Wampum : how Indian tribes, the Mafia, and an inattentive Congress invented Indian casino gaming and created a $28 billion gambling empire / Donald Craig Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Donald, 1947 January 23- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gambling--United States.

Gambling.

Casinos--Economic aspects.

Casinos.

Gambling industry.

Gambling--Economic aspects.

United States.

Gambling--Economic aspects--United States.

Gambling industry--Economic aspects--United States.

Casinos--Economic aspects--United States.

Gambling on Indian reservations--Law and legislation--United States.

Gambling on Indian reservations.

Gambling on Indian reservations--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

375 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Overlook Press, 2016.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

Part I Mafia

Sovereignty and Cigarettes

Seminole Cigarettes

Seminole Bingo

Barona Bingo

Steven Whilden and Pan American Management

Part II IGRA

Ninety-Eighth Congress

Ninety-Ninth Congress: House of Representatives

Ninety-Ninth Congress: Senate

Cabazon and Morongo: Ninety-Ninth Congress

Cabazon and Morongo: One Hundreth Congress

IGRA

Part III Aftermath

Arizona Machines

California Machines

Fake Tribes

Fake Reservations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781468309935

1468309935

OCLC:

951935573