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Article: CNIGA Calls for Legislative Audit and Investigation Into the Management of the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund.
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- October 22, 2002
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Nations Indian Gaming Association is demanding a legislative audit of the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund that was established by the tribal-state compacts for gaming tribes to share revenues with non-gaming tribes and those with very limited gaming.
The California Gambling Control Commission, which has fiduciary responsibility for dispersing monies from the Indian Gaming Revenue Sharing Trust Fund account, said in August it would begin mailing out checks for approximately $188,000 to each of the 75 eligible tribes.
None of the tribes have received their checks.
"There is no acceptable excuse for the delay," said ...