![]() The tribe said the casino will offer limited slot machines and table games to adhere to social distancing and other safety plans. Gun Lake Casino plans to reopen to the public on June 8, 2020. ![]() The casino voluntarily shut down on March 16 as the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep through Michigan. The next revenue sharing distribution for the April to October period will suffer a dramatic loss due to the casino closure and limited operations upon reopening, according to Peters. “This is the most important revenue sharing distribution we have ever made because it comes at a time when all units of government are dealing with terrible financial impacts due to the global pandemic,” said Bob Peters, chairman of the Gun Lake Tribe. The revenue sharing payments are from electronic gaming revenues collected by the casino between Oct. GLIMI, a tribally owned non-gaming economic development agency, received $1.3 million. The tribe, commonly referred to as the Gun Lake Tribe, said it distributed $4.4 million to the State of Michigan and $2.2 million to the local revenue sharing board. As it prepares to reopen the doors next week on its shuttered Gun Lake Casino, the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawtomi Indians announced that it shared more than $7.9 million of spring revenue sharing payments with state and local governments.
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