In the United States, Indian gaming is a $29 billion industry, with some 240 American Indian tribes operating more than 450 gaming operations in 28 states. Alan Meister, Casino City’s Indian Gaming Industry Report (2016). In Canada, the First Nations gaming industry consists of fewer than 20 casinos, along with limited “VLT palaces,” with estimated gross revenue of $1 billion. See Yale Belanger, Are Canadian First Nations Casinos Providing Maximum Benefits?, 18 UNLV Gaming Res. & Rev. J. 65 (2014).

Originally published in Business Law Today - September, 2016.