People Against a Casino Town

"We were told that the glitzy gambling casinos springing up on Indian reservations across the
land would lift poor Indians out of poverty. Certainly the slot machines and gaming tables
produce plenty of money. The nearly 300 casinos pull in almost $13 billion a year in revenue, of
which more than $5 billion is pure profit. But where is that money going?"

"Casino press agents will continue to trot out warm and cozy stories of hospitals and schools
built and Indian lives rehabilitated by gambling money, each one true, but distorting the whole
truth of a rapacious operation protected by politicians fearful of seeming unkind to Indians. The
result has been attention to the few, neglect of the many, and the herding of a proud people into
the demeaning culture of slots and croupiers."