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Part II. Reports on the unequal distribution of federal aid to Native American tribes, their political clout that helps protect the gaming system, and the profitability of Indian casinos in the United States. Example of the wealthy Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, their Silver Star Resort & Casino, and their success in getting political favors; Discussion of lobbying at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), inequity to poorer tribes because of the BIA method of distributing tribal-priority-allocation funds, tensions between gaming ventures on Indian reservations and surrounding communities, the power of the Seminoles in Florida, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the issue of pseudo slot machines. INSET: When Is a Slot Machine Not a Slot?.