Tribe may benefit from payout
3 Dec 2007
ALBANY, New York -- As reported by the Albany Times-Union: "The St. Regis Mohawk tribe, which has about 12,000 members living on impoverished territory along the New York-Canadian border, stands a chance of becoming very wealthy from a Catskills casino it never built.
"Although the tribe is still trying to open a gambling hall in Monticello, it could receive a huge payout anyway, perhaps $2.8 billion or more, because of a judgment from a little-used and questionably established tribal court.
"The court and its judgment are the subjects of a case before the U.S. District Court in Syracuse that tells a seamy story of greed and potential corruption..."
Tribe may benefit from payout
is republished from CasinoCityTimes.com.

