Legends Casino Fined for Distributing Profits [Derived Headline]

Yakima Herald-Republic › November 12, 2009

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TOPPENISH, Wash. -- The Yakama Nation Legends Casino was fined $5,000 for handing out more than $20 million in casino profits to tribal members without federal approval.

Yakama tribal leaders last December approved giving $2,000 to each man, woman and child in the roughly 10,000-member tribe. Tribal leaders at the time characterized the one-time payment as stimulus money that would help members in tough economic times.

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Legends Casino Fined for Distributing Profits [Derived Headline]

But in September, the National Indian Gaming Commission told the tribe that the one-time payment violated the Indi...

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