The rules were no doubt created to carve out exclusive zones for vendors who crossed the right palms with silver.
The casinos have been especially bad about buying influence. They lobbied heavily for the smoking ban in Michigan bars but got an exclusion for themselves.
Detroit would be better off if the casinos burned to the ground with the city council inside.
You nailed it, my friend. That’s how it works today and anyone who thinks the system works otherwise is naive.