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Indian Casinos Need More Oversight - Sen. McCain8 March 2005WASHINGTON -- As reported by Reuters: "The U.S. government needs to step up its oversight of the booming Indian casino industry to prevent the kind of Mafia-style corruption that once plagued Las Vegas, U.S. Sen. John McCain said on Monday. "'The one thing that we know about gambling ... is that wherever money is the item that is exchanged, there is going to be the issue of corruption,' McCain, chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, told reporters during a briefing. "Revenue generated by Indian casinos has jumped to $18 billion today from $200 million in 1998, heightening the need for more scrutiny, McCain said. "...More than 500 Nevada regulators monitor the state's casinos, but only 40 regulatory agents work for a federal commission overseeing the nationwide Indian gambling industry..." |