
By: Donald Craig Mitchell
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781468309935
Subjects: Gambling industry; Mafia; Casinos; Gambling; Gambling on Indian reservations; Law and legislation
Description: "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 advantage of historical injustices and cultural protections,"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-360) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Mafia; title: Sovereignty and cigarettes; title: Seminole cigarettes; title: Seminole bingo; title: Barona bingo; title: Steven Whilden and Pan American Management; title: Part II. IGRA; title: Ninety-Eighth Congress; title: Ninety-Ninth Congress: House of Representatives; title: Ninety-Ninth Congress: Senate; title: Cabazon and Morongo: Ninety-Ninth Congress; title: Cabazon and Morongo: One Hundreth Congress; title: IGRA; title: Part III. Aftermath; title: Arizona machines; title: California machines; title: Fake tribes; title: Fake reservations.