"This agreement limits casino proliferation and gaming expansion in Michigan," says Gov. Engler. "There was simply no guarantee that the court would ever shut this facility down, or that the tribe wouldn't receive approval for the casino from a future governor. The settlement allows the state to set restrictions and conditions that couldn't be obtained any other way."
The settlement filed in court today:
-- Limits the KBIC to two casinos--one in Baraga County and one in Marquette County, as long as there are no new state-tribal compacts that allow new tribes to have more casinos. (The latest compacts only allow one casino per tribe.)
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