Families rely on their individual cut to make car payments, buy medicine and put their kids through college. The tribe relies on casino money for many of its services, from subsidizing the hospital and the school system to native language programs for children. Casino profits flowing to the tribe hovered around $225 million the past two years, with half funding tribal programs and the other half paid out directly to the Cherokee people in the form of twice-annual checks. There were 13,900 other people - the enrolled members of the Eastern Band - counting on profits holding steady. Londo’s boss at corporate headquarters wasn’t the only one unwilling to give the Cherokee casino a pass on making revenue goals while in the throes of construction. I just don't want to hear it,’” Londo said. He said ‘Don’t tell me your revenues are off or your services scores are down because you’re building something new. “My boss never wanted to hear construction used as an excuse. When the expansion is finished next year, the casino will have pulled off a five-year construction project while remaining one of the most profitable Harrah’s casino properties in the nation. There is an incentive to keep pace with them.” They go to all the other gaming markets in the country.

“We don’t have that luxury because our customers play elsewhere. “There were people who were happy with what they had, the whole ‘one in the hand worth two in the bush thing,’” Londo said. In a 65-page answer to an extensive lawsuit filed in response to the December 2022 police…

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