The judge in the case ordered the gaming authority to pay the investors group $88.88 million - an amount that he said included the original $8.8 million investment, plus the profits the group would have made once the casinos were up and running. 'If there's a process for making an application and you have to do X, Y, and Z, and you choose to do only X and Y, and not Z, do you think the reviewing authority is going to approve your application? No.' 'The judge's ruling is exactly what we've been telling the tribe - and their attorneys, and their officials - is going to happen,' Ibold said. Ibold said that was a result of the tribe failing to submit documents that were required by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, was ordered by an Ingham County Circuit Court judge to pay the investors group nearly $89 million.Īttorney Dennis Ibold, a member of the investors group, said they filed the lawsuit after a deal with the gaming authority to build new casinos in metro Detroit and Lansing fell apart. The authority, which operates under the Sault Ste. Kewadin Casinos Gaming Authority was dealt a losing hand in court Thursday in a nearly ten-year dispute with former investors.
