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Indian Gambling Robert talks to Associated Press Reporter David Pace about his report indicating that casinos run by American Indians have not alleviated poverty and unemployment on most reservations. Pace did a computer analysis of federal unemployment, poverty and public assistance records to help draw his conclusions. Only a third of the Indian reservations in the US even have casinos, and not all of those are successful.

Indian Gambling

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Indian Gambling

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Robert talks to Associated Press Reporter David Pace about his report indicating that casinos run by American Indians have not alleviated poverty and unemployment on most reservations. Pace did a computer analysis of federal unemployment, poverty and public assistance records to help draw his conclusions. Only a third of the Indian reservations in the US even have casinos, and not all of those are successful.