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By Randy Ellis
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
Oklahoma tribes paid $118.2 million in gaming fees to the state, helping to ease budget cuts at some state agencies, state records show.
Oklahoma received $33.3 million from the Chickasaw Nation; $22.7 million from the Choctaw Nation and $12.2 million from the Cherokee Nation, according to Office of State Finance records. Twenty-seven other tribes paid the state about $50 million.
Together, the 30 tribes are responsible for boosting state revenues from Indian gaming 5,000 percent in six years as tribes have expanded their casino operations and shifted to more Las Vegas-style games.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (AP)
Oklahoma tribes paid $118.2 million in gaming fees to the state, helping to ease budget cuts at some state agencies, state records show.
Oklahoma received $33.3 million from the Chickasaw Nation; $22.7 million from the Choctaw Nation and $12.2 million from the Cherokee Nation, according to Office of State Finance records. Twenty-seven other tribes paid the state about $50 million.
Together, the 30 tribes are responsible for boosting state revenues from Indian gaming 5,000 percent in six years as tribes have expanded their casino operations and shifted to more Las Vegas-style games.
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