[dennisw]

Turning Stone is the largest employer in Oneida County, and perhaps all of Central New York, and it's economic spinoff is huge................


This casino contributes nothing to our economic well being. It enriches an Indian tribe and I suppose surrounding businesses benefit. Do you have any idea what tax rate it pays if any?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ther Mystic Lake casino just south of Minneapolis is another good case study. The Sioux Indians are buying land adjacent to their casino, taking it off the tax rolls of the county. They only agreed to help fix the blacktop highway serving their business when the Scott County threatened to put up a toll booth and collect a surcharge.

[jalisco555]

Do you have any idea what tax rate it pays if any?

It's probably zero. I'm not defending casinos, I'm commenting that they are, in my opinion, unstoppable. And by economic impact I am referring to the thousands of people, mostly non-Indians, who directly or indirectly derive their livelihood from them. These people do pay taxes.

[general_re]

Do you have any idea what tax rate it pays if any?

Dunno, but the state of NY does take 25% of the Oneida's slot machine revenue, as per the casino compact.

[donmeaker]

The way to beat the indian casinios is to permit non-indian casinos to operate under exactly the same terms. The Indian casinos are using their status under law to profit, just as the key influence in the development of Las Vegas was: it is not in California.